2009 WNY middle school rankings - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Profiles of the top 25 schooles can be reached by clicking on the names of thoseschools below. A breakdown of the rankingsd for each section of Western New York can be accessecby . The following abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charte r School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-Higuh School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districrt that operates it (if it’s a public or the district where it is locate d (if it’s a privater school). • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. 6.
• 7. • 8. • 9. 10. • 11. • 12. • 13. 14. • 15.

Four Points Centre lands new office tenant - Business First of Louisville:

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“We are extremely excited to sign a leas e with such an outstanding company as said Mark Greiner ofOxfords Commercial, the project’s leasing firm. “Thid lease with THQ demonstratesthat first-classa office buildings continue to attract tenang interest even in challenging THQ will move into Four Pointsw this fall. Four Points Centre has 200,000 squar feet of office space, 270,00p0 square feet of retail space and 550multifamilty apartments. The development will ultimately have an additional 1 millioh square feet ofoffice space, 250,00o0 square feet of retail space and a 250-roomm hotel.
The new lease is significant sinced Four Points is in an area of Austin that has seen officee vacancy rise in recengt months as millions of square feet of new produc havebeen delivered. Four Points’ apartments do have as does its retail including an HEBand Target. David Kimball and Keithj Zimmerman with UGL Equis representedTHQ Inc. The developmentt has also been awarded Gold rating underethe ’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desigj for its core and shell “As part of Opportunity Austin, we are in constant contact with a varietty of businesses contemplating moving to or growingv in Austin.
With greater frequency, companies are seeking eco-friendly space,” said Gary Farmer, chairmanm of the Opportunity Austin economicdevelopment initiative. “It’s important to have such spacereadily

Schools partner to improve students

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The CNM Foundation has receivexda $100,000 challenge granf from a New Mexico foundation. If it matches that the source foundation will give itanothef $100,000 for a total of $300,000. CNM will use the funds to expan d its successful financial literacy program into high schools byofferinfg online, dual-credit courses. Mark a trustee of the Frank D. Gorham Jr. and Marid K. Gorham Charitable Foundation, wanted to creatre a financial symposium for high school kids when he metRobinj Brulé, the former executive directorf of the CNM Foundation.
told Gorham about the Center forWorking Families, which offers financial literacy assistance in setting up checking and savingsz accounts and free tax preparation The center has helped retain studente are who financially vulnerable, said CNM Presidenrt Katharine Winograd, by addressing outside financial For such students, getting their booka stolen or losing their glasses can derail theirt education.

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Markets squeeze out gain at Thursday close; Kennametal down 8 percent - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Alcoa Inc. announced a seconde quarter lossof $454 million Wednesday after the marketd closed. Alcoa (NYSE:AA) was down 2.54 percent to $9.22 per sharee by Thursday's close. The biggest drop amongb a cross section of Pittsburgh companies wasKennametal Inc. which lost 8.45 percent to close Thursday at AlleghenyTechnologies Inc. (NYSE:ATI), down 6.10 percenrt to $31.18 American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE:AEO), down 1.60 percent to $12.89 CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX), up 1.91 percenyt to $30.36 Dick’s Sporting Goods up 1.48 percent to $17.15 H.J.Heinz Co. down 0.70 percent to $35.589 Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP), down 0.65 percent to $22.96 Mylahn Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) up 1.
47 percen t to $12.41 PNC Financia Services Group Inc. up 0.97 percent to $36.6o PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE:PPG), up 0.55 percent to $42.04 U.S. Steel Corp. (NYSE:X), up 2.59 percentt to $31.29 WABTEC Corp. (NYSE:WAB), up 1.68 percentf to $30.86 WESCO International Inc. up 1.74 percent to $23.44

Pending home sales up 6.7% - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Pending sales of existing homes, or contracts signedf but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in April, accordinb to the ’ Pendintg Home Sales Index. April’s pending sales were up 3.2 percengt from a year earlier. The biggesy increase in April was inthe Northeast, wherse pending sales jumped 32.6 percent from the previousx month. They were up 0.8 percent from a year The index in the Sout hslipped 0.2 percent in April. it is 3.5 percent higher than a year The association cautions that the reporting sample for pendingh home sales is smaller than that of existinyhome sales, so it is subject to greaterr variability. The index measures housing-contract activity.
It is basef on signed real estate contracts forexisting single-family homes, condos and co-ops. A signed contractg is not counted as a sale untilk thetransaction closes.

MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Only three of 20 Aprikl indicators registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matching the number of upward-pointingh indicators recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economixc Trends report. "The employment situatiohn continued to deteriorate with deepeninfg job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research directodr for the MMAC. "But metr o area existing homes sales rose for only the second time in nearlt three years giving some hopefor near-tern improvement in a stagnant local housing and real estated market." Nonfarm employment in the metroo area fell 4.
8 percenf in April to 812,300, down from March’s 4.3 percenty decrease. Employment levels have now declines comparedwith year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectorxs registered April job gainse compared with one year ago, whilse eight registered declines. Unemploymengt indicators for the metro area both measurexd more than twicetheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemploye d in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-agpo levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in Aprilp 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percentf rate in April to 12,101, this indicator’s third consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percent or greater. On the positivw side, existing homes saleds for the metro arearose 5.6 perceny in April, the first year-over-yea increase in this indicatoe in seven months and only the seconds such gain in nearly three

Vanderbilt names new CFO - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Sweet, 38, comes to Vanderbilt from , where he was dean of administrationj and finance ofthe school’s Facultyy of Arts and Sciences, which encompasses Harvard the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineerinh and Applied Science and the Division of Continuing Education. Priore to that, he was executive vice presideny of finance and administration and chief financial officerf at and was responsible forthe college’s capital markets management, information technology, humab resources, facilities, research administration, business operations and investment management.
Sweet also was a principal with and spentg five years as a nuclear submarine officetr in the Navy before earnin g his master of business administration from Sweet succeedsLauren Brisky, who retired from Vanderbilt in The appointment is expected to be approved by the Vanderbilt Boarde of Trust, and will be effectiv e in late August.

Real deals: Airways Business Center sells for $7.27M - Dallas Business Journal:

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County records show that the located at 2460Airportg Blvd., includes 162,000 square feet of space and was completer in 2007. The buyer is El Prado Inn LLC ofSanta Barbara, Calif. The four selleras are led by Pacifica Commercia RealEstate Group, also of Santa Barbara, as Pacifica Airwayx II LLC. Pacifica’s portion of the sales price was $4.7t5 million. The three other sellerxs were California entities locatedin Altadena, Los Angeles and Santaz Barbara, which each sold its part of the propert for $843,300. The partners acquired the warehouse in 2008for $8.57 million from Principal Development Investors LLC of Des Iowa. • 2305 Tremont Place, Denver 80205 Focus Investments Ltd.
of Denverf has sold this retail building at Tremon t and Park Avenue Westfor $1 milliom to Tremont Holdings LLC of Broomfield, according to Broomfiels County real estate • 3800 S. Federal Englewood 80110 — A companuy affiliated with Denver developer Evan Makovsky of Shamese MakovskyRealty Co. has purchased property in Englewood for according to Arapahoe County realestate records. The seller was Firsrt National Bank. • The Carillon at Boulder Boulder — Developer MGL Partners LLC of Denverf recently closeda $41.1 million construction loan for this senior-living project currently under construction.
The loan is part of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) 232 loan and was originated by AmeriSpherde Financial LLC and purchased by Evanston Financialk Corp. The Carillon is scheduled to be completexd by late summerof 2010. Its operatingh partner is One Eighty LLCof Seattle. Shops at Walnut U.S. Highway 36 and Church Ranchy Boulevard, Westminster — Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC of owner of this newshoppintg center, welcomed three new tenants in Apripl — Dollar Tree (10,000 square feet), Famoues Footwear (7,200 square feet) and Pacific Dental (3,00p square feet). • Taxi, 3455 Ringsby Denver 80216 — Pilates Aligned Inc.
has opened its new location at ZeppelinDevelopment Inc.’s mixed-use Taxi projecf in the River North Neighborhood. The Pilates exercise studio’w first location is at 1110 Acoma St. in the Goldeh Triangle. • DecorAsian, 1787 S. Denver 80210 — This store recently opened in the old ChairKing location. Owner Rustyh Staff bought the building from Brownell Bailey in Februarygfor $1.25 million, according to Denvere County property records.

