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Veteran Tampa Bay Area Banker to Head Local Bank

BRADENTON, Fla., July 23 /CEO News Info/ — Community Bank of Manatee today announced that Kathryn “Katie” Pemble has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition to being responsible for all bank operations, she will work with CEO and Chairman, William H. Sedgeman Jr., and the bank’s board in developing the bank’s long-term strategic plans. Pemble, a 23-year banking veteran in the Tampa Bay area, also will become a member of Community Bank’s board of directors.

“We are excited to welcome Katie to our organization,” said Sedgeman. “She is a proven leader whose extensive knowledge and banking experience in Florida will be instrumental in achieving our goal of being the best bank in the Tampa Bay area. Katie joins us at an exciting time as the bank just had a profitable second quarter, and with the support of its shareholders, stands with the highest capitalization in the bank’s 14 year history.”

Prior to joining Community Bank of Manatee, Pemble was with Florida Bank — previously named Bank of St. Petersburg — in Tampa. During her tenure there, she held the positions of chief operating officer, president and chief executive of the bank. Most recently, she held the position of chief credit officer for the bank and holding company, Florida Bank Group, Inc. Before joining Bank of St. Petersburg in 2004, Pemble was Pinellas County president for Bank of America. A native Floridian, Pemble graduated from the University of Florida with a BS in Finance.

Director Trevor Burgess added, “We are honored to have one of the most highly regarded women in Florida banking join our team. Katie’s experience, drive, dedication and knowledge of the Tampa Bay market make her the perfect President for Community Bank.”

“I am thrilled about the opportunity to work with an organization with such strong roots in the community,” Pemble said. “I look forward to helping the bank grow and develop by meeting the financial needs of small businesses, individuals and families.”

Among her numerous civic and community activities, Pemble is a member of the Florida Banker’s Association, Leadership Florida, the American Heart Association Leadership Circle, and the Moffitt Merit Society. She also serves as treasurer and finance committee chairman of Bayfront Health System, Inc. in St. Petersburg.

Community Bank is a local, independent bank serving the Tampa Bay region with five branches in Manatee and Hillsborough counties and $250 million in assets as of June 30, 2010. Community Bank continues to specialize in solutions for individuals by offering the region’s best checking account “Clover Gold,” residential mortgages with local and expedient decision-making, and business solutions including Small Business Administration loans. Community Bank is a preferred lender of the SBA and was recently ranked as the number one local community bank for SBA loans.

ABOUT COMMUNITY BANK OF MANATEE:

Community Bank continues to specialize in solutions for individuals by offering the regions best checking account, “Clover Gold,” residential mortgages including “jumbo mortgages” with local, quick decision-making and business solutions including Small Business Administration loans. Community Bank was recently ranked as the number one local community bank for SBA loans.

Community Bank, is a local, independent bank serving the communities of Florida’s central Gulf Coast with five branches in Manatee and Hillsborough counties:

2025 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, Lakewood
Ranch, FL 941-750-0700
6000 State Road 70, East, Bradenton, FL 941-756-0099
7202 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 941-761-3400
1001 West Cleveland Street, Tampa, FL 813-258-8187
10109 U.S. Highway 301 South, Riverview, FL- 813-672-0999

For more information, visit the bank’s website at: www.CommunityBankNow.com or contact the nearest office.

Source: Community Bank of Manatee

CONTACT: William H. Sedgeman, Jr., Chairman & CEO, +1-941-749-8865

Web Site: http://www.communitybanknow.com/

AKRON, Ohio, July 9 /CEO News Info/ — FirstMerit Corporation (NASDAQ:FMER) announces the appointment of N. James Brocklehurst as Executive Vice President, Retail Banking. Brocklehurst joined FirstMerit in July, 2006, as Senior Vice President, Retail Sales Manager, and became interim Executive Vice President of Retail Banking in February 2010.

Brocklehurst is responsible for leading all aspects of Retail Banking for FirstMerit, including development of retail strategy, corporate marketing and real estate management. He reports directly to Paul G. Greig, chairman, president and CEO.

“Jim has distinguished himself in his Retail leadership positions at FirstMerit,” Greig said. “Recently, he has led the successful integration of our new Chicago branches, spearheaded key marketing initiatives and overseen our compliance with new industry regulations. He has a deep understanding of how to achieve the highest levels of customer service and I am confident he will greatly enhance FirstMerit’s ability to meet and exceed customer expectations.”

