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Our promotions platforms and partner success services enables media companies and brands to generate more revenue, increase website traffic, and build a database of loyal consumers via contests, ballots, quizzes, deals, email and text messaging, and photo publishing e-commerce. The Second Street Promotions Lab features insights from our team of experts and other industry insiders about trends, best practices, and case studies on the world of online promotions. Check it out: http://secondstreetlab.com.
Anders is a CPA and advisory firm serving privately held companies and high-net-worth individuals. We free our clients to do more in their professional and personal lives with a combination of traditional and consultative accounting services. We’re proven. Our extensive experience means we know what works for you – and we have the expertise to help you make smart financial decisions every day. We’re authoritative. Our multidisciplinary, industry-focused teams deliver the inside perspective you need to balance even the most complex financial situations. We’re consultative. We reach beyond traditional CPA services, providing integrated financial and business advisory services that deliver measurable results. And we’re trusted. We build close relationships with you, driving stronger, more informed recommendations you can trust. We offer accounting services for individuals and small- to midsize businesses in a wide variety of industries, including: - Manufacturing and Distribution - Real Estate - Construction - Sports, Arts & Entertainment - Health Care - Not-for-Profit - Broker/Dealers
Contegix® is a Cloud Computing, Colocation and Managed Hosting company that delivers Go Beyond Support to a wide variety of global customers. Our state-of-the-art, N+1 data centers, located in St. Louis, Dallas, and Amsterdam, allow us to offer IPv6, HIPAA and PCI compliant solutions, along with multiple 10Gbps providers to customers. A staff of Tier 3 Engineers provides 24/7 Application Management and Managed Services. Other services include supporting dedicated hardware, OS management, data protection and licensing management. With 4 major network providers and fully redundant critical systems, Contegix offers the most advanced customer hosting solutions in the region. Founded in 2004, but with roots that date back to 2002, Contegix has received the Linux Journal’s Reader’s Choice Award for Favorite Linux-Friendly Web-Hosting Company and been named to the Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Hosting 100 category by CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, for three straight years. Contegix has also placed #2 on HostReview’s list of Fastest Growing web hosting firms, and been featured in many prestigious publications such as Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine. Contegix has built a solid industry reputation entirely based on delivering peace of mind to both our valued Windows and Linux clients. We serve customers in a range of industries – from innovative technology start-ups, to Fortune 500 companies and earn hundreds of strong client referrals each year from happy customers – a testimony to our commitment to building long-term relationships and business partnerships.
SnapShot Interactive is an agency that specializes in creating high-quality video, custom animation, and award winning websites with offices in Nashville & STL.
FedEx Office in St Louis, MO provides a one-stop shop for small businesses printing and shipping expertise and reliable customer service when and where you need it. Services include copying and digital printing, direct mail, signs and graphics, Internet access, computer rental, fax services, passport photos, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping. Upload documents with FedEx Office Print Online, and have your flyers, brochures, presentations or signs ready for convenient pick-up or delivery. FedEx Kinko’s is now FedEx Office.