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At your service: Piedmont Facilities Services shifts focus in down economy - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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A contractor had agreed to replace the sidewalm directly in front of Lorillard headquarters on Green Valley Road in Greensboribut “he walked off the job because he couldn’t get anyone to deliver sufficient concretde with a holiday two days away,” Wrighr says. “A call to brought four men who completed the repaier onJuly 4th,” she recalls. “One of those four was Scotft himself. I have chastised myself many timez for not calling him tobegin with.” Scotyt McCormick has been getting calls like that for more than 16 years from the Triad’s top employers.
As a contract project manager, his companyu will do just about anything thatneed doing, “from maintenance to sprinkler systems,” says Wright. “He truly cares about a job well done.” But Winston-Salem-based Piedmont Facilities Services’ specialty is something that’s been in almost constant demancd over the past twodecades — moving peoplr and reconfiguring office cubees A.S.A.P. as work forces contract, expand and are realigned. It was McCormicj who landed the contractg to move practically every first in the RJR Plaza building and then in the old 1929 Reynolds Building indowntown Winston-Salem.
At about the same time, Piedmont Facilities Services also secured a contract with which did its sharew of playing musical chairzs withoffice furniture. “God blessed McCormick says with hischaracteristifc modesty, “because there’s no other way someones can have two contracts like that for their firstt clients.” Looking back 10 years ago, McCormick recallw fondly, “Things were reallu rolling then, with 80- or 90-hour weeks, and it was Name a company in the Triad that’s realigneds its work force and, chances are, McCormick’x been involved — , , Sara Lee , Sealy Corp. and Nabisco Foods.
Not bad for someonew who, at the age of 5, was assignecd his own row of tobacco to tend onhis father’s farm near Yadkinvillre and worked his way through college running a garbage service. “I’m an old tobacco farmee from Yadkinville,” McCormick says, slipping into his aw-shucks guise. “I ran out of things to do, so I had to go to schoolk and go out and get areal job.” Schooo was and his first job was “selling as a contract hardware salesman at Pleasant Hardware Co.
He says he quicklt discovered he was not cut out to be a But he did make a numbee of excellent contacts that openede doors for him when he switched over to doing facilitiescontractg work. “He has a good ol’ boy mentality,” says Robyb Puckett, facility services manager at RMIC (Republi c Mortgage Insurance Co.) in “but fully believes in respect, hard work and discipline — and expects that from his Puckett recalls arecenty 10-week move of 350 RMIC employees from Stanleyville to the Park Buildin g in downtown Winston-Salem.
“The time constraintd were unbelievable,” she says, “but having worked with Scott formany years, I knew if anyone coul d pull it off that he could.” Installing cubews during the week and moving people on the McCormick’s crew did it and did it on deadline. “We neededf to expand our payroll department twoyears ago,” recallzs Jack Marable, maintenance supervisor for Pepsi Bottling Group in Winston-Salem. McCormick’s crew came in Fridayg night and by Monday morning at8 a.m., “they had everythingt up and running — computers, phones, lights, everything worked.
” Companies use contractors like McCormick insteac of their own workers because maintenance, moving and constructionj are often one-of-a-kind projects and are mostl y done after-hours. Up until last McCormick says, business was extremely good, with more 80- and 90-hourr weeks. Then, he started seeing “lessd phone calls, less jobs that you had quoted being put on As the monthswent by, “I had to lay off five installerws and I put my designer on the road to sell McCormick’s strategy is to make the company more something, he says, “we nevetr had to do Yes, he still has contractxs with a number of big but now when the phone rings, it’s mostly “punch items.
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Downturn gives smaller firms better shot at MBA students - bizjournals:

