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A Message from NCI President/CEO, Rebecca Zoll
Rebecca Zoll |
 Our NCI Salutes 30 Leaders in their Thirties recognition reception is quickly approaching, so now is the time to show your support of our community's amazing young leaders! Please sign up today for a sponsorship package or purchase an advertisement for your company in this year's event program book. We had more than 46 very talented individuals nominated this year and our judges are busy finalizing their choices for this year's winners. Those chosen will be announced soon on NCI's website, in the North County Suburban Journal and on Gateway Television News Network. They will also be recognized on September 23rd at 11:30 a.m. at a reception and luncheon at Norwood Hills Country Club. Information about event tickets, sponsorship packages, and ad space in our event program book is now available at www.NorthStLouisCounty.com, or by calling (314) 895-6241.
We encourage our legislators in September’s special session to please support legislation that will advance the Aerotropolis and China Hub Initiative, while protecting tax credits, such as the circuit breaker program, which helps the poorest of the poor seniors in our community, as well as strongly protecting tax credits that benefit small business owners.
Have you found us on Facebook yet? Be sure to look for North County Incorporated, Regional Development Association and North County Incorporated Attractions on Facebook. Consider “liking” us and share information about us with your friends.
 A BIG CONGRATS to NCI Board member Mayor Matt Robinson and the City of Hazelwood on the very exciting news that Emerald Automotive, a British company, plans to build hybrid electric vans at a $175 million plant in Hazelwood. The lightweight hybrid electric vans will use diesel motors to recharge, and can travel up to 475 miles on one charge. Strong demand overseas for this product will mean that the first of the vans will be exported.
The company plans to hire 300 people by 2013 and 581 during 2014. Hundreds of other jobs could also spring up from among suppliers around the plant and lead to 1,000 new jobs in the area. Our area was chosen because of our trained workforce and our central location along shipping routes. This type of company locating in our community may also help increase efforts to create an international trade hub at Lambert St. Louis International Airport.
Compliments to the City of Hazelwood Council and staff who have worked so hard, along with the St. Louis RCGA for months now to bring these jobs and this exciting new product to North St. Louis County! For more information Click HERE and HERE.
Congrats to NCI member the Community News on their new format and for the expansion of coverage and service areas in the North County area. Want to know more? Click Here
Rita Heard Days |
Congratulations to North County Inc. Board Member Rita Heard Days, former State Senator on her new position as the Democratic Director of Elections for the St. Louis County Election Board.
Finally, just a brief reminder that we are happy to put information about our members' events, accomplishments and other exciting news in our monthly eNewsletter. This is a FREE member benefit and I encourage each of you to take advantage of it and submit items to the office by CLICKING HERE or sending your information to nci@northcountyinc.com with "eNews item" in the subject line. We need to receive items by the 20th of each month in order to include them in the following month's eNewsletter. Therefore, if you have an eNews item for September, it will need to be submitted to our office by the 20th of August.
