Business digest

By SUZANNE SCRUGGS

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 7, 2001

A Community Homebuyers and Credit Rebuilding Workshop will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Greater Tampa Association of Realtors, 2918 West Kennedy Blvd. The workshop provides low- to moderate-income people with valuable information about credit rebuilding and down payment and closing cost assistance programs. This workshop will be presented in Spanish. The workshop is free. Call (813) 371-1727.

The University of Tampa is holding The UT MBA Association Executive Luncheon Series on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the grand salon of Plant Hall on campus. The guest speaker will be Steven Polzin. Polzin will be speaking on Railroading Florida: Transportation and the Decision to Proceed with High Speed Rail. $15 MBAA members, UT MBA students, UT faculty. $20 general public. Call (813) 253-6268.

Jennifer E. Closshey, president and chief executive officer of Crystals International Inc., has been elected to serve on the Employers Association of Florida Inc. board of directors. Closshey's term began in January and will run for three years. She is a past director of Plant State Bank and currently serves on the board of directors of the Research & Development Association for Military Packaging and the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce.

The Beck Group was recently ranked No. 29 on Fortune's "Best Companies to Work For" list. The Beck Group has been in business for more than 85 years. The company recently earned the Builder of the Year award from the American Institute of Architects.

Kevin M. Gilhool has become a shareholder with the law firm of Bavol Bush & Sisco, P.A. Gilhool practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation and products liability. He joined the firm as an associate attorney in 1997.

David A. Gemunder, an attorney with the law firm of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., has been selected as a Fellow of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association. The appointment is for two years. Gemunder is a member of the firm's Corporate, Securities and Finance Group. His practice focuses on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and general corporate law.

Administrative Partners Inc. and Orion Law Management Systems have joined forces to create veelo.com, an ASP for the legal industry. Veelco.com is powered by the Orion Law Management System Software and Windows 2000 Terminal Server. Clients have the option to receive virtual bookkeeping services that range from pre-bill and invoice preparation to complete bookkeeping support.

Biff Craine has joined Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A., as a shareholder. Craine will focus on land use and environmental law and related administrative law practice serving clients in both the private and public sectors. Before becoming an attorney, Craine worked in Tallahassee as executive director of the Florida Democratic Party, Political Affairs Coordinator for the Florida Association of Realtors and as a Principle and Political Consultant.

- Information for Business Briefs should be sent to Suzanne Scruggs, 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33602, or faxed to her at (813) 226-3381.

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