The following organizations have joined the Employers Resource Council’s “Dream Team” provider network: Concentra Medical Centers, Corporate Comedy, The Human Resource Group, North Coast Education Services, PRADCO, Professionals’ Planning Associates and Warren Associates Office Furniture.
Marketing and communications agency Hitchcock Fleming and Associates Inc. has announced the acquisition of East Ohio Gas as a client.
Lisa and Bill Hesse have launched www.E-GiftOutlet.com, an online gift shop offering Amish and Mennonite crafts.
Lake Hospital System’s vascular ultrasound laboratories in Willoughby, Painesville and Mentor have received three-year accreditation from The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories.
TodaysOffice has opened a new online showroom of office furniture at www.officebydesign.com.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites has opened a new hotel in the National City Bank Building at Euclid Avenue and East 6th Street.
Oculus Visualization, LLC has announced a new Web site, www.oculusvis.com, designed by AdvizeX Technologies.
Video Products Inc. has announced the availability of its new Montest-LCD monitor tester, which tests, repairs and aligns analog computer monitors, LCD displays and video projection systems.
Network Technologies has announced the use of its VOPEX video matrix splitter aboard Royal Caribbean International’s newest cruise ship, the Voyager of the Sea.
CapitalWorks LLC has announced the closing of its private equity fund, Short Vincent Partners LLP. The company will use it to make direct equity investments in public companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
The Board of Trustees of the Sisters of Charity Foundation has awarded $513,130 in grants to 43 nonprofit organizations.
Dollfancies, a store selling collector dolls and bears, announces a new Web site, www.dollfancies.com.
Deaconess Hospital has joined Medical Mutual of Ohio PPO and POS networks.
WCPN 90.3 FM has accepted a pledge from Eaton Corp. for $100,000 over the next four years.
Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. has purchased Pool Shot Products Inc..
Sedlak Management Consultants Inc. has moved to a new headquarters in Richfield.
Market.al. Inc. has announced a new Web site, Viewasudo.com, an automated Web development program for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Realty One has announced a new affiliation with Insignia Title Agency Ltd.
Media II Inc., a marketing and public relations agency, has added the following clients: Graphic Laminating Inc. and Hilty Moore & Associates.
Beckett Air has received a patent for a new blower wheel hub design.
Northern Cross Steel Co. has been sold to the president of the company, Robert A. Ross.
Hitchcock Fleming and Associates Inc. has added Consolidated Natural Gas as a client.
The American Culinary Federation, Cleveland Chapter, will host the ACF Northeast Regional Conference March 11 to March 14.
MutiWeb Communications has announced a new company brochure detailing the processes it has designed to help corporations take charge of their Web and e-commerce applications.