WHAT’ S NEWS IN CRANBERRY
THRIVAL FESTIVAL 2018
“ What makes us human?”“ How does technology humanize or dehumanize us?”
“ What can we do as individuals and communities to better prepare for the future?”
Join in September 19-21 for the sixth annual Thrival Festival to explore these questions— and the evolving relationship between humans and technology.
This unique conference experience leverages the city’ s strengths in automated systems, advanced manufacturing, robotics and life sciences.
Thrival convenes cross-sector dialogue around the impact that these fastdeveloping technologies will have on society, business and culture.
For more information on the festival, visit thrivalfestival. com, and follow Thrival on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
Tickets are available at thrival2018. eventbrite. com.
10TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY GARDEN CLUB TOUR
Plans are underway for the Southern Butler County Garden Club’ s 10th Annual Garden Tour! The event will take place Saturday, July 14, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. with registration and day-of ticket sales from 9 to 10 a. m. only in the Cranberry Twp. Municipal Center lobby.
Presale tickets are available by sending a self-addressed stamped return envelope and check for $ 20( payable to Southern Butler County GC) to PO Box 2446, Cranberry Twp., PA 16066.
Several private gardens in Cranberry Twp. and the surrounding area will be open to tour. This year will feature“ Art in Bloom” with plein air artists set up in each garden, capturing the beauty that surrounds them. For more information, visit southernbutlercountygardenclub. org or facebook. com / southernbutlercounty gardenclub.
ACT CAPITAL ADVISORS OPENS PITTSBURGH OFFICE AND SELECTS JOHN D. LASLAVIC, LPBC AS MANAGING DIRECTOR
ACT Capital Advisors announced that John D. Laslavic has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Laslavic will focus on helping business owners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia achieve an optimal outcome when they decide to sell their company. The new Pittsburgh location opened this spring in Cranberry.
Laslavic is a well-known business coach throughout the mid-Atlantic region. For the past 30 years he has dedicated his professional career to mentoring and leading business owners to success. Laslavic is the president of ThistleSea Business Development, LLC. The firm is a coaching, strategy development, training and business services company.
“ I am excited to build ACT’ s M & A practice in this area,” says Laslavic.“ I often help my clients position themselves for an exit. Now, as part of ACT, I can guide them through the entire M & A process. ACT has an excellent team of financial professionals that will support me from their headquarters in Seattle. I can now offer full-service investment banking to my clients.”
Bob Hild, ACT Capital Advisors Chairman and Managing Director, says,“ We are delighted to have John Laslavic on our team. He’ s already a trusted coach to thousands of business owners. Our plan is to have highly skilled M & A advisors in every major market of the United States. John will play an important role in this strategy. We are confident he will do an excellent job of helping business owners achieve the best possible outcomes when they decide to sell.” John Laslavic can be reached at jlaslavic @ actcapitaladvisors. com.
ACT Capital Advisors, LLC is a leading Mergers & Acquisitions( M & A) and Corporate Finance firm that represents lower-middle-market companies($ 5 million to $ 50 million in annual revenues) across a variety of sectors and industries, including industrial manufacturing, information technology, construction, health care, aerospace, consumer staple / discretionary, oil and energy, as well as outsourced services. It provides strategic financial advice to closely held, family-owned, as well as private equity sponsored organizations and corporate shareholders wishing to sell their company, raise growth capital, or secure commercial financing. Leveraging ACT’ s deep industry-wide knowledge and strategic auction process, clients appreciate ACT’ s approach, pairing the professional expertise of a national investment banking firm with the senior level attention and entrepreneurial creativity of a smaller enterprise. n
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