OPE Announces 2007 Award Recipieints June 07, 2007 Columbus, OH The Ohio Partnership for Excellence is pleased to announce its 2007 award recipients. Join us in celebrating their success at our annual Quest for Success Conference September 19th and 20th at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Cleveland. GOLD LEVEL - Achievement of Excellence -The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, Toledo -Ohio Department of Transportation District 4, Akron SILVER LEVEL - Commitment to Excellence - Defiance Regional Medical Center, Defiance - Ferguson Metals, Inc., Hamilton - Kettering Medical Center Network, Kettering - Lorain County Community College, Elyria - Ohio Department of Transportation District 8, Lebanon - Summit County Board of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities, Tallmadge BRONZE LEVEL - Pledge to Excellence - Tri-Rivers Educational Computer Association, Marion - Wood County Educational Service Center, Bowling Green Executive Director's Special Distinction - Ongoing Commitment to Excellence - Ohio Department of Transportation District 12, Garfield Heights All organizations face hurdles, some become great, some stumble and sway, others just fade away. Great organizations are able to create a culture of excellence. They create a way of doing business that sees past the short term day-to-day struggle to a long-term, sustainable vision of excellence.   For more information on this Press Release, contact Boris Slogar, Executive Director, at (614) 441-8337 or boris@partnershipohio.org