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Compiled by Lauri Johnson
ST. LOUIS' DELMAR LOOP SPOTLIGHTED AS
"GREAT STREET"
Memphis Commercial Appeal and The Chicago Tribune
both shared the recent Delmar Loop designation with readers.
Travel writer Sally Walker Davies explained on her blog for
commercialappeal.com, “The American Planning Association recently
named its list of the 10 Great Streets in North America, and
St. Louis’ Delmar Loop made the cut. With a vibrant and eclectic
shopping and dining scene, it’s one of those rare places where
people of all backgrounds mix, and mix well. It’s where college
students, young professionals, aging hipsters, dog walkers and
corner-office types come together like few other spots I know
of.”
Lauren Viera of chicagotribune.com posted, “’Thrown for a Loop:
There is more than one famous Loop in the Midwest.’ St. Louis
has one, too, and according to the American Planning Association’s
latest report, it’s superior to ours.”
UNIGROUP AND ITS TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
NAMED ON TOP FOR-HIRE LISTS
UniGroup Inc., the parent company of United Van Lines, Mayflower
Transit, and other transportation-related firms, has captured
the No. 13 spot on the Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carrier
List for 2007. UniGroup moved up two spots from its No. 15 ranking
on last year’s list.
TT Publishing Group publishes the list to document the size
and scope of the largest trucking operations in the United States
and Canada and to provide analysis of the trends shaping the
industry.
The Commercial Carrier Journal has named UniGroup’s United
Van Lines and Mayflower Transit on its Top 250 For-Hire Carriers
List in the August 2007 issue. United Van Lines captured the
No. 19 spot, maintaining last year’s placing, while Mayflower
Transit ranked No. 47, up from No. 40 in 2005. The list of the
250 largest for-hire trucking companies is based on an analysis
of revenue, equipment and employment.
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE NAMES ADVANTAGE
CAPITAL ONE OF TOP 100 VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS
Entrepreneur magazine has recognized Advantage Capital
as one of the nation's top venture capital firms for entrepreneurs
for the second consecutive year. The list of 100 firms, published
in the magazine's July issue, is based on the number of first-time
fundings provided in 2006 to companies just starting up or in
the early stages of development. Advantage is also included
in the magazine’s list of top later-stage venture capital firms.
During 2006, Advantage provided funding to 42 companies, including
Flying Fish Creative Services in Baton Rouge, La.; Waste Remedies
in St. Louis; First American Vacuum Services in Beeville, Texas;
and CreateHope in Washington, D.C.
The magazine noted that 799 startup and early-stage companies
received an average of $4.1 million in funding for 2006. In
total, venture capitalists invested $25.5 billion in 3,416 deals
in 2006.
WALTON CONSTRUCTION’S HUNYAR FEATURED
IN ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD
Dan Hunyar, vice president of operations for Walton Construction
St. Louis, is one of 16 professionals from around the world
featured in Engineering News-Record’s July 16 cover story,
"A Day in the Life is As Good as It Gets."
Sixteen reporters from the magazine literally spent a day in
the life of 16 men and women in the construction industry. A
reporter shadowed Hunyar on the job as he managed the $265 million
Ameristar hotel and garage expansion in St. Charles, Mo. Hunyar
has more than 35 years of experience in the construction industry
and has been with Walton for five years.
INBOUND LOGISTICS MAGAZINE RECOGNIZES
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AS A TOP 100 THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS
PROVIDER
Logistics Management Solutions has been named for the third
time as a Top 100 3PL (third-party logistics provider) by Inbound
Logistics, a nationally distributed magazine for logistics
and transportation professionals. The magazine’s editors evaluated
a variety of providers from around the country to compile the
list. The chosen companies were listed alphabetically in the
magazine’s July issue and are available online at www.inboundlogistics.com.
