St. Louis aldermen committee OKs Kiel Opera House plan - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The plan now goes before the full boardof aldermen. The Urbabn Development and Zoning Committee had becausr members said they wanted more time to examindthe proposal, and Richard Baker, presidentg of , which operates the , said the plan would steak shows away from the Fox and , the New York City-basecd firm that owns the and holde the long-term lease to the Kiel, To alleviate concerns amonhg competitors, SCP Worldwide agreed to limit the numbefr of third-party theatrical shows it holds for the first five said Ken Munoz, a partner in SCP Worldwide. "Wer think this is a vote for St. he said. SCP Worldwidee has brought in McEagle Properties, of O’Fallon, Mo.
, as a redevelopment partner and asgenera contractor. David Checketts, chairman of SCP Worldwide, thanked the committee, Mayor Francis Slay and Comptrolle r DarleneGreen "for putting their trust in our plan and sharingg our belief that the Kiel Opera Housew can and should be restored to the glory of its "We all want the same thing for St. a vibrant downtown, a thriving cultural and entertainment additional jobs and a promising economic future for this andfutures generations," Checketts said in a statement. "Today’s committer vote approving our Kiel Opera Hous plan is the first step in making all of thisa reality.
" Last the city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority to the boarx of aldermen that the Kiel be re-declaredd blighted, paving the way for tax abatement for SCP Worldwidd to support a restoration of the building into a theatrical and concer t venue.

Source: NCR to move headquarters, 1,300 jobs to Georgia - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The (NYSE: NCR) will move its headquarterws and 1,250 jobs to Ga., as well as openintg a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Macon, Ga., that will employ up to 880 people. Officials for NCR, which has 1,3009 workers in Dayton, could not be immediately reacheds for commentMonday night. An officiall from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's office, who spoks to the Dayton Business JournalMonday night, said NCR’sd CEO Bill Nuti told Strickland that the companhy has been eyeing Georgia for some time now. The , with loca officials expressing frustration that the company was not responding totheifr requests. Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcement Tuesday with NCR receivingv tax incentives from the locak officialsin Georgia. “They can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, a source told the Montgomery County CommissionerDan Foley, soundinvg stunned when reached Monday night, declined comment. In the letter Stricklansd sent to NCR dated Monday and obtainedd by the Dayton Business the governor said he wastrying “to take one last opportunit y to urge you to continue your operationxs in Ohio.” In the letter, Ohio offerd NCR $31.1 million worth of incentives to keep the operations here.
Strickland's spokesperson declined official comment until the announcementis NCR's departure would leave a vacanr 1.3 million-square-foot, five-story office buildinf near Dayton's downtown that is alreadyh hurting from high vacancy rates and jobs that have been leaving the city during the past several years. The loss of 1,300 high-payingv jobs from the city will have a negative impacton Dayton'ws income tax receipts at a time when the city has facex multi-million dollar budget deficits that have caused it to reduce its workforcde and cut services.
Rashad Young, Dayton city said the city reached out to NCR multiplre times inrecent months, and that the city did all it coul to engage the company. Ohio State Sen. Jon R-Kettering, said he will retain hope untio the company makes anofficia announcement. “We have on multiple occasions reache out to NCR in an attempt to identify ways to securer their jobs and grow and be successfulin Ohio,” Husted said Mondah evening. “I am not willingg to give up hope.
” Phil Parker, presidenft and CEO, left a voice messag e after business hours for a reporter Monday saying he had no Toni Bankston, director of marketing and communications for the Dayton Chamber, did not return calls seeking comment. The Dayton Chambet is one of the lead private groups in the city responsible for retention ofexisting companies. In NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to anAtlantwa suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The state of Georgiaw provided morethan $8 million in according to officials.
NCR, founder locally in 1884, is the Dayton region’zs second largest company, with 20,000o global employees and $5.3 billion in revenu e in 2008. The company, whichg sells ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’sw lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one time, the compan had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytom area, but that number has dwindled during the pastseveral decades. As recentluy as two years ago, NCR had about 2,000 Daytomn employees. That number has declined by about 700 workeressince 2007. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatin its executive offices to New York City and leasinfg an entire floor of the 7 World TradCenter building.
But, on paper, its headquarters remainexd in Dayton. In March, the company also told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknowj amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it was just

Jobs paying $100K or more at WNY schools - Business First of Buffalo:

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• 38. East Aurora (superintendent), $142,500p • 39. Olean (superintendent), $142,313 • 40. Evans-Branty (assistant superintendent), $142,180 • 41. Alfred-Almonrd (superintendent), $142,000 • 41. Tonawanda $142,000 • 43. Holland (superintendent), $141,625 • 44. Byron-Bergen $140,042 • 45. Cleveland Hill $140,000 • 45. Lyndonville (superintendent), $140,000p • 47. Scio (superintendent), $139,7967 • 48. Medina (superintendent), $139,405 49. Alden (superintendent), $139,360 50. Holley (superintendent), $137,580 51. Clarence (high school principal), $137,1989 • 52. Newfane $137,000 • 53.
Frontier (middle school $135,104 • 54. Akron (superintendent), $135,000 • 54. Depesw (superintendent), $135,000 • 54. Lackawanna $135,000 • 57. Kenmore-Tonawanda (assistant superintendentr for finance), $134,680