Brocklehurst has 22 years of retail banking experience. Prior to joining FirstMerit, he was employed by JP Morgan for 16 years, most recently as Senior Vice President, Retail/Market Manager. Jim received his Bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and is a graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Jim resides in Medina, Ohio.

About FirstMerit

FirstMerit Corporation is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with assets of $12.3 billion as of March 31, 2010 and 183 banking offices and 204 ATMs in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and the Chicago area. FirstMerit Corporation provides a complete range of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses through its core operations. Principal wholly-owned subsidiaries include: FirstMerit Bank, N.A., FirstMerit Mortgage Corporation, FirstMerit Title Agency, Ltd., and FirstMerit Community Development Corporation.

FirstMerit Corporation
Analysts: Thomas O’Malley/Investor Relations Officer
Phone: 330.384.7109
Media Contact: Robert Townsend/Media Relations Officer
Phone: 330.384.7075

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CONTACT: Analysts: Thomas O’Malley, Investor Relations Officer,
+1-330-384-7109, Media: Robert Townsend, Media Relations Officer,
+1-330-384-7075, both of FirstMerit Corporation

Web Site: http://www.firstmerit.com/

CHICAGO, July 8 /CEO News Info/ — Michael McKiernan, Avison Young Principal and Managing Director of the company’s Chicago office, announced today that two leading commercial real estate brokers have joined Avison Young’s brokerage operation.

Effective immediately, Jason Kleiman becomes a Principal of Avison Young and a member of the office tenant representation group in Chicago. Kleiman was formerly Managing Principal at Lakefront Advisory Services, a corporate real estate advisory practice that focuses on the representation of users of office space.

Bob Budington joins Avison Young as senior director of Chicago’s office tenant representation group. He was most recently a Vice-President with Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler Inc. and formerly with Golub and Company and Jones Lang LaSalle.

Avison Young is Canada’s largest independently-owned commercial real estate services company. The firm opened its first U.S. office in Chicago, IL in 2009, followed by U.S. offices in Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX over the past half year.

“We are pleased to be able to unite two energetic, experienced brokers who will help Avison Young realize its vision for further growth and success in the Chicago marketplace. Their backgrounds, coupled with their strong work ethic, will provide clients with the highest quality of service,” says McKiernan.

He continues: “Jason’s experience is extensive and his focus on tenant representation is augmented by his background in corporate services. Avison Young now has a presence in the central business district and will continue to grow.”

“Bob brings a diverse background to Avison Young. His analytical experience at Jones Lang LaSalle, his landlord representation role at Golub and Company, and his tenant representation activities at Colliers provide Bob and his clients with a unique perspective on the market. Everyone here at Avison Young and our clients look forward to taking advantage of Bob’s skill sets,” says McKiernan.

Over the past 18 months, Avison Young has grown from 11 to 18 offices and from 300 to 600-plus real estate professionals in Canada and the U.S.

“In order to remain at the forefront of our highly competitive industry, Avison Young recognizes the need to continually add new resources to the company. Jason and Bob are both experienced tenant representatives with excellent reputations in the market and among their clients,” says Earl Webb, Avison Young’s President, U.S. Operations.

“They both have strong relationships with a number of Chicago-area clients with whom they have been working over the years. As we begin to build our Chicago business downtown as well as in the suburbs, we are pleased that Jason and Bob have come on board to begin what will be a rapidly-growing downtown tenant representation practice,” adds Webb.

“I am excited to be joining an organization with such an enviable track record of success, and one that is committed to expanding in all facets of the commercial real estate industry,” notes Kleiman. “I look forward to being an integral part of Avison Young’s growth and success in the U.S. marketplace.”

“I am pleased to be continuing my career at Avison Young and providing innovative real estate solutions to a wide range of clients,” says Budington. “Avison Young’s vision to build its brand across North America and beyond is something I look forward to being a part of.”

Jason Kleiman

Kleiman has more than a decade of direct transactional experience in the Downtown Chicago commercial real estate market. Prior to joining Avison Young, he was Managing Principal and founder of Lakefront Advisory Services, a corporate real estate advisory practice that focuses primarily on the representation of users of office space. Before that, he held senior brokerage roles at both the Trammell Crow Company and CB Richard Ellis.