AMERISTAR EARNS 23 HONORS IN ANNUAL
CASINO PLAYER AWARDS
Ameristar St. Charles earned a total of 23 top-three rankings
in Casino Player magazine’s July 2007 “Best of Gaming”
annual issue. The property earned seven first-place honors,
including Best Cashback, Best Reel Slots, Best Video Slots,
Best Video Poker, Best Craps and Best Roulette, in the highly
coveted casino rankings.
In total, the casino’s awards included eight first-place wins,
nine second-place wins and six third-place wins. In Missouri,
Ameristar St. Charles and Ameristar Kansas City swept first-
and second-place honors in 12 categories, including Best Overall
Casino.
With a nationwide circulation of 600,000 casino patrons monthly,
Casino Player is the most widely read and respected consumer
gaming publication in the U.S.
BYRNE & JONES CONSTRUCTION HONORED BY
MIDWEST CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE
St. Louis-based Byrne & Jones Construction has been ranked as
a top paving contractor in a four-state Midwest region in Midwest
Construction magazine’s August 2007 issue. The firm earned
the ranking among paving contractors in the magazine’s Top 2007
Specialty Contractors report, which covers Eastern Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. With 2006 revenue of $27 million,
Byrne & Jones is the largest commercial paving contractor in
metro St. Louis.
Midwest Construction is produced by The McGraw Hill Companies
and is a sister publication of national trade publications Engineering
News-Record and Architectural Record.
SSM HEALTH CARE-ST. LOUIS HONORED FOR
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Healthcare Purchasing News, a national magazine that
covers the healthcare supply chain industry, has presented SSM
Health Care-St. Louis with the Materials Management Department
of the Year Award. The SSM Health Care-St. Louis team was chosen
based on its supply chain performance in the areas of teamwork,
innovation/creativity, savings to hospitals, originality, long-lasting
results, contribution to quality care, productivity, efficiency
and customer service. The Healthcare Purchasing News
article can be found at http://www.hpnonline.com/inside/2007-08/0708-MMDOY.html.
SIMON PASSANANTE LAWYER RECEIVES AWARD
FROM MISSOURI BAR FOUNDATION
Amy Collignon Gunn, a lawyer at Simon Passanante, has received
the prestigious Lon O. Hocker Award from the Missouri Bar Foundation.
The Lon O. Hocker Awards were first established in 1954 by Mary
B. Hocker in memory of her late husband. Each year the Missouri
Bar Foundation recognizes three young lawyers who have demonstrated
unusual proficiency in the art of trial advocacy. Gunn accepted
the award on Sept. 28 at The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial
Conference 2007 Annual Meeting.
Gunn has also been honored by Missouri Lawyers Weekly
as a 2007 Up & Coming Lawyer. The recognition is awarded to
attorneys under the age of 40 who have dedicated themselves
to the legal profession and merit recognition. After receiving
a record number of nominations, the publication’s editors chose
35 Missouri attorneys for the award.
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT’S ANNUAL
BEST COLLEGES ISSUE INCLUDES LOCAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
The 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s
Best Colleges issue included six colleges and universities from
the St. Louis area.
The International Business Program at the University of Missouri-St.
Louis ranked among the top 20 undergraduate international business
programs for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. News & World
Report, claiming the No. 13 spot for 2008. UMSL’s program
is the only international business program in Missouri that
received a ranking, according to the university.
The following schools also earned a place in the issue:
National Universities: Top Schools
No. 12 Washington University
No. 82 Saint Louis University
Top Master’s Universities: Midwest
No. 26(tie) Webster University
No. 29(tie) Maryville University
No. 46(tie) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Baccalaureate Colleges: Midwest
No. 18 McKendree College
McKendree is the only Illinois college and the only St. Louis-area
college in the baccalaureate category to earn the magazine’s
“Great Schools, Great Prices" ranking.
SLU’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM RANKED
AMONG THE BEST BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND FORTUNE
SMALL BUSINESS
With recent honors from Fortune Small Business and U.S.
News & World Report, Saint Louis University became the only
school in Missouri to hold simultaneous top-tier national rankings
for undergraduate and MBA-level entrepreneurship programs, according
to the university.