Best Regards,
President/CEO
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North County Incorporated invites you to mark your calendar for the NCI Salutes 30 Leaders in their Thirties reception on September 23rd, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. at Norwood Hills Country Club. Sponsorship and advertisement packages are now available. CLICK HERE for more information and/or to view the online forms. |
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Hendel’s Market Café and Piano Bar will be hosting a wine dinner on August 2nd. 5 course meal with wine pairings at each course. Call Bar Manager Ali at 314-837-2304 for reservations. Also, for more information, please visit hendelsrestaurant.com |
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Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Center and North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice (NCCU) are sponsoring the sixth annual North County Health Screening and Health Fair on Saturday, August 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at People’s Health Center located on 11642 W. Florissant Avenue in Florissant. All screening are free. Back-to-school needs are another focus of the fair. NCCU will provide free clothing and school supplies. For more information, please call Rance Thomas at 314-921-7364. |
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Hazelwood School District (HSD) will hold its 5th Annual Back-to-School Fair at the St. Louis Mills on Saturday, August 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The HSD Back-to-School Fair features information booths for 30 school sites with details about uniform policies, school supplies, clubs and activities, as well as booths from District departments such as transportation, child nutrition services, residency and more. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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Municipal leaders and/or staff might want to take advantage of a free LocationOne Basic Training webinar on Wednesday, August 10 from 10-11:30 a.m. LocationOne Basic Training offers an in-depth “how to” on the most popular online site selection applications to showcase your community, sites and buildings on the Web. Space is limited. Reserve your webinar seat at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/431770929 |
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Greater North County Chamber of Commerce is having their 2011 Scholarship Bowl on Wednesday, August 10 at the AMF Dick Weber Lanes at 6 p.m. For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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St. Louis Community College is having their 3rd annual State of the St. Louis Workforce Event on Wednesday, August 10 at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Admission is free but reservations are requested. For further details, please visit http://stlworkforce.org/ |
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City of Vinita Park is having a Taste of Thies Farm Ride on Saturday, August 13 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Registration at 9 a.m. at the Vinita Park City Hall Parking Lot at 8374 Midland Blvd. Ride begins at 9:30. For more information and registration, please CLICK HERE |
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SSM DePaul offers a variety of events each month for the community. On August 13th, they are having a Stroke Screening and Discussion presented by Dr. Nirav Vora, a stroke specialist and neuro-interventionist. For more details on this event and others going on in August, please CLICK HERE |
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Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce is having their 18th Annual Golf Classic Tournament on Thursday, August 18th at the Whitmoor Country Club, registration at 9 a.m. Please CLICK HERE for details |
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City of Ferguson is having their Sunday Parkways in Old Ferguson East on August 14th, for details and more information, please visit www.livewellferguson.com |
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Northwest Chamber of Commerce is having their Mingle at the Mills on Friday, September 16th from 4 to 10 p.m. at the NASCAR SpeedPark at the St. Louis Mills. For more information, please call 314-291-2131 or visit www.northwestchamber.com |
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Pattonville School District’s Pattonville Athletic and Activities Foundation will host its a trivia night on Friday, September 16th at the Bridgeton Banquet Center, 12259 Natural Bridge Road in Bridgeton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with trivia beginning at 7 p.m. Rich Gould, sports director at KPLR Channel 11 will serve as master of ceremonies for the event. For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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Christian Hospital on being ranked 6th Best Hospital in St. Louis out of 52 hospitals in the latest U.S. News & World Report edition of their Best Hospitals metro area rankings for 2011-12. These important new rankings, released in July, are published online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals. Christian Hospital is cited as a high performer in four specialty areas: Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. For more details, please CLICK HERE |
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City of Berkeley’s city clerk, Octavia Pittman on being named the President of the Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association – Eastern Division. This organization was formed to educate city clerks and finance officers statewide. |
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City of Northwoods on being awarded a $250,000 Safe Routes to School Grant from the MoDOT. Northwoods was the only awardee in the St. Louis region. The city was awarded the $250,000 for sidewalk construction, Americans with Disabilities Act improvements and crosswalk improvement. |
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Delmar Garden Villas’ Cathy Bono, City of Black Jack’s Mayor Norm McCourt, Delmar Garden Villas’ Julie Berthold and City of Black Jack Councilman Ben Allen |
Delmar Gardens on being honored by the City of Black Jack as a long-time community partner. Delmar Gardens has hosted and supported many functions for the community within their facilities through the years. For more details, please CLICK HERE |
