January 2, 2021 at 3:52 a.m.
CR adjusts lobby hours for 2021
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CR adjusts lobby hours for 2021
The Commercial Review will be adjusting its lobby hours in the new year.
Beginning Tuesday, The CR’s lobby will be open to customers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, editor and publisher Ray Cooney announced this week. It will be closed on Mondays and weekends.
While lobby hours will be reduced, customers can still make payments over the phone from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or drop payments through the mail building’s mail slot.
The editorial, advertising and commercial printing departments will also be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays by phone or in-person by appointment.
Course scheduled
John Jay Center for Learning is offering education for those interested in earning certified professional medical coder certification.
John Jay will host a 24-week certification prep course beginning Thursday.
Classes are scheduled for 5 to 9:30 p.m. each Thursday from through June 24.
EP request moves
Berne City Council recently approved a resolution that helps clear the way for a tax abatement for EP Graphics.
The company is planning $3.65 million in improvements, including a new press, The Berne Witness reported. The new equipment is expected to help add five new jobs for a total of 130 employees.
EP Graphics is requesting a 10-year super abatement for the project. While the abatement is not yet approved, city council OK’d a declaratory resolution establishing the property as a revitalization area.
The Witness notes that EP Graphics hopes to have the new press running in early 2021 though the entirety of the project is expected to take until the end of 2022.
Awarded again
NextEra Energy picked up another honor this week as Forbes magazine named the company its “outstanding firm” in its Forbes Energy Awards 2020.
Forbes notes that NextEra, which owns and operates Bluff Point Wind Energy Center in Jay and Randolph counties, saw its market cap move pass $150 billion this year to surpass Chevron and ExxonMobil as the most valuable energy company in the country. It has “the nation’s biggest fleet of wind turbines and solar panels,” the Forbes piece says.
Earlier this month NextEra was announced as a recipient of the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award. It was also honored as Utility Drive’s Utility of the Year.
Deere deal reached
Smart Guided Systems, an agriculture technology firm based in Indianapolis, has reached a deal with John Deere for the sales and support of its Smart-Apply Intelligent Control System. The systems will be sold at John Deere locations in the United States, Canada and Australia.
The systems use light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for precision spraying in order to “reduce the potential for chemical drift and help decrease the amount of product being applied.”
"The agreement gives our customers access to an innovative, field-proven precision-spraying control system for use in high value specialty crops through a proven distribution channel," Smart Guided Systems CEO Steve Booher in a press release.
To present
CVS Health announced Tuesday that several of its executives will be part of a “fireside chat” with investors at this year’s J.P Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference.
Participating in the chat for CVS Health will be president and CEO Larry Merlo, executive vice president and chief financial officer Eva Boratto and executive vice president Aetna Karen Lynch. The event will begin at 10:50 a.m. Jan. 12.
Lynch, who will become the company’s president and CEO on Feb. 1, will also participate in the conference’s vaccine panel discussion at 12:45 p.m. Jan. 13.
1,000th opens
McDonald’s recently opened its 1,000th restaurant in Australia with a focus on being green.
The new location in Melbourne is designed to operate with 100% renewable energy.
Its initiatives include:
•Minimizing plastic packaging by using paper straws, wooden cutlery and paper sundae cups.
•Happy Meal toy recycling
•Energy-efficient lighting
•More efficient refrigeration and air conditioning systems
•Carbon-neutral McDelivery through partnerships with Uber Eats and DoorDash
Beginning Tuesday, The CR’s lobby will be open to customers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, editor and publisher Ray Cooney announced this week. It will be closed on Mondays and weekends.
While lobby hours will be reduced, customers can still make payments over the phone from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or drop payments through the mail building’s mail slot.
The editorial, advertising and commercial printing departments will also be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays by phone or in-person by appointment.
Course scheduled
John Jay Center for Learning is offering education for those interested in earning certified professional medical coder certification.
John Jay will host a 24-week certification prep course beginning Thursday.
Classes are scheduled for 5 to 9:30 p.m. each Thursday from through June 24.
EP request moves
Berne City Council recently approved a resolution that helps clear the way for a tax abatement for EP Graphics.
The company is planning $3.65 million in improvements, including a new press, The Berne Witness reported. The new equipment is expected to help add five new jobs for a total of 130 employees.
EP Graphics is requesting a 10-year super abatement for the project. While the abatement is not yet approved, city council OK’d a declaratory resolution establishing the property as a revitalization area.
The Witness notes that EP Graphics hopes to have the new press running in early 2021 though the entirety of the project is expected to take until the end of 2022.
Awarded again
NextEra Energy picked up another honor this week as Forbes magazine named the company its “outstanding firm” in its Forbes Energy Awards 2020.
Forbes notes that NextEra, which owns and operates Bluff Point Wind Energy Center in Jay and Randolph counties, saw its market cap move pass $150 billion this year to surpass Chevron and ExxonMobil as the most valuable energy company in the country. It has “the nation’s biggest fleet of wind turbines and solar panels,” the Forbes piece says.
Earlier this month NextEra was announced as a recipient of the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award. It was also honored as Utility Drive’s Utility of the Year.
Deere deal reached
Smart Guided Systems, an agriculture technology firm based in Indianapolis, has reached a deal with John Deere for the sales and support of its Smart-Apply Intelligent Control System. The systems will be sold at John Deere locations in the United States, Canada and Australia.
The systems use light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for precision spraying in order to “reduce the potential for chemical drift and help decrease the amount of product being applied.”
"The agreement gives our customers access to an innovative, field-proven precision-spraying control system for use in high value specialty crops through a proven distribution channel," Smart Guided Systems CEO Steve Booher in a press release.
To present
CVS Health announced Tuesday that several of its executives will be part of a “fireside chat” with investors at this year’s J.P Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference.
Participating in the chat for CVS Health will be president and CEO Larry Merlo, executive vice president and chief financial officer Eva Boratto and executive vice president Aetna Karen Lynch. The event will begin at 10:50 a.m. Jan. 12.
Lynch, who will become the company’s president and CEO on Feb. 1, will also participate in the conference’s vaccine panel discussion at 12:45 p.m. Jan. 13.
1,000th opens
McDonald’s recently opened its 1,000th restaurant in Australia with a focus on being green.
The new location in Melbourne is designed to operate with 100% renewable energy.
Its initiatives include:
•Minimizing plastic packaging by using paper straws, wooden cutlery and paper sundae cups.
•Happy Meal toy recycling
•Energy-efficient lighting
•More efficient refrigeration and air conditioning systems
•Carbon-neutral McDelivery through partnerships with Uber Eats and DoorDash
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