Sunday, March 28, 2010

“• Tutoring academy founder earns state honor (The Salisbury Post)” plus 2 more

“• Tutoring academy founder earns state honor (The Salisbury Post)” plus 2 more

• Tutoring academy founder earns state honor (The Salisbury Post)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:44 PM PDT

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The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Beatrice Hair, founder of Salisbury Tutoring Academy, the North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year for 2010.

Hair was nominated by Jenifer Flatley of the University of Phoenix Alumni Association.

Salisbury Tutoring Academy tutors students in all subjects, adult literacy and standardized test preparation. It specializes in working with students with Attention Deficit Disorder and dyslexia.

Winners from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam will travel to Washington, D.C., in May to mark the annual celebration of National Small Business Week. One person will be selected as National Small Business Person of the Year.

To be honored, the person must have a substantiated history as an established business, growth in number of employees, innovativeness of product/service offered, response to adversity and contributions to community-oriented projects.

Hair spent eight years teaching elementary school. Her turning point occurred when a boy in her elementary school class had heart surgery and fell behind in his studies. She tried to tutor him, but her teaching and school duties consumed all her time. She knew there were many more students like him who could benefit from "one-on-one" tutoring.

In 1996, she opened Salisbury Tutoring Academy, operating out of her home and using classroom space at a church.

She had a few teachers signed on as tutors. She outgrew that space and moved into the current location at 818 Corporate Circle, where she now oversees 25 teachers.

The company's income has grown steadily as it streamlined business systems to create an efficient scheduling and automatic billing system. In 2007, Hair founded a sister company, Salisbury Tutoring Academy Franchise Group and has sold two franchises, with a goal of selling 1,000 nationwide.

Hair has served on the Board of Directors for the Rowan County YMCA and an ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) summer camp, which she helped to create. She and the STA have sponsored the Race Against Violence to stop domestic abuse and the Hurley YMCA Youth Soccer League in Rowan County.

Hair is a graduate of Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Education. She earned a master's of education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix.

The award will be presented April 6 at City Hall, 217 South Main St.

The Salisbury Tutoring Academy Web site is www.staltd.com.

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Starwood Studios would offer place for musical recitals, academic tutoring (Southlake Times)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:46 PM PDT

Bill Conrad, bconrad@acnpapers.com

Starwood Studios, located at the Offices at Byron Nelson, may soon be open to the public if a zoning change request is approved by planning and zoning and the Southlake City Council.

The offices, located at 630 E. Southlake Blvd, mainly consist of office suites, according to Debra Edmondson, general counsel for the buildings owners, Thomas Steven and Company, who spoke at a SPIN No. 7 meeting March 22.

Starwood Studios was formed when a former tenant, the Southlake Training Center, moved out last summer. The 4,300-square-foot space was converted to Starwood Studios and is currently used by the buildings tenants for parties and recitals. If the zoning change is approved, the studio could be rented to the general public.

Edmondson was clear that the only changes to the building would be in its usage.

No changes will be made to the outside of the building or to the building's parking, said Edmondson. The only changes will be made to what is going on inside.

Starwood Studios would only operate after regular business hours and would have several uses such as after-school tutoring, seminars, office parties and receptions. The room features couches, big screen televisions and a DJ booth.

This would be a unique little space that Southlake really doesn't have, said Edmondson. We have been using this for our tenants, but this will allow us to offer it during the evening and weekend hours to the general public.

Edmondson said she believes the studios would have a capacity of 100-125 people, but that number could be adjusted in order to keep within the parking regulations.

Another tenant already in the building, Hall Music Productions, would also put the studio to good use.

David Hall, a Carroll High School graduate and owner of Hall Music Productions, said the studios would be a great addition to Southlake.

There are so many kids in Southlake that write songs and create music and they don't have any outlet for that whatsoever, said Hall. Having a night each week where the kids can get together and perform for the public would be really great for the community. The only outlet they have now is all the way in Dallas in places such as Deep Ellum. We need to give them a venue for their creativity.

Hall has been teaching music lessons for 10 years in Southlake and said he offers lessons in all musical areas, including guitar, drums, singing and songwriting.

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Businesses making news (Detroit Free Press)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:35 AM PDT

New business/location

• The University of Phoenix opened a student resource center at 26261 Evergreen in Southfield last month. The 7,000-square-foot-facility has high-speed wireless Internet connections on more than 45 computers, a support bar for on-demand tutoring, interview rooms, classrooms, a testing center and computer stations to access rEsource.

• Kim's Produce is a new business at 4206 Woodward in Detroit near Wayne State University. The store has fruit, fresh granolas, customized seasonings, organic teas and Calder's Milk.

• Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit has opened Goodwill's Green Works, a new Detroit-based wholly owned subsidiary of Goodwill. Green Works is in a 94,000-square-foot building at 6421 Lynch in Detroit. The organization offers cost-saving, environmentally friendly asset-recovery services to DTE Energy and is the first stand-alone free enterprise venture undertaken by Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit.

• Clark Construction, a construction-management firm, opened a southeast Michigan regional office. The office is at Southfield Town Center, 1000 Town Center, Suite 2450, Southfield.

• Birmingham-based Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel is to relocate to 294 Brown St. in Birmingham in late spring. The new building, with 20,500 square feet of office space, is to house about 130 CBWM employees, currently working out of two in-town offices.

Partnership

• Pleasant Ridge-based Multi-Bank Securities, an institutional securities broker-dealer, has formed a strategic business alliance with Corporate One Federal Credit Union of Columbus, Ohio. The new relationship will allow Corporate One to expand its credit union securities offerings to include negotiable certificates of deposit and funding resources. In addition, it offers credit unions free safekeeping through an independent third party, free portfolio analysis reports through BondEdge, access to Multi-Bank's fixed-income accounting tool, SunGard, as well as an expanded lineup of investment products.

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