BY MARIA LINDSAY

BATH — Beres Construc-tion Co. is a general contractorthat builds exquisite single-family custom homes withbeautiful architectural designsand the highest quality mate-rials, according to Gary Beres,owner and president of thecompany.

Beres Construction also hasexperience in building lightcommercial and retail proper-ties, subdivisions and equestri-an facilities.

Beres said his father, JohnBeres, started the company in1950, concentrating mostly onspeculative home constructionthrough the 1980s in the Akronarea, when it was thriving dueto the tire business. He addedhe started working for the busi-ness when he was a young boyand began full time in 1966.

Beres stressed the companyhas the diversity of experienceto do a variety of constructionwork.

“We have been associatedwith high-end constructionthrough the 1990s, but we do acomplete range from $350,000and up. Our niche is pleasingpeople and service. We takecare of the little things to makesure that we maintain the Berestradition of doing it right.”

Most recently, Beres Con-struction built homes in TheReserve at Waterford develop-ment in Bath, which is gearedtoward empty-nesters andyoung professionals, as wellas in the communities of Cop-ley and Richfield, according toBeres.

“Now that the economy hasslowed down some, we arediversifying and adding moreremodeling work,” said Beres.

Some of that work has beenfor previous customers in“Beres-built” homes, but alsofor customers who are look-ing to stay in their homes

longer rather than move. Beres Associate Rob Eck-

road, who serves as projectcoordinator — creating detaileddrawings, estimates and propos-als — joined the company afterworking on the supply side ofthe industry. He brings remod-eling work experience and is aCertified Aging in Place Spe-

cialist (CAPS) through theNational Association of HomeBuilders, according to Beres.

“Whether it’s altering,remodeling or updating, we areable to do it all,” said Eckroad.“We can make your home saferso you can remain in yourhome longer.”

Beres Construction has won

numerous first-place awards invarious categories from theHome Builders AssociationServing Portage and SummitCounties, according to Beres.

For more information aboutthe company, visit www.beresconstruction.com.

To contact the company, call330-659-0005.• The Akron General Devel-

opment Foundation hasappointed Steve Bossart asdirector of development. Hebegan in his new post June 6.Bossart comes to Akron Gen-eral from Akron Children’sHospital, where he served asdirector of leadership givingfor the past five years. Bossartis a 1990 graduate of Kent StateUniversity and received a mas-ters of nonprofit managementdegree from Case WesternReserve University in 2001. Heis a native of Canton and nowlives in West Akron.

• Schlabig & Associates Ltd.has hired Jason White, CPA,as a senior accountant. He willwork at the firm’s DowntownAkron office. His responsibil-ities will include attest servic-es, including compilations,reviews, audits and tax servic-es for corporations, nonprofits,partnerships, trusts and individ-

uals. White attended Kent StateUniversity, where he earned abachelor’s degree in businessadministration with a concen-tration in accounting.

• The Medina County Eco-nomic Development Corp.(MCEDC) has welcomedAndrea Lyons as marketingdirector. In her role, Lyons willpromote the membership andbranding efforts of MCEDC,manage communications andpublic relations and work withthe Medina County PortAuthority to promote the Med-ina County Fiber Network.Lyons brings more than 20years of business and marketingexperience from both the privateand public sectors. She earneda master of business administra-tion degree from New York Uni-versity’s Executive Programsand a bachelor of arts in politi-cal science from Rutgers Uni-versity-Douglass College.

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Above: Beres Construction President Gary Beresis shown at left with Associate Rob Eckroad.

Photo: Maria Lindsay

At left: Beres Construction Co. builds customhomes, such as this Bath residence.

Photo courtesy of Beres Construction Co.

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