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Compiled by Lauri Johnson.
2005 DOWNTOWN VISITORS GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE
The 2005 Downtown Visitors Guide, an annual brochure designed to help people easily find services and attractions in the downtown area, is now available from the Downtown St. Louis Partnership. The guide, which is funded by the Downtown Community Improvement District, has been distributed in bulk to all downtown businesses, convention planners,
employers, attractions, hotels and
sporting/entertainment venues throughout St. Louis. To request copies, call (314) 436-6500, ext. 240.
CREW ST. LOUIS TO HOST
2005 MIDWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
The St. Louis chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women will host the 2005 Midwest Regional Conference on May 5-6, 2005, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. The conference, titled “Navigating the Network,” will feature a variety of speakers and topics, including keynote addresses from Gail Evans, best-selling author of Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, and Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt.
“We are very excited to host this year’s Regional Conference,” said Julie Nies, 2005 president of CREW St. Louis. “St. Louis is an excellent city to host a regional conference as we are in the midst of a tremendous development period and have many excellent projects to share with constituents from our sister chapters throughout the Midwest.”
Registration will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 5. Visit www.crewnetwork.org for online registration information and a complete schedule of conference events.
QUICK STUDY RADIOLOGY RECEIVES $2 MILLION
INVESTMENT
St. Louis-based Quick Study Radiology has received a $2 million investment led by Advantage Capital Partners. The funds will help the firm increase its share of the $1.9 billion radiology information systems market. Quick Study Radiology provides information technology services for hospital radiology departments, imaging centers and physician groups, particularly those in smaller communities and rural areas.
“This is a rapidly growing market and we need capital to continue growing our business,” states Dr. Skip Sallee, president and CEO of Quick Study Radiology. “We can provide community hospitals with a premium radiology image management system that dramatically lowers costs with limited upfront expense.”
Advantage Capital provided $1.35 million of the total funding, with the balance divided among Mantic Investments and prior investors Schroder Ventures, Mi3, Fletcher Spaght Ventures, Prolog Capital, Mississippi Valley Capital and Eagle River.
KEVIN DOLLIOLE NAMED AVIATION DIRECTOR
Kevin C. Dolliole was named director of Lambert Airport by Mayor Francis G. Slay. In a news conference held March 30th, Mayor Slay welcomed Dolliole and said, “He was the right man for the job.” Dolliole’s previous position was director for San Antonio Airport. He was also the assistant director for the New Orleans Airport. He brings more than 24 years of aviation experience to Lambert. Dolliole will begin as director of Lambert on May 2nd.
EASTER SEALS RECEIVES GRANT FOR ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND
Easter Seals Missouri has received a $10,000 grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Metro St. Louis Inc. that will help fund a new playground at 5025 Northrup Ave. in St. Louis. The playground will be accessible for
children of all abilities and will have special swings adapted for children who use wheelchairs.
Ronald McDonald House Charities joins three other organizations that have supported the project. Cardinals Care donated grant money for an adapted swing set, and SBC Scroogebusters donated money for a picnic table. Century 21 Regional Brokers Council of St. Louis donated $1,308 from a fundraiser last fall. Easter Seals needs to raise approximately $10,000 more to complete the project. For information on how to support the playground, contact Emily Riley at
(314) 664-5025, ext. 12.
KNOWLEDGELAKE OPENS NEW OFFICES IN CHICAGO, DALLAS
KnowledgeLake Inc., a St. Louis-based software company, has announced that it will open new offices in Chicago and Dallas. The company is the only Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Documents Imaging and Workflow. The Chicago and Dallas locations will function as the branch offices for KnowledgeLake’s new regional sales team. The firm plans to open new offices in Atlanta, New York and London by 2006.
GENTRY RECEIVES ROOFING ASSOCIATION’S TOP AWARD
 Jim Gentry, senior vice president & general manager, Kirberg Roofing Inc. |
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Jim Gentry, senior vice president and general manager of Kirberg Roofing Inc., has received the James Q. McCawley Award from the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association for his contributions to the roofing industry. Gentry, who has spent 44 years as a roofing professional, received the award at the association’s 55th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Kansas City.
The award is named for a Scottish-born contractor and entrepreneur whose career in roofing advanced the entire profession starting in the 1940s. The Midwest Roofing Contractors Association is an independent roofing association of professional roofing contractors in Midwestern states with more than 500 member companies.
SACHS PROPERTIES RECEIVES BOMA AWARD
Sachs Properties has been awarded the 2004 Property Management Team of the Year award from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Metropolitan
St. Louis. The award recognizes excellence in customer service in the commercial real estate property management or facility management industry. Sachs Properties was honored for its customer service goals, objectives and practices. The firm owns and manages more than one million square feet of commercial space in 18 buildings at its 1,500-acre Chesterfield Village master-planned community in Chesterfield, Mo.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOSTS BUS TOURS
Habitat for Humanity St. Louis is offering special bus tours of neighborhoods that it has impacted to corporate representatives, potential sponsors and interested individuals. The tours will visit past, current and future Habitat for Humanity St. Louis building sites to showcase the organization’s efforts and to build new partnerships.
