FOUNDATION PRESIDENT NAMED COMMODORE: Guy Coviello, president of the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation is among 44 people in the state recently inducted into the Association of Ohio Commodores.
The association is a group of individuals recognized by the governor of Ohio with the state's most distinguished honor, the Executive Order of the Ohio Commodore. Each year, Ohioans are recognized for their business accomplishment, acumen and leadership with this prestigious honor.
He oversees the chamber's foundation, including programs that help with economic prosperity and quality of life. Coviello joined the chamber in 2014 as vice president of government affairs and, in 2018, was appointed to the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission.
DOMINION ANNOUNCES RATES: Dominion Energy Ohio's rates for its Standard Choice and Standard Service offers will be $2.37 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf). The new rates are $1.33, or 35.9 percent, less than the January 2019 rates of $3.71 per Mcf. The rates are also down 31 cents per, or 11.6 percent, from the December 2019 rates of $2.69 per Mcf.
The average residential customer's bill for the month of January 2020 would be $86.55, down $19.86, or 18.7 percent, from $106.41 in January 2019.
MERCY HEALTH FACILITY RECOGNIZED: Newsweek recently ranked the nation's best nursing homes for 2020 with Mercy Health -- Assumption Village earning the distinction.
The recognition was published as a part of the magazine's "Best Hospital" issue 2020-21. U.S. News evaluated more than 15,000 nursing homes nationwide and recognized award winners in 20 states. The total state lists contained 406 unique nursing homes, 14 of them from Ohio.
Assumption Village is in North Lima. It features 150 beds with service spanning skilled rehabilitation, long-term care and a special care, dementia unit.
GREENWOOD NAMED GREEN DEALER: Greenwood Chevrolet, which has dealerships in Austintown and in Hubbard, has earned the Green Dealer recognition by Green Dealer Support for efforts to reduce their environmental footprint and create a more sustainable environment.
The award for 2019 was the third year the dealerships received the award. They are among 275 GM dealerships eligible to be recertified for the program.
Among what they did were changing parking lot lights to LED, having energy star certified appliances, offering free snacks in lieu of vending machines, switching to high-efficiency on-demand water heaters and updating HVAC systems to high-efficiency with programmable thermostats.
In addition, Greenwood Chevrolet purchased a cardboard baler for cardboard recycling. The dealership also no longer prints vehicle catalogs opting to instead upload the catalogs onto iPads in the showroom and waiting areas for guests to utilize as well as designated recycling containers for employees and customers.
BURGAN NAMED PRESIDENT OF REALTORS ASSOCIATION: Patrick Burgan, second generation co-owner and broker of Burgan Real Estate, will be sworn in on Saturday as the 95th president of the Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors for 2020.
Burgan follows his father's footsteps, John Burgan, who held the office in 1981, and also becomes the youngest Realtor to hold this office at 33 years old.
The term is for one year.
New Businesses
RIBBONS CUT: Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were scheduled Friday for Struthers Tax Service and Saturday for Simply Power Yoga.
Struthers Tax Service, 5162 Youngstown Poland Road, Boardman, is owned by Mike Refe, who has more than 20 years of experience in tax law and preparation, and is an enrolled agent that is admitted to practice before the IRS. Struthers Tax Service also offers a wide variety of bank products.
Simply Power Yoga, 3695 Boardman Canfield Road, Building B, Suite 150, Canfield, is owned by Kim Zavoral, a 200-Hour RYT and level one baptiste power instructor who is working on her 300 certification.
People on the Move
VALLOUREC NAMES OFFICIAL: Vallourec USA Corporation has named Patrick Kiraly as North America director of automation and data.
In the new role, Kiraly is responsible for the development of the company's Industry 4.0 strategy regarding the use of technological resources and best practices for innovation in industrial processes based on automation, data management, additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence to manage the improvement and support the region's industrial performance.
He joined Vallourec's subsidiary Vallourec Star in 2010. Prior to joining Vallourec, Kiraly worked for Delphi Corporation, where he was awarded two U.S. patents, was the recipient of the Boss Kettering Award -- General Motors' highest award for technical innovation -- and inducted into Delphi's Innovation Hall of Fame.
YBI STAFFER HEADS BOARD: Corey Patrick, director of marketing and communications for the Youngstown Business Incubator, was named recently board president for the Walnut Grove, the Mahoning Valley's accessible and inclusive playground. He takes over for Amanda Watanakunakorn.
Other board members are Karen Conkey, Greg Boerio, Sharlynn Fabiilli, Lorene Pfahler, Dan Procopio and Cody Stoll.
STEWARD ADDS DR: Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren and Steward Medical Group have brought on P.Y. Solanki, a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine. His clinical interests are in geriatric and adolescent medicine, diabetes and osteoporosis screening.
Solanki earned his medical degree from Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College in Solapur, India. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at both Northeast Ohio Medical University and Avalon University.
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