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Ronnie Burt, vice president of convention has been named interim president and CEO whilde the BACVA board conducts a national searcjhfor Doggett's replacement. Chief Operating Officerr Jeffrey Hungate had been running BACVA as acting interim CEO since Doggett went on medicalo leavein February. Doggett, who held the top touris post in theClinton administration, had led the Baltimorde organization since 2003. BACVA officialsx did not elaborate on whatpromptefd Doggett's medical leave, saying health matters are confidential.
Thoughj Doggett's contract was renewed last year, her new contractr would not have taken effect untilJuly 1, says Clarenc e Bishop, chief of staff for Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. Doggett signed a three-year contract in 2003. It ends June 30. The "contracyt was renewed last year before anyons knew of herhealth situation," Bishop says. With Burt's convention sales are likely to assume atop "Ronnie has leaned more toward which will be well received," Bishop Under Doggett's leadership, leisure travel took center stage with the opening of the Baltimore Visitor Center and the city's $500,000 branding campaign, scheduled to be unveilefd in the coming weeks.
That focud led some people to question whether the agency had done enoug to boostconvention sales. "BACVA's majo r role is selling the convention says MaryJo McCullough, president of the Maryland Tourism Council and a BACVA board member. The BACVA board has "replacedx Leslie with someone with equal or betterd knowledge of convention accordingto McCullough. Burt served as directorf of national accounts at BACVA from November 1999 toApril 2002, when he left to becom e account director at the Westij Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta. He returnefd to BACVA in February 2005. "I'm honored the boarsd has placed its confidence in Burt says.
Asked whether he woulr pursue the top BACVA jobas CEO, Burt says he is takingg things one day at a time for now. In BACVA'w 2005 tourism barometer, the city's attractionsa and cultural institutions reported a 2 perceny loss in overall attendance compared with the previous and attendance at the Baltimorw Convention Center dipped2 percent. The bulk of BACVA'zs $8.5 million budget comes from a hotel-occupancyy tax. Doggett came to the CEO position with high expectations from thetourisn community, which hoped she could restore BACVA's flaggingt image after a report criticized the agency for routinely inflatinvg its performance data.
Marriot International's guest loyalty program won eight 2006Freddie Awards, give n by Randy Petersen, publisher of Frequent Flyedr magazine, for excellence in frequent-traveler programs Marriott Rewards packed up more awardws than any other hotel program and finished in the top thred in 23 of the 25 categories. Bethesda-based Marriotg was recognized for itscustomer elite-level frequent guest programs, Web site and other aspectss of the company's rewards program in various partxs of the world. The Freddie Awards are determinede byreader surveys.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Cobb Chamber head plots new path - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Lisa A. Rossbacher, president of in Marietta, is the 2009 chairmajn for theCobb Chamber. A Rossbacher hopes to make sustainability a goal forthe 2,500 chambe members this year. “The overall focus for 2009 is reallgy investing inthe future,” Rossbacheer said. Given the current economic many businesses are pullingback “but we don’tr want to pull back so much that we are behindd when the economy moves forward.” One way to invest in the futurre is to retain and expand the chamber membership, she A basic membership coste $400.
Another is to leverage the relationship between business and the educationb communityin Cobb, which includex Southern Poly, and several technicapl colleges. “Education has alway been a key element in the Cobb Chambetof Commerce,” said chamber President Bill Cooper. The chambefr sponsors the Cobb Teached of the Year awards and Partnefr inEducation programs. “Chambers are economidc development engines,” he said. “Without good education, we can’yt have economic development.” Rossbacher is focusing also on educational programs for members through a series of seminarssfor businesses, the first of which will be held Jan.
21 to discusds new labor and employment laws. Other seminars will includ e conversational Spanish classes for businesses and tips on how to sell ina “These are all issues that affect the bottom line,” Rossbacher said. Rossbacher, with her scientifix background — she’s workexd for the U.S. Geologica l Survey, NASA (she never became an astronaut) and a geothermaol explorationcompany — is very precise, said her friend, the Rev. Karenb Evans, rector at St. James Episcopal Churcj in Marietta. Both are also memberse of the MariettaKiwanis “She knows all about the geology of Mars,” Evanws said. “I’ve always founc that fun.