Korein Tillery is an AV-rated, award-winning, class action law firm that has won billions of dollars for its clients prosecuting a variety of class actions throughout the country. Perhaps best known for its $10 billion trial verdict against Philip Morris, the firm has gained a national reputation for aggressively and successfully pursuing a wide variety of complex cases on behalf of its clients. The law firm has received professional recognition for excellence among judges, lawyers and the community. The results obtained by Korein Tillery in Prather v. Pfizer Inc., 02-L-480 (Ill.Cir.Ct. 2004), were used during the Congressional hearings on the Class Action Fairness Act as an example of how class actions continue to serve the public good. See 150 Cong. Rec. 92, S7714-17 (July 7, 2004 statement of Sen. Durbin); 151 Cong. Rec. 12, S1082-85 (February 8, 2005 statement of Sen. Durbin). Likewise, Korein Tillery’s settlement in Parker v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 04-L-716 (Ill.Cir.Ct. Sept. 18, 2007), was touted by the public interest organization Public Citizen as an example how consumer class actions benefit society. Korein Tillery has been appointed as class counsel in more than fifty class actions and has successfully negotiated some of the country’s largest settlements. See, e.g., Parker v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., No. 04-L-716 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Jan. 16, 2008) (settlement valued at $544.5 million); Cooper v. The IBM Pers. Pension Plan, 2005 WL 1981501 (S.D. Ill. Aug. 8, 2005) ($325 million settlement); Sparks v. AT&T Corp., No. 96-LM-983 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Nov. 4, 2002) ($350 million settlement); Folkerts v. Ill. Bell Tel. Co., No. 95-L-912 (Ill. Cir. Ct. July 7, 1998) ($252 million settlement); Berger v. Xerox Corp. Ret. Income Guar. Plan, 2004 WL 287902 (S.D. Ill. Jan. 22, 2004) ($240 million settlement); Williams v. Rohm & Hass Pension Plan, 2010 WL 1490350 (S.D. Ind. Apr. 12, 2010) ($180 million settlement); Malloy v. Ameritech, No. 98-488-GPM (S.D. Ill. July 21, 2000) ($180 million settlement); In Re: MCI Non-Subscriber Tel. Rates Litig., MDL 1275 (S.D. Ill. Apr. 19 2001) ($99 million settlement); and Dunn v. BOC Group Pension Plan, No. 01-CV-382-DRH (S.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2004) ($70 million settlement).
The Waterways Journal is the news journal of record for the towing and barge industry on the inland waterways of the United States, chiefly the watershed of the Mississippi River and its tributaries and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Our customers are the barge companies, ports, terminals, fleets, shipyards, refuelers, shippers, suppliers and marine contractors that form the inland waterways transportation industry. Our audience operates over 25,000 barges and over 3,500 towboats and tugs. Visit www.waterwaysjournal.net or www.wjinc.net
Cybercon is a world-leading provider of data center infrastructure and eBusiness hosting services. We offer advanced and complex web hosting, Private Cloud Hosting, data center server colocation, dedicated server hosting, disaster recovery, and managed eBusiness hosting services. Our top tier state-of-the-art Internet hosting facility features redundant Gigabit Internet connections through multiple premium backbone bandwidth providers. Cybercon hosts thousands of servers and billions of hits each month.
Here at AAA Sign Pros we can design, manufacture, and install all types of indoor and outdoor signage. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Contact us and see what we can do for you. We offer custom made yard signs, real estate signs, landscaping signs, contractor signs, banners, magnetic signs, cabinet signs, business cards, vehicle graphics and much more, all at great prices. Building and servicing signs in the St. Louis and surrounding areas!
All Ready? is an emergency preparedness initiative designed to help the St. Louis region better anticipate and prepare for emergencies by providing individual residents with a central resource to learn about – and implement – the three simple steps to emergency preparedness. Information about All Ready? is also available online at www.AllReadySTL.com.
St. Louis BBB is a nonprofit organization. We take consumer complaints about businesses and help resolve them. BBB also provides seminars, newsletters and other benefits to our members, called Accredited Businesses. We also provide information for charities and accredit charities who meet our 20 standards for charity accountability.
We are leaders in improving the well-being of St. Louis’ most vulnerable children. We do this by investing in endeavors that improve the well-being of our children, engaging our region around the plight of children’s well-being, and advocating for change.
"The environment can't protect itself... somebody's got to do it." - Lewis Green Missouri's environment needs a legal advocate. Laws themselves cannot protect the environment; they require an advocate to ensure they are interpreted in good faith, monitored and fully enforced. Great Rivers Environmental Law Center is that advocate. Our work focuses around four core areas: To promote the public health by encouraging cleaner energy, improved environmental performance by businesses, and more efficient transportation and land use, thereby achieving cleaner air and water, and improving the quality of life in the region. To preserve open spaces, forest, flood-plains and wetlands for their recreational, aesthetic and agricultural benefits, and their values as flood storage and habitat for migratory birds and other species. To protect disadvantaged populations from an unreasonable share of the environmental burdens of modern society. To aid and advise citizens and organizations in asserting and defending their interests in environmental values before administrative officials and as a last resort, before the courts.
