AWARDS
The SBA St. Louis District Office recognized several area businesses and business people to mark Small Business Week 2014: Small Business Person/Team of the Year — Jennah Purk, president and CEO, and Bill Purk, vice president and CFO, Purk & Associates PC. Family-owned Small Business of the Year — Shari Thiel, corporate secretary; Tom Thiel, president, and Kevin Wibbenmeyer, vice president, Chesterfield Fence & Deck Co. Inc.; Minority-owned Small Business of the Year — Cory A. Elliott, president and CEO, CMT Roofing LLC, and Veteran-owned Small Business of the Year — Timothy James Smith Sr., president, Patriot Commercial Cleaning.
The Credit Union National Association gave Scott Credit Union two Diamond Awards for marketing.
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HELPING OUT
Anheuser-Busch and the National Collegiate Athletic Association entered a funding agreement to donate $600,000 annually through 2018 to NCAA Choices to promote responsible use of alcohol.
Jim Butler Auto Group donated $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis.
The Darden Restaurants Foundation Inc. donated $10,000 to Operation Food Search.
First Bank employees raised and donated $9,558 as part of the American Heart Association’s recent Red Hearts Campaign.
The American Water Charitable Foundation and employees of Illinois American Water joined with the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation to plant an orchard in East St. Louis.
MILESTONE
The Two Men and a Truck moving company’s territory of greater St. Louis is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
NEW BUSINESS
Aramark got a five-year contract to provide campus dining services at St. Louis University.
St. Louis-based Tech Electronics joined with the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities to develop and install a new telecommunications system for that utility’s electric and water services.
RECOGNITION
Chesterfield-based Reinsurance Group of America Inc. was recognized as part of Forbes magazine’s inaugural 2014 “America’s 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies” list.
Kristi Monschein-DeSantis and J.T. Monschein of Prudential Alliance Realtors were recognized by Prudential Real Estate with the company’s Chairman’s Circle Diamond Award.
Fastsigns of St. Louis–Brentwood and Fastsigns of St. Louis–Creve Coeur, both owned and operated by Pam and Jeff Collier, were recognized with the company’s Pinnacle Club Award for sales volume.
Coldwell Banker Gundaker recognized Colleen Lawler, Realtor with the Irvine Team at the company’s Chesterfield West office as the top sales associate for 2013; Susie Johnson, sales associate with the Highway 94@Mid Rivers office in St. Charles as second highest sales associate, and Corinne McGrady with the Ladue office and Benjamin Giessman with the St. Charles County office as the company’s Rookies of the Year 2013.
Nicole Zellweger, a partner in the Clayton law office of Stinson Leonard Street LLP, was recognized on the Legal Eagle list compiled by the Franchise Times as a top lawyer in franchising law.
St. Luke’s Hospital was recognized with a 2014 Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award, based on an independent analysis of patient satisfaction data.
Clayton-based marketing and public relations agency Blick&Staff Communications was recognized with a 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Award by PR News, a trade publication.