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Dow Chemical, can build the newest finest hotels, but, not compensate the millions of persons they've Toxically harmed! Andrew Livers, is one of the most dispectable persons, and liars the world has known. IMHO Why doesn't Dow Chemical, use some of that 25 Million dollars to assist the victims; Dow's poisoned or toxically harmed in some other manner? I tried to reply, but, it refused to post my answer-Hmmm? Could OLE Bob, or another Dow person (paid off sucker) be monitoring what gets posted?

A throng of dignitaries and business leaders was on hand Monday to hear the hotel's new name, the H.

The H officially stands for The Dow Chemical Co. founder Herbert H. Dow. Andrew Liveris, company president, chairman and chief executive officer, also wove Dow's slogan, "The human element," throughout his remarks.

Dow, which owns the hotel, linked the H to Dow's slogan, "the human element." Mike Hayes, vice president of executive relations, said the H also applies to company founder H.H. Dow.

Dow owns the hotel and is investing $25 million in the renovation, which takes in a major expansion and a five-star hotel look and feel for everything from its eateries to all its guest rooms. The new features are set to open in the early months of 2008. Dolce International manages the hotel.

The hotel will have four features, or doors, along Main Street. An elegant French-style cafe will be the Cafe Zinc or, in the block letters of the periodic table of the elements, Ca Fe Zn. The restaurant, to be called The Table and feature the cuisine of a four-star, five-diamond chef, will take its name from that same chart of the elements. The bar, to be a place for the metaphoric breathing of fresh air, will be Oxygen. The fourth feature is a redesigned courtyard that will give visitors the feeling of a "great European walled space" and where they will be able to sit against a backdrop of trees and plants, said Mark Johnson, architect of the hotel's interior. Near the courtyard will be a wine cellar with what Johnson called beautiful detailing.

"We wanted some metals in there because Dow was founded on metal, and so we brought in zinc," said Liveris.

The hotel is being renovated, in part, for the H.H. Dow Learning Academy for company leaders. But the deeper Dow went into refurbishing, the wider grew the commitment, said Hayes. The hotel represents Dow's decision to step up and give something to the community as well, Liveris said. He told the guests he wants the H to be "yours," not just a place for executives.

Liveris also took the opportunity to reaffirm Dow's commitment to "stay here."

"We wanted to dismiss anything that even suggested a rumor ... that we'd want to leave," he said. "We want this valley to attract the best and brightest."

In redesigning the hotel, the idea was to create a sense of expansiveness, with more use of natural light, said Sandy Eeds, whose company, HOK, is the principal architect. Rooms are designed to open into each other when needed, to create spaces of varying size, he said.