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COMMERCE IN BRIEF
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Tenet Healthcare
Dedicates New TenetCare at Forest Park Hospital, is First in St.
Louis Area
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TenetCare, a fresh, new idea in outpatient diagnostic and treatment,
is dedicated to one simple goal: superior customer service. TenetCare
is designed to provide guests with a level of personal attention
unparalleled in healthcare.
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The TenetCare experience is all about comfort, convenience and
superior custom service. Pictured is the main reception area where
guests are greeted then provided with a pager that alerts them when
a service specialist is ready. The main Reception Area serves as
a gateway to other TenetCare amenities.
Forest Park Hospital’s Centennial Pavilion is the site of the first
TenetCare facility in St. Louis (the only other location
currently is Kenner Regional Medical Center in Kenner, La.). Dedicated
in February by Mayor Francis Slay, Tenet Saint Louis CEO Phil Schaengold,
and other Tenet officials, TenetCare features such new amenities
as men’s and women’s lounges, Internet and technology centers, and
business centers—not services one would find in a typical hospital
environment.
At the ribbon cutting of the new facility, Schaengold stated, “TenetCare
is designed to provide our patients with, not only excellent diagnostic
treatment, but a level of personal attention that is unparalled
in healthcare.
“As our baby-boom generation continues to age and busy workers struggle
to find the time to access convenient and efficient healthcare services,
TenetCare will become the model for friendly, customer-centered
healthcare,” he concluded.
Division of The Young Group Receives Export Achievement Certificate
Above: Randy
LaBounty, director, U.S. Export Assistance Center; Chris Bailey,
international trade specialist; U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald
Evans; Kevin Bowen, division manager, Fabricated Products Division,
The Young Group; and Chris Lee, operations manager, Fabricated Products
Division, The Young Group.
Earlier this year, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans visited
The Young Group Ltd. to present an Export Achievement Certificate
to their Fabricated Products Division.
Fabricated Products Division is the exclusive manufacturer of Design-Tec
lockers, DesignRite partitions, DesignLine cabinets, which are made
out of a material called solid phenolic. Fabricated Products markets
its products to specialty contractors, military bases, schools and
universities, athletic and sports facilities, laboratories, fire
stations, nationally as well as internationally. In May 2000, this
division won the first St. Louis Global Excellence award, which
recognizes the company’s commitment to and achievement in international
business.
In 1895, Christian Young founded a roofing company in St. Louis.
More than a century later, the company has 12 divisions doing business
in 38 states. Although the company remains one of the largest roofing
contractors in the nation, the company has moved beyond roofing.
Today, it has diversified into insulation, metal fabrication, scaffolding,
and exterior wall systems as well as the items manufactured by the
Fabricated Products division.
In 1998, the existing management of nine owners purchased the company
from the founding family. Leading the management team are Chairman
and CEO W. Todd McCane, who has 40-plus years at Young, and President
Tom Miller.
Florists’ Mutual Insurance Becomes Hortica
Citing a more diversified policyholder base within the horticulture
industry, Florists’ Mutual Insurance Co. has changed its name to
Hortica. Based in Edwardsville, Ill., it is the only insurance company
serving strictly the horticulture industry, which includes nurseries,
garden centers, landscape contractors, retail and wholesale florists,
greenhouse growers and interior landscapers.
Hortica has filed a federal trademark registration for its new name,
according to Hortica President and CEO Robert McClellan. He adds,
“Due to state insurance registration requirements, the legal name
of our corporation will continue to be Florists’ Mutual Insurance.”
Since 1962, the assets of the insurance company have grown from
$4.7 million to more than $100 million. Hortica employs about 250
and serves horticulture professionals in 49 states and the District
of Columbia.
Give Kids a Smile Helps St. Louis Area Children Understand Dental
Health
Above:
Local registered dental hygienist helps provide free dental care
to an area child as part of the “Give Kids a Smile” event.
More than 325 children throughout the St. Louis area have been smiling
brighter thanks to free dental care provided to them during the
first Give Kids a Smile program in February. The two-day dental
care clinic offered a fun and educational event that succeeded in
its mission of treating underserved children’s dental needs as part
of National Children’s Dental Health month.