The Arch Grants Global Startup Competition is an international competition that awards $50,000 equity-free, cash grants and pro bono support services to innovative and scalable startups in reciprocation for locating their businesses in St. Louis, Missouri. The industry-agnostic Global Startup Competition is held twice per year, with grants awarded once in the spring and once in the fall. Arch Grants funds innovative technologies, products, and services wrapped within scalable business models that have national or international impact potential.
The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation advocates for, educates about and assists in the preservation of architectural and historic landmarks that embody Missouri's unique heritage and sense of place. Each year we host the Missouri Preservation Conference, bringing preservationists together from all over the state for tours and educational sessions. In the spring, we present Missouri's Statewide Preservation Honor Awards, which recognize the achievements of Missourians in historic preservation. During National Preservation Month, we name our List of Most Endangered Historic Places.
Programs and Initiatives: Leadership St. Louis® Youth Leadership St. Louis Experience St. Louis Coro™ Fellows Program in Public Affairs Coro™ Women In Leadership Program Connect With St. Louis Emerging Leaders Community Policy Forums Breakfast Connections
The magazine will act as one of our education outreach components, offer exposure to organizations and businesses downtown, and help us fund our community health service programs.
Childhood cancer can be devastating for any family, marked with a heavy emotional toll and financial strain. But with the help of the NCCS, no family has to endure the costs and heartache of pediatric cancer alone.
Pedal the Cause is the premier cycling experience in the region, the pinnacle event of the year, and the driving force behind creating a world without cancer. Pedal the Cause is the only St. Louis event that gives 100% of participant donations to Siteman Cancer Center and St. Louis Children’s Hospital to accelerate lifesaving cancer research. Pedal the Cause is set to take place on Sept. 26 & 27, 2015 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater in Chesterfield, Mo.
Trailnet provides bicycling and livability programs and events to diverse groups of people. Hallmark programs include Safe Routes to School, Earn 2 Bikes, TravelGreen, Bicycle Fun Club, and Cultural Tours. -Trailnet’s outreach and engagement activities reach individuals from all demographics, backgrounds, and socioeconomic categories, confirming that active transportation is for anyone and everyone. -We help make non-motorized commuting a feasible choice for anyone. -All of our programs focus on educating and encouraging people of all ages to travel throughout their community on bike and on foot. Active, vibrant communities are healthier and safer. -Trailnet’s Bicycle Fun Club is one of the most active bike event programs in the nation and serves up to 10,000 recreational bicyclists annually. -Our TravelGreen program engages and educates those ready to make the switch to active transportation by using their bikes for more than recreation. We build and nurture commuter networks that move people closer to their goals – whether it’s to become healthier, save money, protect the environment, or just to have fun. -All Trailnet programs respond to the shocking statistics that 2/3 of all American adults are either obese or overweight. This holds significant economic value since this “weigh-in” increases the cost of health care for everyone, impacts attendance at work and school due to related illness, and increases fuel usage because vehicles are carrying more weight. Trailnet assists municipalities in designing streets, sidewalks, and trails that allow and encourage people to walk and bike safely through their community. -Trailnet’s community planning team works closely with community leaders, residents, and stakeholders to create safer, healthier, and more active communities. -Between 2001 and 2011, more than 688,000 pedestrians in the U.S. were injured – a number equivalent to a pedestrian being struck by a motorized vehicle every 7 minutes. In Missouri, bicycle related injuries represent more than 10% of all roadway injuries. These numbers present an imperative need for communities to address the safety of all their citizens. -To date we have partnered with 26 municipalities, creating plans that attract and retain residents, stimulate economic development, and improve community health. Trailnet’s Healthy, Active and Vibrant Communities (HAVC) initiative was created in partnership with the Missouri Foundation for Health. It provides opportunities and access to healthy, active living for residents of urban, rural, and suburban communities. -Trailnet’s HAVC initiative focuses at the policy level to produce the farthest-reaching and longest-term solutions to obesity, especially in low-income communities. It includes proven strategies of policy change affecting the built environment and building social networks around healthy lifestyles. -The HAVC initiative has received national recognition as an “emerging intervention” that holds promise for replication. It’s been developed in 11 diverse communities in St. Louis and across the state. -Trailnet staff participates in federal, state, and local policy advocacy, working with partners to draft and file policy, educate policymakers, and promote health- and safety-related initiatives to the public. -Trailnet participated in the passage of two recent St. Louis City ordinances: the Form Based Code ordinance that creates more walkable, bikeable communities, and the Safe Streets ordinance that protects people who walk and bike from endangerment and assault.
