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Compiled by Lauri Johnson
ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MONSANTO NAMED AMONG HISPANIC MAGAZINE’S CORPORATE 100
Anheuser-Busch and Monsanto have been named on HISPANIC Magazine’s 2005 list of the top 100 companies that provide the most opportunities for Hispanics. The Hispanic Corporate 100, published in the magazine’s February issue, takes into account a firm’s diversity training, recruitment efforts, ethnic representation on their boards, other minority business initiatives, and funding for Latino-related scholarships and grants.
Selectors highlighted Anheuser-Busch as one of the standouts on the list, noting that the company “supports more than 400 community-based, local and national Latino organizations and special events with contributions of more than $45 million over the past two decades.” In 2004, Anheuser-Busch helped raise more than $100,000 for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund with a “Rock 4 Education” concert series.
WALTON CONSTRUCTION NAMED AMONG TOP GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Walton Construction is ranked No. 100 on Engineering News-Record’s 2004 list of Top 400 General Contractors, up 65 spots from the previous year. Firms are ranked according to their construction revenue in 2003. Walton Construction constructed the $3.5 million St. Louis Surgery Center in Creve Coeur, Mo., and also served as the general contractor for the $65 million Harrah’s hotel expansion in Maryland Heights completed last August.
SUTTLE MINDLIN
Designs Featured in Two Publications
Suttle Mindlin’s design of the Paric Corporate Headquarters building in Winghaven, Mo., has been included in Office Spaces, an annual coffee table book that highlights the best architectural and interior design from around the world. The book is published by Images Publishing Group of Australia.
Other Suttle Mindlin projects that have been published by the Images Publishing Group include DMB&B Corporate Interiors, the renovation of Plaza Frontenac, Cardwell’s at the Plaza, the renovations to Westwood Country Club, and Renaissance Place.
Suttle Mindlin is also featured in the Urban Land Institute’s new Handbook on Mixed-Use Development for its work on Renaissance Place, a $40 million retail, office, cinema, restaurant and residential development located in Highland Park, Ill. Suttle Mindlin provided the urban planning and design of the buildings, streetscape and public amenities.
 Paric Corporate Headquarters Building
and Interiors in Winghaven |
| Renaissance Place, highland park on the north shore of chicago |
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ST. LOUIS REGION MOVES UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN INC. RANKINGS
The May issue of Inc. Magazine features the national publication’s “Best Places For Doing Business in America 2005.” The St. Louis region ranks #44, leapfrogging 52 places from its #96 position in last year’s ranking.
The piece was penned by Joel Kotkin, Inc. senior editor; Kotkin is also an Irvine Senior Fellow with the New America Foundation, and the author of the new book “The City: A Global History.” In the Inc. article, Kotkin interviews Day Veerlapati, president and CEO of St. Louis-based S2Tech, a 75-employee systems development company. Veerlapati notes that lower costs, particularly lower housing costs in St. Louis, have helped him recruit software writers from throughout the nation.
The magazine measured current-year employment growth in 274 metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), looking for job creation and other signs that businesses are thriving.
CANCER CENTER DESIGNED BY THE LAWRENCE GROUP RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
A cancer center designed by St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm The Lawrence Group has received national attention for revitalizing a former brownfield site. The $8 million Springfield Regional Cancer Center in Springfield, Ohio, is located on the former site of a steel and iron goods manufacturer. The center was featured in the December 2004 issue of American City & County magazine as a 2004 Crown Community Award recipient. The award honored the center for eliminating the physical and environmental hazards of a former brownfield site, improving the look of downtown, boosting property values and strengthening the city’s tax base.
The January 2005 issue of Health Facilities Management magazine also highlights the facility’s use of a former brownfield site.
ACROPOLIS RANKS NO. 50 ON FAST GROWTH 10
Computer Resellers News has ranked Acropolis Technology Group No. 50 on its Fast Growth 100 list, a compilation of the nation’s largest technology solution providers. Acropolis grew its business 48 percent over a 12-month survey period that ended June 30, 2004. The company achieved such growth despite the fact that it specializes in small- to mid-sized clients.
“We have made the list every year since its inception,” states Tracy Butler, president of Acropolis, in a news release. “We are proud to have done this for three consecutive years spanning the largest downturn in our industry. It is a real testament to our staff and business clients.”
SARA LEE AND ADAMSON WIN ADVERTISING AWARD
Sara Lee Bakery Group has won an Ad-Q Award for outstanding advertising in Progressive Grocer magazine. Adamson Advertising developed the concept and designed the winning advertisement to introduce five new bakery products for Sara Lee.
Ad-Q Studies, a division of Harvey Research, praised the Sara Lee entry, noting that it “achieved outstanding readership response, as measured against all other ads appearing in Progressive Grocer.”
Ad-Q is designed to help advertisers measure advertisement performance to better judge whether their advertising is paying off.
UMSL CRIMINOLOGY PROGRAM RANKS NO. 4 IN NATION
The University of Missouri-St. Louis’ criminology and criminal justice doctoral degree program ranks No. 4 in the country among similar programs, according to U.S. News & World Report. The rankings appeared in the magazine’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2006” issue in April.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis tied for fourth place with Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., and University of California in Irvine. The top three spots were held by University of Maryland in College Park, State University of New York at Albany and University of Cincinnati, respectively.
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