DETROIT-MEDC partnership kicks off a competitive funding program in which 10 communities will receive professional consulting to assist downtown leaders with formulating a plan to address economic development challenges and encourage downtown economic growth.

ORLANDO-The vice president/manager received Fidelity's 2002 Highest Pre-Tax Profit Agency Operations Award for increasing profits in the Southeast region to $5.79 million in 2002 from $3.2 million in 2001.

PERTH AMBOY, NJ-The groundbreaking for the $20-million redevelopment project was also an occasion to announce that an apparel company will take more than half of the projected build-out space.

SAN DIEGO-Buyer LMC-Camino Santa Fe LLC plans to hold the industrial facility as an investment. Encompassing 28,444 sf, it is located at 9180 Camino Santa Fe.