Through his real estate career, Kleiman has developed an expertise in tenant representation with a focus on office properties. Along with a deep knowledge of the Downtown Chicago office market, Kleiman specializes in the representation of tenants with a multi-market and multi-national presence. He has been successful in the use of best practices to assist corporate clients in the creation of consistent real estate processes across a wide variety of property portfolios. On behalf of his clients, he has successfully negotiated leasing transactions in nearly every major market throughout North America.

Kleiman’s clients have included: IKON Office Solutions, Oce North America, Professional Service Industries, Dykema Gossett, IA Interior Architects, Backstop Solutions Group, PSA-Dewberry, and the French Consulate. Kleiman holds a Bachelor of Science in Business/Marketing from Indiana University and is a member of the Chicago Office Leasing Brokers Association (COLBA).

Bob Budington

Budington has more than 18 years of experience in commercial real estate with a diverse background in financial analysis, management and construction, marketing and leasing, investment and development, and acquisitions and dispositions. He has negotiated leases totaling over $200 million in value, assisted in acquisitions and dispositions of $300 million in assets, and implemented marketing and leasing programs for 3 million square feet (msf) of assets.

Specializing in strategic real estate planning and corporate advisory services, Budington joins Avison Young from Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler Inc., where he focused on tenant representation in Downtown Chicago between 2005-2010. Prior to that, Budington was with Golub & Company where he oversaw the leasing of a 3-msf real estate portfolio. Budington began his career at LaSalle Partners (now Jones Lang LaSalle) as a financial analyst before moving to the leasing and management group in Chicago and New York.

Budington’s clients have included: Boston Options Exchange, Capital First Realty, Carlyle Group, Chicago Children’s Choir Academy, Chicago Municipal Employees Credit Union, Chicago Park District, City of Chicago, Clear Channel, Cypress Communications, International Education of Students, Krasnow Saunders Cornblath, Liston & Lafakis, Macquarie Rail, Mitsui Rail Capital, Northwestern Hospital, Northwestern University, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Premiere Radio, The PrivateBank and Trust Company, Government of Quebec, Romanucci & Blandin, Slalom Consulting, the Spencer Foundation, Two by Four Communication, and Visanow.com.

Budington is a member of the Commercial Office Leasing Brokers Association (COLBA) and Chicago Real Estate Organization (CREO). He is also a member of Metropolitan Family Services and City of Hope, and the founding member and President of the North Shore Lacrosse Club, a not-for-profit youth sports organization in suburban Chicago. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Cornell University.

Founded in 1978, Avison Young is Canada’s largest independently-owned commercial real estate services company and the only national, Canadian-owned, principal-managed real estate brokerage firm in the country. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and ranked among Canada’s leading national commercial real estate organizations, Avison Young is a full-service commercial real estate company comprising more than 600 real estate professionals in 18 offices across Canada and in the U.S. The company provides value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial and multi-residential properties.

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Source: Avison Young (Canada) Inc.

CONTACT: comment/photos: Sherry Quan, National Director of
Communications & Media Relations: (604) 647-5098, cell: (604) 726-0959;
Michael McKiernan, Principal and Managing Director, Chicago: (847) 881-2236;
Jason Kleiman, Principal: (312) 957-7606; Bob Budington, Senior Director,
Office Tenant Representation Group, Chicago: (312) 957-7607; Earl Webb,
President, U.S. Operations: (847) 881-2237; Mark Rose, Chair and CEO: (416)
673-4028, www.avisonyoung.com

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 7 /CEO News Info/ — Environmental Service Professionals, Inc. (“ESP”) (Pink Sheets: EVSP), an innovator in environmental home inspections, announced today that Sam G. McMillan has been appointed President of the Company.

Mr. McMillan will be in charge of the Company’s operations. He has held numerous senior management positions in sales and operations for more than 18 years. Most recently, he served for more than a decade as Senior Global Director for CompuCom Systems, Inc., in San Ramon, Calif., developing business strategies and complex opportunities for CompuCom’s largest, Fortune 1000 clients and all Private Equity client relationships. Prior to that, he was Senior Director of Integration for CACI in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s Wide Area Network known as EDNET, where his responsibilities included all aspects of contract negotiations and management in support of all outsourced IT services.