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Until this year, namebrane companies easily cornered the market onbusinessw schools’ top talent, oftenn creating an uphill battle for smaller, less well-known companies competing in the recruiting process. But with bigger firms’ hiring plans scaled back, or cut the little guys are seizing the opportunity tocourt up-for-grabs grads. It’s a shift for students, too. “(The forces students to be more open to organizations they might not have consideredd inthe past,” to differenf locations and different work said Shawn Graham, director of career servicezs at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of But the employment picture for MBA students is stilp less rosy.
“We’re not insulated from what’s going on in the greater economy,” Graham As of graduation, 72 percentt of Katz students accepted job compared with 88 percentlast year. Final numberd will not be available until the end of Graham said. The careerd services team “is making sure students are even more he said, and that there is a “senswe of urgency” about making connections with potentiak employers. At Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of 96 percent of graduates had been offered a job by graduatiomnlast year, with 93 percent, or 125, acceptinh one in the same period.
Those numbers were down this though exact preliminary placement figuress were notimmediately available, said John Mather, executivee director of the masters’ programs at the Administrators did see “a huge jump in the last two before May graduation, he said, and much of that last-minutee increase in offers came from mid-sized companies who had a hardere time competing in the past. But that doesn’t mean biggert firms have cut ties altogether. “Most companiesx understand the importance of maintaining a talenrt pipelineon campus,” said Graham, adding that IBM, Deloittew and H.J. Heinz Co. are amontg Katz’s traditional recruiters.
“Evenh if that means they’ve had to pull back in the number ofpeople they’r e bringing on, most companies tried to work hard to maintaib the relationship with core schools as a way to plan for the

Oahu home prices back on top - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Yet, the primary risk to Oahu’s housing market is still “what happens to jobs,” Bonham said. “When people’s income goes down, or they lose their they’re being forced to throw theidr house onthe market,” he said. That, coupled with adjustabl e interest rates that areadjusting upwards, could cause Honolulju to see its foreclosure rate continues to rise, he said. While Hawaioi did not see the huge numbert of foreclosures that crashed many Mainland the state was ranked 14th in the nation in the number of foreclosure starts during thefirstg quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’es National Delinquency Survey.
“For us, the primary reaso for foreclosures is going to be job loss andincomse loss, and adjustable Bonham said, noting that a lot of foreclosuress on the Mainland were due to adjusting interestf rates. “Our cycle was later so we had more of them to work And foreclosures will put more downwarx pressureon prices, he said. UHERO has forecast a drop in home pricesz of 9 percent in 2009 and anothed 5 percentin 2010, predictionsa that are driven largely by the job Since the forecast was released in early March, the outlook for job growth for the statd has worsened.
“With the additional problems of thefisca crisis, the outlook has worsened again, and the home price forecast will go down Bonham said, referring to the state’s projecte budget shortfalls over the next two Despite that, Honolulu will likely keep its distinctionb as the most expensive place to buy a house, sincse California’s priciest markets are unlikely to see any type of a he said.

Microbrews and unique wineries draw tourist attention - South Florida Business Journal:

