Concord Urged to Keep Focus on Downtown Renewal; Preservation Tax Credits, Relaxed City Codes Suggested to Encourage (Smart Growth Online)
Downtown Concord renewal ''must remain a priority,'' said a recent Concord Monitor editorial, applauding the transformation of the former Sears property on Main Street and the Blue Cross building on Pillsbury Street nearby, both closed in the early 1990s, into 200,000 square feet of ''top-notch'' office space, but stressing that the city should ''keep the downtown renewal ball rolling'' with

Anthem debuts individual plans (Cincinnati Business Courier)
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio is offering an individual dental plan and individual term life insurance.

Lydia Schillo, 78, Blue Cross director (The Plain Dealer)
North Royalton -- Lydia Schillo, 78, the first woman department director at Blue Cross of Northeast Ohio, died Monday in her North Royalton home from lung and heart problems.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Says Customers Could Save More than $70 Million in Drug Costs Annually With New (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said a new generic statin drug to treat and prevent high cholesterol and thus reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke presents the largest single opportunity for prescription drug savings since generic drugs first became available to the American public.