“We’d like to get corporate representatives into the trenches of the neighborhoods where we work and to share with them the tremendous impact our program has on our partner families,” states Kimberly McKinney, executive director of Habitat for Humanity.
Tour-goers will have an opportunity to visit with Habitat for Humanity homeowners in the Hillsdale, Wellston and JeffVanderLou (Hope Square) neighborhoods and to see the effect that homeownership has had on their lives. Remaining tour dates for 2005 are May 12, August 11 and November 10. Tours will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include lunch. To participate in a tour, call Courtney Pittman at (314) 371-0400 to reserve a space.
FAIR SAINT LOUIS CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
This year marks the 25th “Silver” Anniversary of Fair Saint Louis, and in commemoration of that milestone, the fair has announced the theme for the 2005 Fourth of July festivities, “25 Years
of Celebrating Community.” After near-record crowds and solid financial results in 2004, fair organizers have promised a bigger and better celebration for 2005. In addition to the usual high-flying stunt show, food, entertainment and fireworks display, this year the
fair will feature new music acts and
attractions designed to appeal to a younger audience.
“Keeping the fair fresh and relevant to all generations is important to us,” says Rich Meyers, executive director of Fair Saint Louis. “We took a hard look at the fair’s entertainment lineup and saw the need to feature fresh music acts for a new generation of fairgoers while bringing back traditional entertainment for visitors of all ages.”
Fair Saint Louis has launched a Web site entertainment poll that allows the public to choose from a list of potential musical performers for this year’s fair. Residents throughout the metropolitan area can vote at www.fairstlouis.com.
OSBORN & BARR WINS AWARDS FOR AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING
Osborn & Barr Communications won a total of 19 Best of NAMA Awards at
the regional National Agri-Marketing Association Competition held in Kansas City on January 6. The competition recognizes the most creative and effective communications in the agribusiness industry.
Osborn & Barr won 11 first-place awards and eight merit awards, more awards than any other company in Region II. The firm won first-place awards in advertising for USDA Rural Development radio public service announcements, a Monsanto Landmaster II radio ad, a Monsanto YieldGard Plus grower video, a Monsanto YieldGard Plus multimedia campaign, an Internet Safe-Guard ad and United Soybean Board specialty advertising.
| Osborn & Barr Communications presented many advertisements, including this one, at the NAMA Awards. |
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Osborn & Barr also won five first-place awards in public relations. The company’s first-place awards qualified it to advance to the National Best of NAMA awards competition in April.
CITY GROCERS RECEIVES MAYOR’S SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AWARD
Downtown grocery store City Grocers received the Mayor’s Spirit of St. Louis Award from Mayor Francis Slay. Store owners Craig Heller and Rance Baker received the award at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in February for their role in revitalizing downtown St. Louis. City Grocers is a 6,500-square-foot full-service grocery store at 920 Olive St. downtown. The award recognizes businesses that make major expansions or improvements to their existing city locations, innovative new businesses that open or relocate to the city, and certain major city projects.
(Left to right): Alderman Lewis Reed, Michael Jones, Mayor Francis Slay,
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| Shoppers enjoy a wide variety of food at City Grocers. |
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CONGRESSMAN CLAY TOURS ELECTRICAL TRAINING CENTER
| (Left to right): U.S. Congressman William “Lacy” Clay views the process control equipment with St. Louis Electrical Industry Training Center Director Dennis Gralike. |
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U.S. Congressman William “Lacy” Clay recently toured the St. Louis Electrical Industry Training Center, a high-tech learning laboratory for electrical construction and communication craft workers. The center, located at 2300 Hampton Ave., is operated by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #1 and the St. Louis Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association.
“The training center is crucial for supplying skilled electricians and communication workers for metro St. Louis and in helping minorities attain good-paying careers,” stated Congressman Clay in a news release.
The center’s 8,000-hour apprenticeship training program requires an aptitude for algebra, geometry, trigonometry and physics, as well as the ability to read technical drawings. The center has already taught hundreds of minority apprentices and electricians.
COMMERCE BANK OPENS CROSS KEYS BRANCH
Commerce Bank celebrated the opening of its new Cross Keys branch in Florissant with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in late January. Located at 2900 North Highway 67 in the Cross Keys Shopping Center, the new banking center replaces a former location next door and offers retail, commercial, mortgage and investment services. The ribbon for the ceremony was constructed of $500 in twenty-dollar bills and was donated to The Emergency Assistance Ministry’s food pantry.
UNIGROUP’S VAN LINES
RANK NO. 1 AND NO. 3 NATIONALLY
Unigroup Inc.’s two van lines, United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, rank No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, in 2003 market share among national van line carriers, according to the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The company has continued to gain market share for the fourth consecutive year. United Van Lines has been the nation’s largest carrier since 1992 and holds 30.7 percent of the market. Mayflower Transit jumped from fifth to third in market share with 11.1 percent. |
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