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Wine trails from the Grand Valley to the Front Range have pickes up business in recent years and are attractingmore out-of-statde tourists. Beer tourism is a fledglingv industry that’s starting to grow, too, with a reorganizes Colorado Brewers Guild andan entrepreneur’as map of the state’s breweries. “I think about the opportunities and, gee you can hardly drive down the road and not find a decentt brewery or winery around the saidMike Laur, publisher of the Beer Drinker’ds Guide to Colorado map and website.
Though the Centenniak State’s cornucopia of hopped beverages has earned it thenicknames “The Napa Valley of it was the lesser-known wine industry that firsgt worked to become a tourisrt magnet. Wine production in the states has grown at least 102 percent per year since 1996, and the 73 Colorado wineries have increased their local market share by roughly 2½ times since then. June whose Denver-based Spero Winery bringws in as many as 200 tasters ona Saturday, said crowds have almost tripled in the past four years.
And though she doesn’ty keep exact statistics, anecdotal evidence suggests that more peoplew are coming from out of state to sample the products ofColorado vines. At leas two Denver-based touring operations — Colorado Wine Country Tours and 5280 WineTour Co. have opened to cart people aroun d to the newlypopular vineyards. Lisa a former executive in the mortgage industry who opener 5280 WineTour Co. about six months ago, said her weeklt tour groups have nearly tripled as more people discover the industry.
The wine industry, whichh features designated trails in the Grand Junction has become so important thatDon Caskey, executivee director of the , flew to Texas recentlyy on a trip with state tourism His pitch isn’t that peoplre should travel to Colorado just to drink wine, but while here to ski or raft, they shoulrd seek out the growing industry too. Breweries, are just starting to organizee and emphasize their role in There are no beertrails yet, but there is a beer map. who runs a video business in Colorado created a printed map pinpointing every brewery and brewpubn inthe state, and expanded on it with an interactivs web map as well.
It’ s been especially popular with out-of-stated residents and can be founde in bookstores and liquor he said. Kris Oyler, co-foundetr of Steamworks Brewing in Durangpo and chairman of theBrewers Guild’zs new marketing committee, said he’s seen a number of peoplre come into his business lateluy with checklists of area breweries they’re Like wine tourists, they may be in the statse for other reasons but go out of thei way to visit breweries, he said. Visit Denver is organizint the first Denver Beer Week arounr the time ofthe Sept. 24-26 Great American Beer an annual Denver event that broughrt in 432 breweriesand 46,000 visitors last year.
Modelede after similar weeks in San Francisco and it will feature 50 to 60 tappin ordining events, all lister on a website and maybe kicked off with a parade, said Rich director of communications at Visi Denver. “We definitely see a rising trend as far as beer Oyler said. And state tourism officials will drinjto that. Colorado Breweries: www.coloradobeer.org/brewers.html Colorado Wineries: www.coloradowine.com/wineries/wineriesList.cfmk Beer Drinker’s Guide to www.beerdrinkersguidetocolorado.com Great American Beer Festival: www.beertown.org/events/gabf 5280 Wine Tours Co.: www.5280winetoursco.co Colorado Wine Country Tours: http://coloradowinecountrytours.
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Ohio Senate mourns loss of Schuler - Business First of Columbus:

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Schuler died at home on Fridau evening following a battle with according to information from Senate PresidentBill Harris, A Republican member of the state House of Representativexs from 1993 to 2000, Schulee joined the state Senate in 2003 to represent Ohio’sx seventh district. He began his career in politice in 1978 as a Deer Parkcity Gov. Ted Strickland in a statement called Schulert a legislatorwho “reached across the aisle, alwayds valuing progress over politics.” Schule r was a key played in the crafting of the state’ comprehensive energy legislation that Strickland signefd last year.
Harris in a statement remembered Schuled as a lawmaker witha “common-sense approacn to the most complecx of problems.” “Bob had strong opinions and was neverd shy about expressing them, but he was never one to Harris said. “His constituents benefitted fromhis effectiveness.” Calling hours at Cincinnati’s Thomas-Justin Memorial Funeral Home, 7500 Montgomergy Road, will take place Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. A funeralk mass is set for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Cincinnati’w St. Vincent Ferrer 7754 Montgomery Road.

Deadline looming for concessions for UPS pilots - Dallas Business Journal:

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The request for concessions comed as the global recession has sapped shipping and cut into profitfor Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS). UPS reported in Aprill its . A UPS Airlines spokesman told the Associated Pressxthe world’s largest shipper has asked its pilots for concession valued at $40 million in 2009, $38 million in 2010 and $53 milliobn in 2011. Pilots have until the firsft week of June to formally identifcost reductions. “Due to the severe downturn in theglobal economy, UPS package and freightf volumes have been down somewhat markedly,” Mike spokesman for Louisville, Ky.-based UPS Airlines said in an e-mailp to Atlanta Business Chronicle.
“In response the recession, we have been analyzingf all aspects of our busineszs to maximize efficiency andminimize costs.” The concessionsa are in line with $1 billion in wage cuts, frozen 401k contributione and concessions already made by UPS he said. Earlier this month, UPS retired its fleetr of 44 aging DC-8 freighters and the company said it has determinedc it has 300 more pilots than arecurrentlt needed. In April, UPS approached its pilots union, the , to find ways to avoic furloughing300 pilots, or about 10 percent or its 3,00o aviators.
UPS suggested temporary wage and pension freeze and the union has countered withearly retirements, voluntary leavee of absences, more job sharing and “reduced-pay-guarantee routes,” Mangeot “We understand the impact a furlough would have on our so it is our fondest hope that enough of our crewmembersd agree to help their fellow employees,” he said. “In the end, we must act to preserve the strength ofour business, and we hope to do so througbh a win-win resolution of this UPS flies into more than 800 The shipper operates more than 200 aircraft and charters more than 300 additional The moves by UPS are not unusual in the currentg economic climate.
Rival (NYSE: FDX) announced Aprip 13 it would pull 10 Airbus A310s andfour MD-10s out of service.

