Crain's Cleveland Business back issues from May 2000:
Leaders needed.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000 ... One year after commencing private meetings to craft a plan to build a new convention center, Cleveland's political and civic leaders have failed and now are asking for the public's help. The so-called leaders shouldn't be surprised if they don't find much enthusiasm for the idea. ...
Leave Elian -- and us -- alone, please.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... If you're sick and tired of hearing and reading about Elian Gonzalez, raise your hand. I can feel the wave rolling across the offices of Northeast Ohio. I understand the importance that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro gave to this custody battle, and the emotions tied to ...
Letters.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000 ... Another view on Burry Editor: This letter is in response to the article in your 20th anniversary issue, "Breaking with Tradition" and Jack Burry's unorthodox methods to reshape hospital-insurer agreements. As a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio employee ...
Copy-cat strategy not likely to usher in high-tech future.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Build a Center for Applied Biomedical Technologies, and they will come. The trickle of local biotech entrepreneurial startups and eventual successes will reach flood stage. The latent wealth of biomedical research slumbering here, mainly at University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic, will ...
Ulmer lures Benesch's Cincy practice.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... An entire office of the Cleveland law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP has defected to a crosstown rival. A total of 21 attorneys in Benesch Friedlander's Cincinnati office last week announced plans to jump ship and join competing law firm Ulmer & Berne LLP, also based in ...
An energizing endeavor;CWRU fuel cell power of future.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Three Case Western Reserve University engineering professors have developed a fuel cell the size of a shirt button that might eventually power wireless phones, laptop computers and smoke detectors. For now, the fuel cell will be adapted for military uses such as powering sensors ...
Tavern sign of what ails Hopkins;Inability to replace bar hinders goal of boosting in-terminal sales.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... For more than a year, officials have wanted to shout "last call" at the Cheers tavern inside Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in an effort to increase airport revenue. But in an example of the city's ongoing difficulties in managing Hopkins, replacing the highly visible, ...
Late News.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000 ... Thrift scouts area for new home base PVF Capital, the parent company of Park View Federal Savings, is on the prowl for a new headquarters. The Bedford Heights-based thrift is looking to consolidate its administrative staff, currently housed in two buildings, into a single structure in the ...
Medical Mutual to sell property;Leaseback to give insurer flexibility.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... In a move to free up cash for future acquisitions, Medical Mutual of Ohio is selling all of its real estate holdings to a California firm. The Bently Forbes Group LLC of Los Angeles, a private real estate group dedicated exclusively to buying properties that it then leases back ...
Regency Steel rolls into processing.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Regency Steel Ltd. is moving quickly to establish itself as a steel processor. The company, formed less than two years ago as a broker of sheet steel based in Warrensville Heights, expanded a month ago into the steel processing business by starting up a steel plate-cutting line ...
Brewmaster departs for competitor's kegs.(Andrew W. Tveekrem)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Snyder International Brewing Group LLC of Cleveland has enticed a big name in local craft brewing circles to hop over to its fledgling beer empire. Andrew W. Tveekrem, brewmaster at Great Lakes Brewing Co. since 1992, will leave the popular Ohio City institution May 19 to become ...
Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 01, 2000 ... The April 17 list of Northeast Ohio's software developers incorrectly ...
Going Places.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000 ... Job Changes Accounting HOWARD, WERSHBALE & CO.: Douglas Kerens, Jennifer L. Karvonen, Matthew Kissell, Jason A. Gresser and Connie Shirk to staff accountants; Carole Kaminski and Janet Baillie to executive secretaries; Marsha Randle to administrative assistant. ...
Funding cuts leave health agency ailing.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... The Health Systems Agency of North Central Ohio is in critical condition because of significantly reduced funding from the state. Trustees of the not-for-profit watchdog agency, which reviews health care institutions' applications for long-term care projects in the Cleveland and ...