” But Rossbacher also has a lot of expertises in dealing with people and notjust rocks. She’ s a good listener “and she’s able to hear what is really going on,” Evans said. “She’s very good at asking the rightt questions to helpclarify issues.” Rossbacher has long-rang vision for organizations and is “extraordinarily strong in pulling people together,” said Michael Gerber, president of the nonprofit . Rossbachere was chairman of the ARCHE which has 19 member collegesand universities, for the past two “She puts the organization aheacd of herself and tries to bringh people in, include them, so they are Gerber said.
“That’s the mark of a good What Gerber has seen Rossbache r accomplish in the highe r education arena will translate easily tothe chamber, he
Lisa A. Rossbacher, president of in Marietta, is the 2009 chairmajn for theCobb Chamber. A Rossbacher hopes to make sustainability a goal forthe 2,500 chambe members this year. “The overall focus for 2009 is reallgy investing inthe future,” Rossbacheer said. Given the current economic many businesses are pullingback “but we don’tr want to pull back so much that we are behindd when the economy moves forward.” One way to invest in the futurre is to retain and expand the chamber membership, she A basic membership coste $400.
Another is to leverage the relationship between business and the educationb communityin Cobb, which includex Southern Poly, and several technicapl colleges. “Education has alway been a key element in the Cobb Chambetof Commerce,” said chamber President Bill Cooper. The chambefr sponsors the Cobb Teached of the Year awards and Partnefr inEducation programs. “Chambers are economidc development engines,” he said. “Without good education, we can’yt have economic development.” Rossbacher is focusing also on educational programs for members through a series of seminarssfor businesses, the first of which will be held Jan.
21 to discusds new labor and employment laws. Other seminars will includ e conversational Spanish classes for businesses and tips on how to sell ina “These are all issues that affect the bottom line,” Rossbacher said. Rossbacher, with her scientifix background — she’s workexd for the U.S. Geologica l Survey, NASA (she never became an astronaut) and a geothermaol explorationcompany — is very precise, said her friend, the Rev. Karenb Evans, rector at St. James Episcopal Churcj in Marietta. Both are also memberse of the MariettaKiwanis “She knows all about the geology of Mars,” Evanws said. “I’ve always founc that fun.
” But Rossbacher also has a lot of expertises in dealing with people and notjust rocks. She’ s a good listener “and she’s able to hear what is really going on,” Evans said. “She’s very good at asking the rightt questions to helpclarify issues.” Rossbacher has long-rang vision for organizations and is “extraordinarily strong in pulling people together,” said Michael Gerber, president of the nonprofit . Rossbachere was chairman of the ARCHE which has 19 member collegesand universities, for the past two “She puts the organization aheacd of herself and tries to bringh people in, include them, so they are Gerber said.
“That’s the mark of a good What Gerber has seen Rossbache r accomplish in the highe r education arena will translate easily tothe chamber, he
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
It's official: 15 General Motors dealers in Colorado to lose franchises - Denver Business Journal:
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It was the first definitive statement of exactlyg how many GM dealers in the stats were informed thay will lose theirt franchise agreementsin 2010. The Colorado Automobile Dealersa Association previously had estimatesd the number at 13 to 15 based on reports from GM still is not releasing the nameas ofthe 1,323 dealers it plans to drop including the 15 in Colorado. The information came in a list releasedf by the House Energy andCommerce Committee'd Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, basedf on information provided by GM. Executives of GM and Chrysler, which plans to shed 14 Coloradp dealers, testified before Congress about their dealerplanse Friday.
GM's car linesx include Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Saturn and Hummer. It has some 6,000 dealershipsa nationwide. Letters sent in mid-May to GM dealer the company plannedto drop, a copy of whic h was obtained by the Denver Business Journal, said the automaker reviewed each of its sales volume, profitability, capitalization, locatiobn and facilities along with other "market . "Based on our review and current and foreseeable markeyt conditions andyour dealership's historical performance, we do not see that GM can have a productive business relationship with [name of dealership] over the long said the letter, dated May 14.
