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Contact: Pat Perry, President, pperry@ercnet.org

Press Release
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

NorthCoast 99 Named Best Human Resources
Event by CBC Magazine

Cleveland – NorthCoast 99 has been recognized as a Connectors' Choice Award Winner for the Best Human Resources Event in Northeast Ohio by CBC™ Magazine. NorthCoast 99 is an annual recognition program that honors 99 great Northeast Ohio workplaces. The NorthCoast 99 program is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is now accepting applications for the 2008 program through its website at www.northcoast99.org.

This is the inaugural year of the Connectors’ Choice Awards, which recognizes professionals in the corporate events and networking industries. From October through December of 2007, CBC™ surveyed its readers, advertisers and vendors to determine Northeast Ohio’s top connectors. CBC™ received more than 235 nominations for over 12 categories and over 50 awards.

NorthCoast 99 and all of the other Connector’s Choice Award winners will be featured in the February issue of CBC™ magazine, which is out now. The winners will further be recognized at theCBC™ first annual Connectors’ Choice Awards Celebrationto be held onWednesday, February 20, 2008 at the House of Blues Cleveland from 6 to 9 p.m.

ERC is Northeast Ohio’s largest organization dedicated to HR and workplace programs, practices, training and consulting. The organization also hosts NorthCoast 99 and sponsors the ERC Health insurance program. For more information about ERC, check out www.ercnet.org.

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