Fuel cells power up Graftech offering.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... A Lakewood company that produces graphite parts for fuel cells that may power homes and automobiles in the future is looking to generate some cash for itself by selling shares to the public. Graftech Inc. said last month that it intends to raise $60 million through an initial ...
Mid-America finds friend in Boeing;Aerospace giant pushing firm's software product.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... A small Beachwood-based software and consulting firm is looking to ride the wings of aerospace giant Boeing Co. Representatives of the Boeing's Aircraft and Missiles Division based in Long Beach, Calif., are taking Mid-America Consulting Group on a four-city road show to introduce the ...
Growing FutureNext needs space.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... The Cleveland office of Future -Next Consulting Inc. expects its fast and furious growth to continue well into 2001, and the company already is taking more space in downtown's Caxton Building to accommodate expansion. "We expect to have 120 people by this time next year," said ...
Distributors team for supplier alliance.(Select One Source)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Northeast Ohio soon will be home to a one-stop shopping place for manufacturers looking for products ranging from cutting tools to office supplies and furniture. Ten specialized distributors have formed Select One Source, a regional alliance that will help customers cut their ...
Datebook.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000 ... Week of May 6-12 Monday Cleveland Networking.com. Membership meeting. Millsville Inn, 9453 Ravenna Road, Twinsburg. 7:30-9 a.m. First meeting is free. Information, 216-437-9030. Niche Market Consulting from Interim to Full-Time Employment. Sponsored by ...
Bankruptcies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000 ... The following businesses recently have filed for protection from creditors in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Cleveland. Under Chapter 11, a company files a reorganization plan that must be approved by the court. Chapter 7 is a total liquidation. Chapter 13 is personal bankruptcy. ...
Biggar bringing European flair to condo project.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Glencairn Forest, the Richfield residential community developed by retired Stouffer Corp. chief executive officer Jim Biggar, is about to get a taste of Europe. Mr. Biggar by month's end plans to start building Chapelton Court, a 13-unit condominium community on a four-acre ...
EDR interactive unit set to triple in size.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Media convergence is coming fast, and it's prompting EDR Corp. of Beachwood to more than triple the size of its interactive media staff. EDR by the end of this year intends to have 50 people in its interactive media division, up dramatically from the current staff of 14, said ...
Barnes & Noble booking more NE/Ohio stores.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Barnes & Noble Inc. of New York, the dominant bookstore chain nationwide, is preparing to expand its relatively small presence in Northeast Ohio. The company this week will double the number of superstores it operates in Northeast Ohio by opening a store in the bustling Montrose ...
New plant boosts HMI's bottom line.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... A move to a single-story plant in Strongsville has helped HMI Industries Inc., the maker of Filter Queen vacuum cleaners and room air filtration systems, further streamline production and record its third consecutive profitable quarter after several years of losses. Improved ...
NOPGA singles out area's top talent for year-end awards.(Northern Ohio PGA)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... In at least one respect, the folks at the Northern Ohio PGA have an unenviable job: They have to sift through dozens of worthy choices for their year-end awards. The talent-rich area that is Northeast Ohio makes this a tough task. Two of the choices for 1999 are well-known names in local ...
TourSTAR system offers golfers an information station.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... Guy's been playing golf for a decade or two and has hit a plateau in the low 80s. When he turns in an 81 or an 82, he says, "If only two or three putts would have dropped. ." That sentiment makes sense to anyone who has picked up a driver. But what if the same, frustrated player ...
A pro for the people;Monroe gets down to basics at public Skyland.(Tim Monroe)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Of course Tim Monroe is a golf pro. What else could he be? He's blonde, slim and looks good in casual clothes. He's also outgoing, helpful and darn good company. He is an observant and natural teacher. And he's the boss of golf at Skyland Golf Course in Hinckley. ...
A new face on FoxCreek;Three-year plan reviving lorain semi-private club.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... It started life in 1955 as the Lorain Country Club. With the unpredictable Beaver Creek slip-sliding through the course and the front and back nines created by different designers, the short course was a tough -- but fair -- test of golf, and the clubhouse did a good business. ...