Abouf 92 of Colorado's 264 auto dealershipes sell one or moreGM lines, said Tim Jacksohn of the state auto dealera group. Additional dealers may lose their franchises GMhas said.
It was the first definitive statement of exactlyg how many GM dealers in the stats were informed thay will lose theirt franchise agreementsin 2010. The Colorado Automobile Dealersa Association previously had estimatesd the number at 13 to 15 based on reports from GM still is not releasing the nameas ofthe 1,323 dealers it plans to drop including the 15 in Colorado. The information came in a list releasedf by the House Energy andCommerce Committee'd Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, basedf on information provided by GM. Executives of GM and Chrysler, which plans to shed 14 Coloradp dealers, testified before Congress about their dealerplanse Friday.
GM's car linesx include Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Saturn and Hummer. It has some 6,000 dealershipsa nationwide. Letters sent in mid-May to GM dealer the company plannedto drop, a copy of whic h was obtained by the Denver Business Journal, said the automaker reviewed each of its sales volume, profitability, capitalization, locatiobn and facilities along with other "market . "Based on our review and current and foreseeable markeyt conditions andyour dealership's historical performance, we do not see that GM can have a productive business relationship with [name of dealership] over the long said the letter, dated May 14.
Abouf 92 of Colorado's 264 auto dealershipes sell one or moreGM lines, said Tim Jacksohn of the state auto dealera group. Additional dealers may lose their franchises GMhas said.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Republican National Committee Company Profile | Company Information
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Even though they were considereda "third party" becauss the Democrats and Whigs represented the two-partu system at the time, Fremon received 33% of the vote. Four years Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win theWhitre House. The Civil War erupted in 1861 and lasted four grueling years. During the war, against the advice of his cabinet, Lincolmn signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freerthe slaves. The Republicans of the day workef to pass the Thirteenth whichoutlawed slavery, the Fourteenth, which guaranteed equal protection undedr the laws, and the Fifteenth, whicg helped secure voting rights for ...
Even though they were considereda "third party" becauss the Democrats and Whigs represented the two-partu system at the time, Fremon received 33% of the vote. Four years Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win theWhitre House. The Civil War erupted in 1861 and lasted four grueling years. During the war, against the advice of his cabinet, Lincolmn signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freerthe slaves. The Republicans of the day workef to pass the Thirteenth whichoutlawed slavery, the Fourteenth, which guaranteed equal protection undedr the laws, and the Fifteenth, whicg helped secure voting rights for ...
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Budd Titlow, Chas. H. Sells Inc. - Triangle Business Journal:
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A 30-plus year veteran of the Titlow now finds himself writin the next chapter ofhis career. After spendingb a big part of his career in privatd consulting work in the Titlow now brings his expertis to clients inthe Triangle. The Cary officwe of Chas. H. Sells Inc. is dividef into three divisions - surveying, land development and landscape architecture. Titlow was broughyt on board so the firm would be able to offefr itsclients full-service capabilities in the area of privatr land development. Prior to Titlow's the firm farmed out a lot ofthat work.
Titlow'as responsibilities are to assist clients in assessing land and to help determins if that land can be developed tothe client'sd satisfaction. The process begins with identifying the constraintxs on the property to seeif it's wortgh developing. Also, the property's natural resources constraints, such as ponds, and lakes, must be identified. Next comes field delineationm work and surveying thenaturapl areas. Titlow and his team then will produce a map of the including thewetland areas, ensuree that the client's plans fall within local and federal regulations, draft documentsa for regulators and assist the clients in public hearingg presentations.
Titlow works closely with Andy a senior engineer and certifiedfloodplaij manager. Together with scientists and engineers, they form the five-employeer Sustainable Design Systems Group within theCary office. Titlow wants to expand that employee counrt to 15 by the endof 2008. Titloaw and his firm have been actively involved inseveral projects, including the Amberly projec in Cary and the Stonehouse project in Va. Chas. H. Sells' local client list includes GS Lincoln-Harris, Craig Davis Properties and Oaks Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based Chas. H. Sells Inc. boasts a total employee count of 255 acrosas15 offices. The firm's Cary office employs 42.
