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By Times Staff Writer
Published December 26, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG

Sealund learning games sales propel growth

Sealund and Associates has had growing sales of its interactive adult learning Serious Games and is now opening an Atlanta office. The firm has created training tools for 22 years but recently began expanding that into board games and even electronic games that are aimed at making training stick by making it entertaining. The opening of the Atlanta office Jan. 2 will support the production of new games, said founder Barbara Sealund. The firm also has created a Christmas quiz game. For more, see sealund.com/seriousgames

COUNTYWIDE

Boley Centers finalist for national award

The Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless and the Homeless Leadership Network announced that the nonprofit Boley Centers is one of 14 finalists nationally for the 2007 Maxwell Awards given annually by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Boley Centers provides transitional, permanent supported, and permanent housing to hundreds of homeless or formerly homeless persons every year.

The Maxwell Award, given in January 2008, will recognize "outstanding development of supportive and affordable housing for homeless individuals and families," according to the award's Web site.

Each 2007 Maxwell Awards recipient will receive a $75,000 grant to continue its work in the field of supportive and affordable housing for homeless individuals and families. Maxwell Award winners' case studies will be posted on KnowledgePlex (www.knowledgeplex.org) and the Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness (www.endlongtermhomelessness.org).

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