Keeper of the green.(Mark McKinneym golf superintendent.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... The first golf superintendent at St. Andrews was Geordie Robertson, a veteran caddie, named to the post in 1822. His title was Keeper of the Green, and he was dismissed soon after being hired. The records at the home of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club describe him as "incompetent and ...
A buzz over Stinger tees;Beachwood firm winning fans with slimmer, shallower product.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... Mankind has spent thousands of years in the quest to build a better mousetrap. Clevelander Earl Weiss has spent about four years in an effort to build a better golf tee. To Mr. Weiss, owner of Performance Golf Inc. of Beachwood, it's all a matter of friction and physics. ...
Executive Edge fits corporate teamwork training to a tee.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... James Willis enjoys golf as a game. But he also has come to appreciate its value as a prism through which to view corporate character. Mr. Willis' "experienced-based" corporate training firm, Executive Edge Inc. of Chagrin Falls, last fall introduced a training program called ...
Short Putts.(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000 ... Ten reasons why golf needs more women players: 1. Women golfers don't yell. And they especially don't yell profanities, a practice fast gaining favor at public as well as private courses and about as welcome as a nest of killer bees. 2. Women play faster than men ....
Backyard game;S. Euclid firm finds niche building residential greens.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... When he was a kid, George Bigham built his own backyard putting green. Not coincidentally, the strength of Mr. Bigham's golf game has always been the short game. How good? Good enough to play in three U.S. Opens and spend a few years on the PGA Tour before accepting his job of ...
A Bond with the game;Golf central theme through most of legend's 86 years.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... From Florida last winter, Ralph Bond sent postcards to friends. "Having a nice time, but playing poorly," he wrote. For a guy nearing 90 who tees off with a custom-made, 50-inch driver and always expects to be in the short grass, he isn't doing badly. Mr ....
Groomed for golf;Lifelong commitment to game makes NOPGA, its director perfect match.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... When Dominic A. Antenucci was a mere 13 years old, he was awakened on weekends at 4:30 a.m. by his father. The two would dress, leave their Garfield Heights home without making a sound, and drive in the dark to Seneca Golf Course, the 36-hole layout in Broadview Heights. When ...
Outing organizers plan more than fun 'n' games.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... Golf is so accessible, we plan parties around it. No one has football outings in which guests and host arrive at a playing field, shoulder pads and face masks at the ready. No one has basketball outings, where satin shorts and $150 sneakers are the uniform of the day. ...
Welcome to the web;From tours to tee times, golf makes its way online.(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... From online tee time reservations to virtual tours to golf jokes, the Internet is beginning to make headway on the fairway. Course owners, associations, golfers and vendors are recognizing the potential of the web to share information, sell products and services, and maybe even ...
Going inside the ropes;Longtime golf fan, at 64, takes turn at pro caddying.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... What goes around comes around. In the late 1940s, 13-year-old Don Franceski pedaled to Beechmont Country Club in Beachwood, checked in with caddymaster Eli Ross and waited for his first bag of the day. By the time he jumped back on his bike for the ride home, he had $6 or $7 in ...
Sutherland's Avant ball puts focus on the female .(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... One night over dinner in 1998, Nancy Sutherland told her husband, Rich, that their company, Sutherland Golf Inc. of Barberton, should take a swing at the women's golf ball market. It wasn't a shot in the dark. The previous year, Sutherland Golf got into the golf ball ...
A handful in Hinckley;The Medina County township better known for its buzzards also is home to five courseser.(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... Hinckley, the tiny township on the north side of Medina County, is better known for its adulation of turkey vultures than golf. That makes no sense. Hinckley has five regulation-length golf courses. Five! They are Hinckley Hills Golf Course, Ironwood Golf Course, Pine Hills Golf ...