Founded in 2003 by Max and Colleen Starkloff, the Starkloff Disability Institute works on changing societal attitudes and perceptions about people with disabilities through activities that send a positive message about living with disability in order to create a world that welcomes disabled people. The Institute does this through various projects which disseminate a positive message about living with disability: * The Disability Studies Initiative * The Disability History Project * Universal Design Summit * Direct Action * The Next Big Step VISION When people understand disability, they will join our efforts to make it possible for people with disabilities to enjoy full participation in the communities where they live. GOALS Our goals include the following: * Using public dialogue to expose the misconceptions that prevent people with disabilities from taking charge of their own lives. * Disseminating a positive message about living with disability in the St. Louis region. * Creating educational programs to inform various segments of the St. Louis community about disability and preparing the next generation to view disability as a normal part of life. * Developing leadership opportunities for people with disabilities in the St. Louis region. * Conducting research in areas that will further our mission to prepare ourselves to provide information and advocacy with respect to public policy, community planning, and social justice. * Working with disabled and non-disabled individuals and organizations - employers, churches, businesses, governments, foundations, politicians, schools, medical professionals, and others - to develop attitudes and actions that will ensure that people with disabilities have the opportunity for full participation in society. These goals are grounded in the Values that define the Starkloff Disability Institute. Values and Beliefs * Attitudes can be changed, just like policies and laws. * Changing attitudes may well be the single biggest barrier standing between people with disabilities and full participation in society. * Changing attitudes must be … THE NEXT BIG STEP The work of the Starkloff Disability Institute is grounded in the following values: * All people should have equal opportunity to live, work, and participate fully in society. * People with disabilities should be perceived as equals in society. * Most people with disabilities and their families should know that they can make the choice to live more independently. * Public policy impacts the ability of people with disabilities to live independently. * We have a responsibility to train disabled leaders to advocate effectively for disability rights issues. * The study of disability history and culture are essential to understanding the role of disability in our society. * There is individual and systemic discrimination against people with disabilities, which must be acknowledged if we are to understand its impact and work to eliminate it. * People with disabilities don't want pity; they want acceptance, support, and full engagement with life. * It is our responsibility to educate corporations and public and private entities on ways to include people with disabilities. Collaboration and partnership are keys to our success. History Max and Colleen Starkloff established the Starkloff Disability Institute in October 2003 to take their work in the field of disability in a new direction. After founding Paraquad, Inc. in 1970, one of the nation's leading independent living centers, the Starkloffs wanted to dedicate the balance of their careers to enhancing opportunities for disabled people to achieve acceptance, independence, and full engagement with life. Many non-profit independent living centers and other disability oriented organizations, in the St. Louis area and the nation, work to improve the lives of people with disabilities through direct service activities that prepare them to live independently, and advocate for services that promote access to housing, transportation, education, personal assistance services, health care and employment. For more about independent living centers, see www.ilru.org. In short, these organizations help people with disabilities get out into the world. How SDI is different from Paraquad and other disability focused organizations. * Paraquad and other disability focused organizations teach people with disabilities to live independently in society. * SDI teaches society to accept people with disabilities. Prior to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, President George H. W. Bush said, "People with disabilities are the poorest, least educated, and largest minority in America." At that time, two thirds of Americans with disabilities between the ages of 16 and 64 were not working at all, although most said that they wanted to work. Seventeen years later, in spite of significant improvements won through ADA, President Bush's description remains accurate. FACTS: * 18+ percent of America's population is disabled. That's more than 1 out of 5 of our families, friends, and neighbors. * 69 percent of disabled people, age 16 - 64, are unemployed. Compare that to our current US unemployment "crisis" of 7 percent. * People with disabilities continue to be the highest unemployed and underemployed of any social category - by far. While 92 of the Fortune 100 companies have workplace diversity policies, disability is not consistently a diversity measure. Only 32 of these policies expressly mention people with disabilities.