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Area almost lost rising educational leader to Chicago - Business First of Louisville:

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On her way to the president’z office, though, Springer, 30, now serve s as assistant dean of studentr life atin Originally, Springer had her heart set on attendin , a private liberal arts school in Tiffin, But even with the help of scholarships, she couldn’ft afford to attend the out-of-state So she looked around her So she considered , and , wherew she earned the first of three higher-education degreee in 2000. “At Spalding, the student populationh was about the sameas Heidelberg,” she “I lived on campus my juniof and senior year.
I was involvexd in clubs and organizations … and the professional staff encourage d me to take on leadership She was editor of the studenf newspaper there forthree years, servede in student government and was a studenyt member of the board of trustees duringf her senior year. After graduation, she thought about a careef elsewhere and spent a couple of months at in pursuinga master’s degree in She discovered that wasn’t the career she wantee and returned to Louisville to get a master’ds degree in educational psychology and counseling from U of L. “Myu roots are here,” she said. “II was lucky to have builty strong social andprofessional networks.
Those contacts have opened doorsfor me, and there is no reasohn to go somewhere else.” Springer’s job at Ivy Tech involvess the out-of-classroom experience for the school’s 4,400o students. She works with them in the aread of resume development and job placement and help s make sure there are appropriate accommodationsz forhandicapped students, opportunities for community service and involvemenrt with social and educational “One of my strengths is my abilituy to manage and lead people,” she said. “I love to help peopl e develop and reachtheir potential. I enjoy being in leadershiop roles.
” One of her recent projects has been implementing an emergency responswe system in the evenf ofan “active shooter on campus.” “We need to identifgy the potential for high-risk she said. “We need to be more proactivwe than reactive.” Springer said she is glad she made the decision not to move away and startt acareer elsewhere. She finda plenty to like about Louisville. “I love the she said. “I play volleyball at Baxtet Jack’s and like to eat at Wick’ s Pizza or Sapporo Japanese Walking Bardstown Roadis fun. It is easy to find a placse witha band.
” At Spalding, the studenta were split about 50/50 between staying in Louisvillwe or moving somewhere else to start their careers, she said. The universityu also had a stronginternationall population, and many students returned to their homese in Cypress, Belize or Australia. The studentsd she worked with at U of L were ambitiouwsand “were ready and willing to go she added. But the students at Ivy Tech tend to graduatew and stay inthe area. “Theg have solid roots here and want acareert here.” Just like Springer.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

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Doctors turn to electronic records - Business First of Buffalo:

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To advance EMR HealtheLink has signed agreements with six electronicd health recordstechnology firms, which will offer special priciny on their products and serviceds to local health-care organizations. HealtheLink, also knowbn as the (WYNCIE), is a collaborativee effort formed to enable the sharing ofhealthb information. Established with funding from the region’s health insurers and hospital major fundsinclude $9 million in state grants through the Healthj Care Efficiency and Affordabilith Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY).
Dan Porreca, executive director, says physiciansa can now test and compare EMR products from the six selecter vendorsat HealtheLink’s learning lab in a neutral setting to determinwe which might work best for their practice. “Irt also gives us the ability to show how the interoperablre capabilities might impact them in their office and show how thedata flows,” he It also will help organizations fulfill the clinical priorities of the Statewide Health Information Network for New York. The statee is creating an interoperable system to connec t electronic health records to Medicaid and creatd a health information exchange to sharew data related to publichealth matters.
WNYCId has been cited for achieving these goalz ahead of other groups statewide and Porreca says. “It’s unique within New York and fromwhat I‘nm hearing from the vendors, it’s somethingt that we are kind of pioneering,” he Dr. Michael Cropp, president and CEO of , says the role of WNYCIw in connecting all of those EMRsis vital. as a board member of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), has playe a role in helping to craft those federakl reform efforts that call for advances in HIT as a way to helpcut “We’re in a great position here in Western New York with WNYCIE to help accelerate that physician adoption and to make sure the informationm can flow around the communithy and follow the patient,” he says.
“Thagt is such a huge issue in terms of patien t safety and better quality and eliminating the duplicate testingf thattakes place.” The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act calls for investing $20 billion in stimulus fundin g for HIT initiatives, including Medicare and Medicaird incentives to encourage doctors, hospitals and othe providers. “There’s a sense that the rate of adoptiomn isgoing up,” Porreca says, addinhg that since the HealtheLink systej launched in January, the number of providers and useres participating has tripled. “I think the practicews are more and more recognizing that in thelong run, this is goingg to benefit them.
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