Play at the U.S. Open is tie that binds this group.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Five local golfers gathered on the first tee at Canterbury Golf Club in Shaker Heights: George Bigham, Ralph Bond, Cliff Cook Sr., Bob Hamrich and Ed Preisler. These weren't just any five golfers, mind you. In the world of golf, each had fulfilled a dream: earning a starting ...
Tourney tips hat to legends.(Legends of Golf Tournament)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2000; ... On Aug. 7, the local Legends of Golf Tournament will tee it up at Chagrin Valley Country Club in Chagrin Falls. It will be the third annual Legends of Golf Tournament, and if it's anything like the first two, it will be delightful and memorable. That's a nice result considering ...
Meet the leading ladies;Secrets to success differ among area's women champs.(golfers)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... By now, everybody knows golf's big secret: Women are getting into the game in droves, and a lot of them are darn outstanding. Here are three of the leading women golfers in Northeast Ohio: Mary Ann Muccio Tanglewood Country Club The ladies champ ...
What else would they do?;Many pros spend winter vacations on the links.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2000; ... Somehow it doesn't seem fair. Golf professionals at area clubs, after a leisurely and carefree summer organizing father/son tournaments and taste-testing the chef's latest creation, spend the winter. playing golf? True. Mike Masterson, head golf pro at FoxCreek Golf ...
Grand Openings.
May 08, 2000 ... Sew Much Fun owner Mali Glazer.Sew Much Fun 25343 Lorain Road North Olmsted 44070 Owner Mali Glazer has opened a design studio for people interested in sewing, quilting or embroidery. The facility "offers the support, equipment and space people need to ...
Compuware on the move;E-commerce company's growth merits bigger digs in Independence.
May 08, 2000; ... Compuware Corp. of Farmington Hills, Mich., an electronic commerce consulting and software firm with a 215-person office in Middleburg Heights, will move to bigger digs this summer. The company also plans to add up to 55 employees by the end of the year, said Greg Miller, branch ...
Alliance offers Datatrak web resources.
May 08, 2000; ... Cleveland-based Datatrak International Inc., a medical software provider, has formed an alliance with a computer industry giant that will enable Datatrak to collect clinical trial data worldwide for ready access via the Internet. Datatrak and Computer Sciences Corp. of El ...
Black Box buy to boost area cabling firm.
May 08, 2000; ... Cabling Concepts Inc. of Lakewood, a computer cabling and networking company, expects to expand locally and bolster service to customers as a result of its acquisition by a publicly held competitor in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh-based Black Box Corp. closed the deal April 28 to buy ...
LNB less than thrilled by Osborne's interest.
May 08, 2000; ... The adage, "Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it," could apply these days to executives at LNB Bancorp. Earlier this year, LNB Bancorp's top executive, Gary Smith, bemoaned the lack of attention that the parent company of Lorain National Bank was getting on ...
Nursing homes' latest hurdle: insurance rates.
May 08, 2000; ... Local nursing homes contending with the challenges of reduced reimbursements and staffing shortages are facing yet another headache -- obtaining insurance. "It's become a major problem for our membership," said David Petno, president and chief executive officer of HealthRays ...
BGK adds Tower East to holdings.
May 08, 2000; ... BGK Equities Inc. likes Greater Cleveland so much it has bought another building here -- this time the 12-story Tower East office building in Shaker Heights, which is noted for its modernist design by famed architect Walter Gropius. Through Tower-East Operating Associates LP, ...
United Agencies tries teen tactic;Young hires aim to stir up sales at Sam's Club.
May 08, 2000; ... John J. Boyle III figures his late father would be "mortified" if he knew the tactics his company is using to sell insurance. Mortified, perhaps, by the sight of high school students stationed at the entryways of discount stores, soliciting potential customers for insurance ...
Expanding its borders;Denmark Group looks beyond NE Ohio in plan to earn recognition as full-service insurer.