ESP is focused on providing affordable, environmentally safe and efficient homes for hard-working American families. In addition to an affordable, consolidated home inspection program covering energy audits, indoor air quality, home inspections, radon, lead and asbestos, etc., the Company has developed a unique Certified Environmental Home Inspectors(TM) (CEHI) program and during the next 36 months expects to train and hire over 50,000 Veterans as CEHI inspectors and over 10,000 Disabled Veterans to become Customer Service Representatives to support the inspectors and customers of this program.

ESP’s Chairman and CEO, Edward L. Torres, said, “We are very pleased to welcome Sam McMillan to our management team. Our business models and organization have developed significantly over the past nine months, and we are ready for new high-level leadership to guide our many strategic relationships with government agencies, union officials and major corporations.

“Our recent accomplishments are many. Briefly stated: We have successfully consolidated the various protocols for energy, moisture mold and other indoor air quality programs to allow one inspector to inspect a home on several different protocol levels at the same time, reducing the cost for consumers and stakeholders alike. We’ve also developed alliances with federal agencies and private corporations such as CompuCom, Hewlett Packard and The Hartford Insurance Company, and we are now in the final stages of establishing recurring sources of inspections through our ‘Healthy Home America’ program, our ‘Healthy Home Mortgage Program,’ and our 10-year Annual Home Inspection Protocol Program, ‘The Healthy Green Living Certification.’ Working closely with Members of Congress, the Departments of Labor and of Commerce, and the Veterans Administration, we are preparing to launch our CEHI program to provide jobs to thousands of returning veterans.

“We are very excited as we approach the start of full operations, and we are confident Sam McMillan’s broad experience with large, complex organizations will be invaluable to ESP’s success.”

About Environmental Service Professionals, Inc.

ESP (EVSP.PK) offers various inspection services that include energy/efficiency audits addressing mold and moisture intrusion that can have an acute and chronic negative impact on the indoor air quality of commercial and residential buildings. The first company in the moisture inspection industry vertical to become a publicly traded company, ESP has embarked on a strategy to acquire businesses dealing with environmental issues and resolving environmentally sensitive problems. It has completed four acquisitions and is in various stages of discussion with additional companies that management believes are a good philosophical, operational and economic fit with ESP. For additional information, please visit: www.evsp.com

ESP through its various wholly owned subsidiaries has developed a standardized training, certification, inspection, and results reporting analysis program, which forms the foundation for the Company’s “suite of services.” These services taken together comprise the Certified Environmental Home Inspector(TM) (“CEHI”) program. This program is available to active duty U.S. military and veterans and will meet all required Veterans Affairs requirements. Our Safeguard business unit will provide the EcoCheck Inspection(TM) as part of the pro-active comprehensive subscription based annual maintenance process called the Healthy Living Maintenance Program(TM) (“HLMP”), part of ESP’s Healthy Home Mortgage Program(TM) (HHMP). Every 12 months a new EcoCheck Inspection(TM) is conducted. The HLMP is an all inclusive multi-disciplined inspection process focused on adding value to a property by reducing liabilities and mitigating risks for the insurance, mortgage banking, building, real estate, and property management industries by reducing claims, instilling confidence in property safety and efficiency while promoting a positive green image to both residential and commercial clients.

Visit http://www.evsp.com/ for complete information on the ESP family of services offered and investment information.

ESP is publicly traded under symbol (EVSP.PK)

Forward-Looking Statements This document contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability of the Company to raise capital, the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price-competitive marketplace, changes in the environmental sector and changes in business strategy, as well as other risks referenced from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See www.SEC.gov for additional information about the company.

Contact:
Consulting for Strategic Growth 1
Stanley Wunderlich, CEO
PH: 1- 800-625-2236 ext.7770
Fax: 1- 646-514-1177
Email: swunderlich@cfsg1.com
www.cfsg1.com

Source: Environmental Service Professionals, Inc.

CONTACT: Stanley Wunderlich, CEO of Consulting for Strategic Growth 1,
1-800-625-2236, ext. 7770, fax, +1-646-514-1177, swunderlich@cfsg1.com, for
Environmental Service Professionals, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.evsp.com/

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