During the event, underserved children from several local schools,
church groups and organizations gathered at the Downtown Dental
Clinic at 223 North 7th Street, where they were greeted by clowns;
Dr. Ted E. Bear, the mascot from the Greater St. Louis Dental Society;
and Delta Dental of Missouri’s Panda mascot and Tooth Wizard character.
Each child received preventative, restorative or major dental work,
goodie bags and watched videos on dental health.
The Greater St. Louis Dental Society’s Committee for Community Outreach
and Access enlisted the services of more than 65 dental society
members of all specialties, along with 59 hygienists, 70 dental
assistants, 24 dental hygiene students and 127 non-dental volunteers
to provide more than $58,000 worth of dental care to children who
otherwise would not have received the care. Jeff Dalin, spokesperson
for the Greater St. Louis Dental Society notes that the committee
does have plans for a repeat event, and ultimately hopes that Give
Kids a Smile will be held twice a year in order to serve even more
children.
Those who participated in the event included the Salvation Army,
St. Louis Public Schools, West Side Christian Academy, Patrick Henry
Schools, Holman Schools, Youth in Need, Wayman AME Church, Lyle
Academy, St. Elizabeth’s Church, Laclede School, Centennial Christian
Church, Hamilton School, St. Louis Housing Authority, Community
Church of God, Dunbar School, Adams Elementary, Our Lady of Inns,
Ford School, Mount Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, Catholic Charities
and others were, giving their children access to this free care.
Other participants who contributed time or resources to the event
included:
- Dr.
John Mahoney and Downtown Dental Associates, who hosted
the event;
- St.
Louis Parking, which provided free parking;
- Delta
Dental of Missouri, whose contributions included providing
the volunteers’ lunches and T-shirts and donating professional
services to create the event logo and promote the event;
- Service
International, which provided numerous volunteers for
on-site coordination and helped with transportation;
- Appollo
Dental Supply, First Pacific, Dexis Digital Radiology,
and a host of other dental companies.
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Environmental
Excellence Awards Recognize Companies that Improve the Environment
The Environmental
Excellence – Gateway Region Awards Ceremony will be held at the
St. Louis Science Center James S. McDonnell Planetarium. Local businesses,
organizations, school districts, government agencies and individuals
that have participated in outstanding activities to help improve
the environment in the Gateway Region will be honored on May 20
from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Tickets for the awards ceremony are available through Monday, May
13th for $30 per person and can be purchased by calling 314/772-8787
or by e-mailing info@ceegr.org.
Individuals can also help support the program by contributing at
a “Partnership Pair” or “Supporting Sponsor” contribution level.
A “Partnership Pair” is $250, and buys two tickets for the donor
and two to enable award winners to attend. For $500, a “Supporting
Sponsor” buys eight tickets, four of which will support award winners.
These sponsors will be recognized for their contributions in various
awards materials and on the Choose Environmental Excellence Web
site, www.ceegr.org.
Graybar Occupying Former Mastercard Offices at West Port
Above:
Robert A. Reynolds, Jr., Graybar Chairman, President and CEO
The grand opening of MasterCard’s new Global Technology and Operations
Headquarters at Winghaven last September capped off one of the region’s
largest and most productive economic development efforts of the
past decade. Now, another of St. Louis’ major headquarters companies
is expanding and will occupy MasterCard’s former offices in the
six-floor Centerpoint Building at West Port.
St. Louis-based Fortune 500 company Graybar Electric, the nation’s
largest distributor of electrical and comm./data equipment and supplies,
is establishing its Administrative Center in the Centerpoint Building.
This move allows Graybar to consolidate into one building its operations
that now occupy four different facilities in the metro area, as
well as accommodate the company’s continued growth.
“This investment will support our growth for the next 10 years,”
states Graybar Chairman, President and CEO Robert A. Reynolds, Jr.
“Our growth during the last several years and the centralization
of many of our purchasing and accounting functions demanded additional
space. We looked at several options in the St. Louis area and determined
that the facility in West Port best suited our current needs while
allowing for further growth.”
When the move is complete, Graybar will occupy four facilities in
the St. Louis metropolitan area: its corporate headquarters in Clayton,
the Centerpoint Administrative Center, the St. Louis district headquarters,
branch and counter at 8170 Lackland Road near I170 and the Collinsville,
Ill., branch. Graybar employs more than 900 people in the St. Louis
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