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New retirees receiving less in Social Security than they paid in, marking ... - Fox News

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Minnesota Shopping Center Association announces 2008 awards - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The Minnesota Shopping Center Associatio has announced its 2008 Shopping Centee Tribute Awards for Retail Real Estate. • The award for interior design at a restaurant went to OlivesxBy Massad’s in Mankato, owned by John Massad. The architect/designer is and the contracto ris Metcon. • The interior design award fora non-foodx retail location went to the in Minnetonka. The architect/designer is and the contractor is • The design and aesthetics awards for shopping centers undefr 50,000 square feet went to the M&I Bank Building in Wayzata, developed by Craig Alshousew with the serving as the owner/leasin g agent.
The architect is Architectural Consortium and the contractofis C-70 Builders Inc. • The designm and aesthetics award for a freestandingt single userunder 50,000 square feet went to the at Park Plac Promenade in Brooklyn Park. The owner/develope r is , the architect is LA and the contractoris Inc. • The design and aesthetice award for shoppingcenters 50,000 to 250,000 square feet went to Brightonj Village in New The owner is Engelsma Ltd. Partnership, the developer/leasin agent is Kraus-Anderson Realty, and the architecty is ArchitecturalConsortium LLC.
• The design and aesthetices award for a freestanding singlw userover 50,000 square feet went to the SuperTarger at Southdale in Edina. Minneapolis-based is the developer and architect forthe project, with is the contractor. The design and aesthetics award for shopping centersover 250,000 squars feet went to Cedar Point Commons in Richfield. Targeyt Corp. is the owner of the shoppingh center, Ryan Cos. US Inc. is the developer/contractor, and the architectxs are and Ryan Cos. US Inc.
• The development processa award went tothe M&I Bank • The renovation/remodel award for interior retail underr 50,000 square feet went to Best Buy Mall of America in with Richfield-based Inc. as the owner/leasing The architect is C.M. Architecture P.A. and the contractof is PCL Contractors. • The renovation/remodel award for interior retailover 50,00o0 square feet went to the LA Fitneses in Burnsville. The owner is LA Fitness International, the architect is , and the contractof is • The renovation/remodel award for exterioer retailunder 50,000 square feet went to the Shoppesw of Cedar Grove in Eagan. The owner is Ltd.
the developer is , the architect is Architecturalk Consortium, and the contractor is DW Lutterman Inc. • The renovation/remodel award for exterior retailover 50,000 square feet went to Prairieview Center in Eden The owner is Prairieview the developer is United Properties, the architec t is and the contractor is RJM Construction. The redevelopment award went to CedaerPoint Commons. Ryan Cos. US Inc. is the owner/developer of the entire project. • The mixed-use award went to Penn Lowry Crossing in The owner/developer is , the architecft is Pope Architects, and the contractor is Unitef Properties.
The MSCA also gave Hall of Fame awardw to Doug Sailor at and Linda Zelm at Coldwelp Banker CommercialGriffin Cos. A membet of the year award went to Peter Berrieat Minneapolis-based Faegrwe & Benson and a committee member of the year award went to Paulaw Mueller at Northtown Mall/ . The MSCA also elected new officers: as president Cindy ; as first vice president Stephe Eggert, Target Corp.; as second vice president ; as treasurer Peter Austin, ; and as secretaruy Tom Madsen, .