The Artica festival is unlike any other festival in St. Louis. From the unique post-industrial setting to the interactive nature of the event, Artica lives and breathes creativity and innovation. We have taken a very unconventional space that is decaying and ignored and turned it into a playground for artists and participants of all ages. Every person who attends must interact in some way... simply getting to the event requires interaction with the landscape and its history. There is no vending, nothing to be bought or sold. We are not selling you funnel cakes and beer; we are providing you a canvas for self expression. People come out and camp for days to further immerse themselves in the event taking food and other parts of everyday life and making it part of the creative experience, by cooking as performance for example. There are no limitations on what a person can experience or express, barring illegal or unsafe activity. The event has been created with the simple hope of engaging our community to create using whatever is at their disposal. Many people who attend Artica are not artists, they are not unconventional people or radical thinkers, yet they come to the event and find a place filled with all manors of people and projects from marching bands to yogis to fire performers to engineers. From this there is a sense of real unity and a challenge to think of each person as a part of ones community. No matter a person’s artistic ability they are encouraged to create something, anything, even if it is a boat made from a cantaloupe with a straw mooring and a hanky sail to carry in the Boat of Dreams parade and release onto the river. Seasoned artists are challenged to do something interactive when they may only usually do oil on canvas or clay sculptures. Through the artistic expression and inclusion that takes place at Artica each participant, volunteer, artist and community member is challenged and inspired by the small parts of the whole. The mission of Artica is to inspire the people of the St. Louis metropolitan area to celebrate their unity and diversity, build community and develop a sense of respect for themselves and their surroundings by providing opportunities for creative self-expression and communication. Artica accomplishes this by creating an annual arts festival focused on interactivity and participation that is free to all and open to the public. There is no vending or selling at the event. Therefore there are no economic limitations on who can attend. Artica creates a space that fosters the sharing of ideas and of the free exchange of each contributor's chosen art form. Every individual is encouraged and enabled to create art or to interact in artistic projects. This creates a sense of community, expands individual boundaries, and allows those who wouldn't consider themselves artists or creators to experience artistic expression via unconventional outlets. The festival certainly brings together people from different backgrounds, whether it be religious, ethnic or socio-economic, and allows them to find a common ground and interest among their differences. Every person who attends the event must interact with the landscape and the area's physical elements. That is how Artica lives its mission each year. Our long range goals are to continue providing this space and event with greater collaboration from our community. We are on our way.
St. Louis Community College has provided so many people with a transformational experience. We want to hear your story. Visit the Foundation website for information on how to help a current student achieve the same amazing experience: www.stlcc.edu/foundation
Full Gospel United Spiritual Churches of Christ Incorporated is a non denominational fellowship with an edge. This fellowship provides a covering, educational enrichment, leadership training and a nurturing environment for Churches, Ministries and Workers in the Body of Christ. Young or seasoned we welcome you to come grow with us.