Here are this week’s local business and nonprofit awards, acquisitions, celebrations and certifications:
ACQUISITIONSGrace Hebert Curtis Architects, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, acquired St. Louis based Hastings+Chivetta Architects. H+C and its employees will continue operations at 2464 West Port Plaza Drive, St. Louis.
Family owned Frisella Landscape Group, Richmond Heights, acquired all maintenance accounts from Meyer Landscape & Lawn, Washington, Missouri.
AWARDSInvestment banking company Piper Sandler named First Mid Bancshares a 2024 Bank & Thrift Sm-All Star. The honor placed First Mid Bancshares as one of 30 top-performing small-cap banks across the country.
GETTING BETTERChild Care Aware of Missouri completed its inaugural Show Me MO Emergency Prep, Response, and Recovery project with a $40,000 grant from Child Care Aware of America. The yearlong project trained Missouri licensed family child care providers for emergency preparedness.
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HELPING OUTSt. Louis based Dot Foods donated $36,000 worth of food and necessities among six area food pantries through its Neighbor-to-Neighbor program. This is the food redistributor’s 10th anniversary targeting food insecurity through the program.
MILESTONESide Project Brewing celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Side Project Cellar at 7373 Marietta Ave, Maplewood.
PROJECTSDesign and build firm KAI broke ground on The Hope and Restoration Community Center, a 17,000 square foot headquarters and 10-bed youth residential treatment facility in Jefferson County.
Contegra Construction, Edwardsville, broke ground on a 611,000 square foot warehouse for McLeod Express, a commercial hauling and transportation services company in Decatur, Illinois.