Trinity Oaks health and rehab has received the Excellence in Action award from My InnerView by National Research Corporation.
This honor recognizes long term care and senior living organizations that achieve the highest levels of satisfaction excellence, as demonstrated by overall resident or employee satisfaction scores that fall within the top 10 percent of the My InnerView product database, the largest in the U.S.
“We are proud that our residents and families feel good about the care we provide,” said Trinity Oaks health and rehab Administrator Bill Johnson. “We are not perfect all of the time, but we strive to improve and make positive experiences for those we serve.”
Trinity Oaks health and rehab, part of the Trinity Oaks campus operated by Lutheran Services Carolinas, is located at 820 Klumac Road and provides long-term skilled nursing care and assisted living services as well as short-term rehabilitation services. For more information, call 704-637-3784 .
Rockwell Farms’ Bryan Abramowski and Jason Roseman recently reached the culmination of their one-year Executive Academy for Growth & Leadership (EAGL) program for nursery and greenhouse growers, receiving a continuing education certificate in applied horticultural business management from Texas A&M University.
The EAGL program is the first of its kind public-private partnership specializing in strategic business skills for commercial horticulture. It is an intense and personalized year-long, multi-module curriculum designed to improve the competitive position and profitability of the participants’ companies.
Prior to graduation, the executive students each presented their Capstone projects (complete strategic plans for each of their businesses) to an evaluation panel of accomplished executives from other industries who shared insights on each student’s business strategy, operational excellence and presentation style.
With these acquired skills in strategic planning, financials and marketing Roseman and Abramowski will be better prepared to lead the company forward.
Greg Brown with the Charlotte Angel Fund will kick off the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s 2014-15 Power in Partnership (PIP) season on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at Trinity Oaks, 728 Klumac Road.
Brown will explain the Charlotte Angel Fund program and facilitate the first EntreRowan “Shark Tank.” Presentations will be made by local entrepreneurs seeking funding, and a panel of angel investors will decide if they want to fund their companies.
EntreRowan is the entrepreneurial development program jointly managed by the Chamber of Commerce and RowanWORKS.
Brown provides CFO and business consulting services through Cardinal Finance, of which he is the founder and principal. He also serves as the Administrator of Charlotte Angel Fund, which provides equity capital to early stage ventures in the Carolinas.
Brown has over 10 years of experience in top positions with venture capital-backed private and early stage public companies, many of which have been technology oriented. He has 10 years of domestic and international investing experience with the venture capital firms Residex Ventures and Equity Dynamics. In these roles he has been involved with over $150 million in public and private equity financings and numerous successful exit transactions.
Individual reservations are welcome; the deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. The price includes the cost of breakfast and the program. Contact the Chamber at 704.633.4221 or info@rowanchamber.com.
Stitchin’ Post Gifts at 104 S. Main St. will be celebrating Sasha’s Birthday on Saturday Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A portion of the day’s sales will be donated to Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary.
The birthday party is an annual fundraiser for Faithful Friends no-kill animal sanctuary. The event is named for Sasha Kitty, who lives at Stitchin’ Post Gifts. The day is filled with games, contests, prizes and fun for kids of all ages. Volunteers from Faithful Friends will be on hand with adoptable kittens and puppies. Free cookies, cupcakes and lemonade will be available.
Sasha T-shirts will be available for purchase with all the proceeds going to Faithful Friends.
Those who bring a donation of scoopable kitty litter will receive a special gift from Sasha.
For more information, contact the store at 704-636-4121 or visit their Facebook page (facebook.com/spgiftsnc) or website at www.spgifts.com.
RALEIGH — Food and agricultural experts from around the nation will join North Carolina peers at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh Nov. 18 and 19 for a wide-ranging discussion of technologies and policies affecting food production.
The event is a collaborative effort of N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the N.C. Biotechnology Center’s AgBiotech Initiative.
The conference will explore the state’s growing global leadership in agricultural biotechnology and the associated demands and expectations.
Keynote speakers include Dr. MeeCee Baker, president and CEO of Versant Strategies; Joel Bourne, Jr., contributing writer with National Geographic; Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Dr. Steve Savage, independent communicator and consultant with Savage & Associates. Also participating in sessions throughout the two-day summit will be a number of the state’s industry and academic leaders.
For more information or to register for the N.C. Agriculture & Biotechnology Summit, visit http://www.ncbiotech.org/AgBiotechSummit. Join the conversation: #AgBioSummit.

CHARLOTTE — CommunityOne Bancorp announced Friday that Brian Simpson, 51, its chief executive officer, is leaving the company effective Sept. 30.
A press release from the company said Simpson led the CommunityOne Bank and the Bank of Granite formerly based in Hickory back to profitability.
He also is stepping down from the boards of directors of the company and the bank. He will be consulting with the company for up to two years.
CommunityOne’s current president, Bob Reid, 58, will assume the duties of CEO going forward upon receipt of supervisory nonobjection.
The press release said Simpson and his management team recapitalized the two historically important North Carolina banks, reduced their levels of problem assets, returned them to profitability and merged them into CommunityOne Bank to create one of the largest community banks in the Piedmont and Western regions of North Carolina.
He was with the company three years.