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Hazelwood School District’s James Muska, the Gateway to Technology teacher at Hazelwood North Middle School on being selected by the American Board of Certification of Teacher Excellence as a finalist for the 2011 Teacher of the Year contest. For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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IESI Corporation – Missouri District on receiving the Missouri Waste Control Coalition’s Outstanding Achievement Award in the Solid Waste Management category. For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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North County Inc. 2010 30 Leaders award recipient Darrell Strong on being promoted to the position of Hazelwood School District’s assistant superintendent for learning. |
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Rita Heard Days |
North County Inc. Board Member Rita Heard Days, former State Senator on her new position as the Democratic Director of Elections for the St. Louis County Election Board. |
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Pattonville School District Holman Middle School for recently earning a Promising Practices Award from the National Character Education Partnership (CEP). For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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Ritenour School District’s Adult Education Program for receiving the Star Program with Distinction award from the State of Missouri. This award is the highest honor a program can receive. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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SSM DePaul Health Center on being ranked 5th Best Hospital in St. Louis out of 52 hospitals in the latest U.S. News & World Report edition of their Best Hospitals metro area rankings for 2011-12. These important new rankings, released in July, are published online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals. DePaul Health Center is cited as a high performer in five specialty areas: Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Kidney Disorders, Pulmonology and Urology. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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City of Florissant’s Mayor Schneider announced the widening of Shackelford Road from Charbonier Road to Humes Lane. St. Louis County Highways & Traffic Department has received funding approval; the project will include widening the road to 5 lanes, removal and replacement of deteriorated slabs, curbs and ramps and the construction of ADA accessible cross-walks and ramps. |
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Express Scripts to buy Medco for $29 billion. The deal, if completed will be by far the most expensive acquisition ever made by a St. Louis-based company, reports the World Trade Center St. Louis. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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Brian Fletcher |
Ferguson-Florissant School District has chosen the former Mayor of the City of Ferguson, Brian Fletcher to fill a vacant board of director seat. For further details, please CLICK HERE |
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Normandy School District has named Calvin Nicholas as the new principal for Normandy High School. Nicholas was a former associate principal of Normandy High School and has over 20 years in the field of education. For more information, please CLICK HERE |
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NCI Board Member Gina Walsh, former Missouri State Representative invites you to check out her new website at ginawalsh.com |
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NCI Executive Board member Daniel Patrick Boyle has announced that he will be running for Municipal Judge for the City of Florissant in November. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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NCI 2010 30 Leaders award recipient Natissia Small challenged 250 students and their families to “not get distracted,” during an awards ceremony for the University of Missouri’s Bridge Program. Small is the University of Missouri – St. Louis assistant dean of students and the Bridge program director. The Bridge Program helps students gain social skills needed for professional environments. |
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Pattonville High School girls soccer team presenting the $4000 check too Dr. Bob Bergamini, pediatric oncologist and hematologist at The Cardinal’s Cancer Center |
Pattonville School District’s soccer team presented $4,000 to the David C. Pratt Cancer Center. The donation benefited the children’s cancer unit at the center. The team raised the funds by hosting a charity “Kicks for Cancer” soccer game during its spring 2011 season. |
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Ritenour School District has been renovating several schools while students and staff are away from the buildings this summer. The aggressive summer construction work will keep all projects on schedule and is planned to significantly limit the disruption to students and staff during the school year. All projects are funded by the $50 million Prop. K Bond issue that was passed by voters in 2008. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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Ritenour School District is collecting donations for children in the district that are in need of back-to-school clothing, glasses and/or other personal items needed for success in the classroom. Please consider donating to the Ritenour Stepping Stones to Success program, the program is funded only through private monetary donations. Monetary donations can be mailed to: Ritenour Stepping Stones, 2420 Woodson Road, Overland, MO 63114. For more information, please call 314-493-6080 or email Debbie Catalano at catalanod@ritenour.k12.mo.us |
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Daniel Mattson |
Robert Margolis |
SSM DePaul Health Center has welcomed neurologists Robert Margolis and Daniel Mattson to their Neurosciences Institute at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton. For details, please CLICK HERE |
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St. Louis Healthy Families is offering NCI members with at least 15 employees a limited time 25% discount through Nov. 15 for their new workforce wellness program: Connecting the Dots: When Home Stress Impairs Work Success. For more on the discount please CLICK HERE and for more information on Connecting the Dots, please CLICK HERE |
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