May 08, 2000; ... Not many people outside the insurance profession know much about Denmark Group of Beachwood, but Dennis "Skip" Vogelsberger is determined to change that. The 54-year-old executive has quietly built a 55-person commercial insurance agency -- one of the largest in Northeast Ohio ...
Black boxes would monitor rigs.
May 08, 2000; ... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed a package of new regulations that would require "black box" data recorders in all long-haul trucks in order to monitor compliance with rules limiting how many hours drivers are on the road each day. Safety groups ...
Datebook.
May 08, 2000 ... Week of May 13-19 Saturday You and Your PC: Choosing Software and Hardware Using E-Commerce and the Internet. Sponsored by COSE Small Business Development Center. Tri-C Western Campus, 11000 Pleasant Valley Road, Room G4A/B, Parma. 10 a.m.-Noon. Free. Reservations, ...
Going Places.
May 08, 2000 ... Job Changes Accounting CLIFTON GUNDERSON: Kevin Pierce to auditor; Erin Steele and Paul Turner to tax specialists. HOWARD, WERSHBALE & CO: Linda Duarte Glickman, David F. Miller, Rosemary Orlando and Paula Z. Reape to senior managers; Helen E. Donnelly to ...
Making the long haul;Think I-71 is bad? Sick of the Shoreway? Try getting to an office three states away.
May 08, 2000; ... The morning drive up I-71 from, say, Strongsville to downtown has its frustrating moments. And the Shoreway is never easy to navigate at rush hour, especially in winter, or when a car inevitably stalls. But try Copley Township to LaGuardia (one of the big airports in New York, ...
Motorcars sells four stores to auto giant.
May 08, 2000; ... Motorcars Group Inc. has paved the way for the entry into the Ohio market of UnitedAuto Group Inc. of Detroit, a publicly held consolidator of car dealerships that's part of entrepreneur Roger Penske's vast automotive holdings. Lee Seidman, president of Motorcars, said he and ...
Lesco likely to leave Rocky River digs.
May 08, 2000; ... Lesco Inc., a publicly traded maker and distributor of turf care products, is planning to transplant its executive offices to Strongsville from Rocky River. Lesco has agreed to buy the Hewlett-Packard Building, 15885 Sprague Road, according to a document the CB Richard Ellis ...
Athersys lands $47.5M in private equity offering.
May 08, 2000; ... Athersys Inc. has surprised itself and has raised $47.5 million in a private equity offering as it continues developing biomedical technologies designed to modify genes to prevent and fight disease. The $47.5 million is nearly double the $27.6 million Athersys intended to raise in the ...
Key unit gives smaller clients a place to turn for M&A help.
May 08, 2000; ... It may not be Goldman Sachs or J.P. Morgan, but KeyCorp has assembled a group of investment bankers that suits Cindy Crotty just fine. Ms. Crotty, senior vice president at KeyCorp, has hired a team of 11 investment bankers who advise small, privately owned companies through ...
A price that's nice;Several no-cost web services available, but many firms yet to bite at free lunch.
May 08, 2000; ... Greg McNeil recognized that in the increasingly crowded field of Internet-based services, his company, e-Business Express Inc. of Beachwood, would have to do something to stand out from the pack. His solution: Target small businesses. His solution, part two: Give those small ...
We're No. 4.
May 08, 2000 ... Civic boosters often point with pride when the Cleveland area finds itself high on such widely publicized lists as Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac. But last week we caught the city's name prominently mentioned in a press release about a list that won't make its way into the Growth ...
This university can hold its head high.
May 08, 2000; ... On the face of it, some might call the changes in the logo subtle. Others might not even notice them. But to people associated with Kent State University, especially those familiar with the now-infamous student shootings 30 years ago, the change is dramatic. It's a true ...
Letters.
May 08, 2000 ... Another view of India Editor: I read J. David Levey's Feb. 14 Global Views column headlined, "India presents huge market, unique problems." I intend to clear up misconceptions created by selective quotes and wrong information in the column, and above all share some ...