Titloaw was born in New Orleans and raisedin Va. He attended Florida State Universityy andVirginia Tech, where he received a bachelor'z degree and a master's degree, Upon graduation, Titlow moved to Colorado, where he servexd 13 years working for the nationalk parks service. In 1986, Titlow moved to Massachusetts where he served a six-year stint at Baystate Environmentao Consultants before joining ENSR International, where he served for 10 Titlow then did a three-yeadr stint at BSC Group, another private engineering/environmental consulting firm, before moving to where he took a job with consultin g firm ECS Carolinas.
Titlow then boarded BSC Group for a second time and performed consulting work from its newlyg opened NorthCarolina office. Six months Titlow decided to branch out and open his own consultint firm beforejoining H. Sells Inc. three months Titlow has been at his current post for a littlde more thantwo months. Titlow and his wife, have three children, Mariah, Merisa and "I want to see us becomee known as the leaderin LID/LEED sustainable design technology in the Titlow says.
A 30-plus year veteran of the Titlow now finds himself writin the next chapter ofhis career. After spendingb a big part of his career in privatd consulting work in the Titlow now brings his expertis to clients inthe Triangle. The Cary officwe of Chas. H. Sells Inc. is dividef into three divisions - surveying, land development and landscape architecture. Titlow was broughyt on board so the firm would be able to offefr itsclients full-service capabilities in the area of privatr land development. Prior to Titlow's the firm farmed out a lot ofthat work.
Titlow'as responsibilities are to assist clients in assessing land and to help determins if that land can be developed tothe client'sd satisfaction. The process begins with identifying the constraintxs on the property to seeif it's wortgh developing. Also, the property's natural resources constraints, such as ponds, and lakes, must be identified. Next comes field delineationm work and surveying thenaturapl areas. Titlow and his team then will produce a map of the including thewetland areas, ensuree that the client's plans fall within local and federal regulations, draft documentsa for regulators and assist the clients in public hearingg presentations.
Titlow works closely with Andy a senior engineer and certifiedfloodplaij manager. Together with scientists and engineers, they form the five-employeer Sustainable Design Systems Group within theCary office. Titlow wants to expand that employee counrt to 15 by the endof 2008. Titloaw and his firm have been actively involved inseveral projects, including the Amberly projec in Cary and the Stonehouse project in Va. Chas. H. Sells' local client list includes GS Lincoln-Harris, Craig Davis Properties and Oaks Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based Chas. H. Sells Inc. boasts a total employee count of 255 acrosas15 offices. The firm's Cary office employs 42.
Titloaw was born in New Orleans and raisedin Va. He attended Florida State Universityy andVirginia Tech, where he received a bachelor'z degree and a master's degree, Upon graduation, Titlow moved to Colorado, where he servexd 13 years working for the nationalk parks service. In 1986, Titlow moved to Massachusetts where he served a six-year stint at Baystate Environmentao Consultants before joining ENSR International, where he served for 10 Titlow then did a three-yeadr stint at BSC Group, another private engineering/environmental consulting firm, before moving to where he took a job with consultin g firm ECS Carolinas.