Fortune Small Business included SLU's program in its
listing of the top 25 entrepreneurship programs for undergraduates
in its September 2007 issue. U.S. News & World Report has
also ranked the undergraduate program No. 21 in the United States.
In the spring of 2007, the entrepreneurship graduate program
ranked No. 27 in the country in the magazine’s graduate school
rankings.
STANDING PARTNERSHIP AND TECHNISONIC
APPEAR ON INC. 5000
Inc. magazine has ranked St. Louis-based Technisonic and Standing
Partnership on its first-ever Inc. 5,000, a list of the fastest-growing
private companies in the country. Companies are ranked according
to percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2006.
Standing Partnership ranked No. 3,244 with 96.4 percent growth
in revenue over the past three years, making it the fastest-growing
public relations firm in Missouri on the list. The firm also
ranked No. 31 among Inc. 5,000 companies in the St. Louis region.
Technisonic ranked No. 4,929 on the overall list and No. 61
in St. Louis. Technisonic has experienced 24 percent growth
in the last three years and now boasts 27 employees and revenue
of $5.4 million. The full-service production company specializes
in HDTV, film, radio, DVD and interactive projects.
ST. LOUIS FIRMS VOTED IN TOP FIVE BEST
LOCAL CORPORATE LAW FIRMS
Armstrong Teasdale LLP and Bryan Cave LLP were
selected by corporate directors as one of the No. 1-ranked corporate
law firms in St. Louis. Corporate Board Member and FTI
surveyed the directors of publicly traded U.S. corporations
to determine the top 20 corporate law firms in America and the
best firms in 25 major cities. Other St. Louis firms listed
include: Thompson Coburn LLP (No. 3), Sonnenschein
Nath & Rosenthal LLP (No. 4) and Lewis Rice & Fingersh
LC tied with Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC (No. 5).
They are featured in the 2007 Special Legal Issue of Corporate
Board Member.
SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER NAMED ONE
OF AMERICA’S 25 MOST VISITED MUSEUMS
Forbes Traveler has named the Saint Louis Science Center
as one of America’s 25 Most Visited Museums. The Science Center
is the only Missouri museum to make the list, which is based
on 2006 visitor counts, with the Science Center’s totaling more
than 1.2 million.
Joining the Saint Louis Science Center on the list (www.forbestraveler.com)
are many of the Smithsonian Institute’s 19 museums; the National
Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.; the Metropolitan Museum in
New York City; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; The J. Paul
Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles; and the Field
Museum in Chicago. The American Association of Museums estimates
that there are approximately 600 million visits to U.S. museums
annually.
Science Center President Doug King notes, “We’re honored to
be included on such a prestigious listing as the Forbes Traveler
Top 25. Not only are we among the top five Science Centers in
the country, now we rank among the top overall museums.”
ENTERPRISE COO NAMED TO FORTUNE'S
TOP 50 WOMEN IN BUSINESS LIST
Pam Nicholson, executive vice president and chief operating
officer of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has been named to FORTUNE’s
50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2007 list. Nicholson is the
only St. Louisan on the list, and the only person from a St.
Louis-based company.
FORTUNE ranked these women at for-profit companies based
on the size, importance, and health of their business in the
global economy; career momentum; and social and cultural influence.
The list appears in the October 15 issue of FORTUNE.
Rounding out the top ten are: Anne Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO,
Xerox (No. 2); Meg Whitman, President and CEO, EBay (No. 3);
Angela Braly, President and CEO, Wellpoint (No. 4); Irene Rosenfeld,
Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods (No. 5); Pat Woertz, Chairman,
CEO, and President, Archer Daniels Midland (No. 6); Susan Arnold,
President, Global Business Units, Procter & Gamble (No. 7);
Oprah Winfrey, Chairman, Harpo (No. 8); Andrea Jung, Chairman
and CEO, Avon Products (No. 9); and Brenda Barnes, Chairman
and CEO, Sara Lee (No. 10).
Nicholson is one of thirteen new arrivals added to the 2007
FORTUNE list.
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