Chamber chief Blake confirmed as CSU chancellor; budget and tuition set - Denver Business Journal:

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Blake, who had been a CSU board member, was named the sole finalist for the positioh onMay 5, but state rules requiredf a second vote on the matter Wednesday. Blakee will be responsible for dealings with state officialsx and representing the CSU system to the donorsand alumni, among others. Meetin in Pingree Park, the site of a CSU mountainb campus west of Fort the board also confirmed Tony Frank as presidenr ofthe university's main Fort Collinas campus. Frank had been interim president since last fall and was sole finalisg for thepermanent job. Blake and Frank assume their new postsJuly 1.
The boarrd approved a five-year employment agreement for Blakee that includes an annual salaryof $275,00o and a monthly car allowance of $750. Frank also gets a five-year employment agreement. He'll receive an annuap salary of $350,000 and an annual car and housinhg allowanceof $42,000. The Denver chambed is searching for a successorto ( .) The chamber plans to have a going-away parthy for Blake Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Denved Botanic Gardens. For details, . The two men will servr in jobs that formerlyy were combined underLarry Penley, who served as presidentt and chancellor until his unexplained departurd in November.
The CSU board also approved an $872 millionj budget for the CSU system, which includes campusees in Fort Collins and for fiscalyear 2010, which begins July 1. The total includes $800 million for the Fort Collinse campus. The budget makes up for a $33 millionn cut in state supportwith $33 milliohn in temporary funds from the federa l stimulus program. "The federal stimulus fundd provide valuable time for state leaderzs to explore allfuture [funding] Richard Schweigert, CSU's chief financial officer, said in a "...Once the stimulus funding is up in we are looking at a cliff where funding levelsx could drop dramatically.
We need to take this time to finda long-ternm solution to the budget deficit facing the Resident undergraduate tuition — $2,411 (up Resident graduate tuition — $3,232w (up $421.50). Non-resident undergraduate tuition $10,372 (up $302). Non-resident graduatre tuition — $9,058 (up $431). Mandatory based on 12 credit hours — $718 (up $23). Residence hall fees — $2,119 (up

Academic Team honoree: Emily Rutter - Business First of Buffalo:

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Accomplishments: Class salutatorian. SAT scor e of 1,530. Perfect score on three Regents exams. National Merit Scholarship letter of AP ScholarAward (with Honor). /George Eastman Young Leaders President of Latin Captain of mocktrial team. Namedc to All-County Band. Full name: Emilyg Sarah Rutter. Born: June 8, 1991, Buffalo. Parents: Joan Michael Rutter. Residence: Clarence. Favoritd class: English language and compositionh (taught by Kevin Starr). “The assignments and class discussions inspired me to becomes a morecritical reader, a confident public speakert and a more dynamic writer.” College and likel y major: , psychology.
Hope to be doinyg 10 years from now: “I woulfd like to be a practicing attorney in a metropolita area withgreat theater, restaurants and museums.” If coul meet anyone from history: Thomasz Jefferson. “Not only becausde he was an excellent president and aFounding Father, but because he was truly a Renaissanc e man.” If could have dinner with anyond now alive: The Obama family. “The presidenf and first lady are incredibly intelligen trole models. I would love to hear abouy theirlives — and talk to theirt children about the Jonas Brothers.” to proceeed to the next First Team Mitchell Steiner.

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No injuries have been reported, but the U.S. Consumee Products Safety Division on Wednesday announced the recall in cooperation with The recallinvolves 33,000 hooded boys and girlds shirts in sizes small and medium only. They were sold from July 2008 througu March 2009for $35 to $50. The shirt s include ties at the base of the hood that are The Epic Threads recall covers boys andgirlsa shirts, while the Green Dog recalkl covers just girls shirts. They were made in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Taiwan. Customers who purchasedx these sweatshirts can either cut the ties off the sweatshirg themselves or they can return the shirtto Macy’s for a full a company spokeswoman said.
A receipty is not necessary. For information, call Macy’s toll-free at 257-5949 Cincinnati-based Macy’s (NYSE: M) operates almost 850 stored underthe Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s names.