Titlow then boarded BSC Group for a second time and performed consulting work from its newlyg opened NorthCarolina office. Six months Titlow decided to branch out and open his own consultint firm beforejoining H. Sells Inc. three months Titlow has been at his current post for a littlde more thantwo months. Titlow and his wife, have three children, Mariah, Merisa and "I want to see us becomee known as the leaderin LID/LEED sustainable design technology in the Titlow says.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Yahoo! confirms WNY site - Business First of Buffalo:
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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be building the 190,000-square-foot center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acree site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a majofr victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economy wheres unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Counttto 8.1 percent from 5.5 perceng and in Niagara County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, presidenr and chief executive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by severap statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the center. All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“When a high tech company like Yahoo picks a community like WesternNew York, it’xs like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles New York’s senior senator, who playerd a key role in Lockport landingg thedata center. The region crafteds its own aggressive incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropowed that could save Yahoo! an estimateed $100 million over a 15-year period. also offeredx job training grants andother incentives. High levepl pitches also came from Gov. David Paterso and Schumer. Schumer made personal calls toYahoo ! CEO Carol Bartz to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helpedx that the region offerefda half-dozen sites and not just a singular It also helped that a friendship quickly developed betweeb the Yahoo! site selection team and the localp economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helpefd makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “Thegy were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very shortt notice and give them the answersdthey wanted.” Construction on the data center will beginj in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May. Kucharsk i said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!
’x decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to otherf companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our abilith to attract high tech and highprofilwe companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name company like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriesout Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eitherr opened or expanded back office operations in the regio n in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the other companies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressivee list,” Kucharski said.
Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be building the 190,000-square-foot center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acree site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a majofr victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economy wheres unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Counttto 8.1 percent from 5.5 perceng and in Niagara County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, presidenr and chief executive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by severap statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the center. All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“When a high tech company like Yahoo picks a community like WesternNew York, it’xs like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles New York’s senior senator, who playerd a key role in Lockport landingg thedata center. The region crafteds its own aggressive incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropowed that could save Yahoo! an estimateed $100 million over a 15-year period. also offeredx job training grants andother incentives. High levepl pitches also came from Gov. David Paterso and Schumer. Schumer made personal calls toYahoo ! CEO Carol Bartz to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helpedx that the region offerefda half-dozen sites and not just a singular It also helped that a friendship quickly developed betweeb the Yahoo! site selection team and the localp economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helpefd makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “Thegy were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very shortt notice and give them the answersdthey wanted.” Construction on the data center will beginj in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May. Kucharsk i said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!
’x decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to otherf companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our abilith to attract high tech and highprofilwe companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name company like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriesout Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eitherr opened or expanded back office operations in the regio n in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the other companies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressivee list,” Kucharski said.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Brentwood's Whetstone falls in foreclosure - Nashville Business Journal:
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Developers say this is the first major development in Brentwood to go into foreclosure during thecurrenty recession, and the property ownerx had been trying to sell the project. Developer boughg the 157-acre property in August 2005 for $9.4 million. Jamese Cross, who is listed as the developefr of Whetstone who took outthe loans, did not immediatelyy return calls Monday. Homes in Whetstone, which is locatedr off Edmondson Pikein Brentwood, start at The 141-lot development was appointed to a successor trustee in according to Williamson County records.
The development was sold on the Williamsomn County courthouse steps on Thursday tofor $7 million, says Tony a real estate agent and builder who is selling a home in Whetstonwe and attended the courthouse sale Thursday. The Whetstonde foreclosure has not yet been recordefd incounty records. Fifth Third was the property’s lender, makinv at least two loans to Sedonfor $6.1 million and $4.5 according to Williamson County records. Four homes have been built in One of themis occupied, and the remaining thre e are for sale, Marble says.
Developers say this is the first major development in Brentwood to go into foreclosure during thecurrenty recession, and the property ownerx had been trying to sell the project. Developer boughg the 157-acre property in August 2005 for $9.4 million. Jamese Cross, who is listed as the developefr of Whetstone who took outthe loans, did not immediatelyy return calls Monday. Homes in Whetstone, which is locatedr off Edmondson Pikein Brentwood, start at The 141-lot development was appointed to a successor trustee in according to Williamson County records.
The development was sold on the Williamsomn County courthouse steps on Thursday tofor $7 million, says Tony a real estate agent and builder who is selling a home in Whetstonwe and attended the courthouse sale Thursday. The Whetstonde foreclosure has not yet been recordefd incounty records. Fifth Third was the property’s lender, makinv at least two loans to Sedonfor $6.1 million and $4.5 according to Williamson County records. Four homes have been built in One of themis occupied, and the remaining thre e are for sale, Marble says.
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