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Lyons Ambulance wins accreditation

Lyons Ambulance Service LLC, of Danvers, with locations in Gloucester and Beverly, has received 3-year accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) for its compliance with national standards of excellence. With this achievement, Lyons becomes the fourth ambulance service in Massachusetts and one of only nine agencies in New England to successfully complete the voluntary review process, which includes completion of a comprehensive application and on-site review by national experts in emergency medical services (EMS), and earn CAAS accreditation. Lyons also received special commendation from the CAAS Panel of Commissioners for having achieved a perfect score (zero deficiencies) on its site review.

Gunn joins North Shore United Way board

Kari Gunn of Gloucester recently joined the Board of Directors of the North Shore United Way.

Gunn has served as a volunteer with many organizations on Cape Ann, including Addison Gilbert Hospital, Cape Ann Symphony, Gloucester Garden Club, and Sawyer Free Library, and is active on the Standing Committee of Annisquam Village Church.

She graduated from Brown University and worked for IBM, Gorton's and BankBoston/Fleet.

Greaves named director at OLD&D

Although the firm of Olson Lewis Dioli & Doktor Architects (OLD&D) of Manchester has had an interiors team for several years, it has primarily served the company's biotech, commercial, educational and hospitality clients. Now the firm is embracing this full-service approach for its residential clients as well, and is naming Amanda Greaves as its first director of residential interiors and creating an in-house residential interiors team at OLD&D.

"Many of our clients want interiors advice, design and plans," said architect and partner Art Dioli in a statement. "In fact, it was a client who originally put us in touch with Amanda. They thought we'd work well together."

With Greaves' presence on staff, the firm can now offer a range of enhanced services, including interior design, space planning, color consultation, decorating, procurement and installations of furniture and furnishings, and interior project management and coordination.

"The client is the most important part of the design team," Greaves said in a statement. "All good design stems from observation, listening and understanding."

Working closely with a homeowner to interpret their personal tastes and patterns of living, their rhythms and preferences, OLD&D's residential design team helps the client create a meaningful palette that will color and shape the spaces in which they live.

"I ask clients to do some preliminary research: bring in photos, magazine clippings, and other images of rooms or elements that make them feel comfortable or somehow speak to them," Greaves said.

Greaves has been consulting with OLD&D's residential team since November 2008, and together the staff has built communication, rapport, and a synergy of aesthetics and styles. Now it's a formal collaboration of architecture and interiors as she joins the staff and leads the residential interiors initiative.

Prior to developing a portfolio of residential projects in the New England region, Greaves worked on high-end homes in locales such as Aspen, Colo., and McLean, Va. Her professional background also includes commercial, restaurant and hospitality interiors. Greaves holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in interiors with a focus in fine arts and painting from Marymount University in northern Virginia, and has passed the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) exam. She has focused primarily on residential interiors since 2000, and resides in Topsfield.

Computer training, GED preparation

Applications are now being taken for the next Wellspring Adult Learning Initiative. This upcoming eight-week session offers job search skills, high school equivalency diploma (GED) and college preparation, and fundamentals of computers for men and women, beginning Monday, Nov. 9. Classes meet Monday through Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Classes include GED test preparation featuring math and English skill building, Microsoft Word and Excel, Keyboarding, and Finding and Keeping a Job. For an application, call 978-281-3558, ext. 310.

Free business advice

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), a resource partner of the Small Business Administration, offers free business advice and resource information to prospective and existing business owners at Cape Ann Business Incubator (CABI), 72 Rogers St., every Tuesday. Using a three-team approach, SCORE's accredited counselors help develop a business plan, test the potential of a new business idea or determine the best solution to a business problem. Visit www.scorenemass.org for more information. Call 978-282-7779 to make an appointment.

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