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Distribution Services Company, Loves Park, at piercedistribution. com.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $3,411,839 to the Winnebago County Health Department to address lead hazards in 165 low-income housing units and complete healthy homes assessments on 30 low-income housing units.
Rockford Christian Schools received nearly $25,000 from Jack W. Packard Charitable Remainder Trust. Jack, 92, passed away on May 23.
Savant Capital Management was certified for the 12th consecutive year by the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence, LLC for “Prudent Practices for Investment Advisors.” AAA Rockford offers a service to renew your Illinois registration. Rosecrance received Illinois’ Healthiest Employer by Springbuk®, Crain’s Chicago Business and Cigna for an organization with 500 to 1,499 employees. It received grants from the Try-Beta Club and the John M. Drogosz Memorial Fund of the Freeport Community Foundation for full renovation of its therapeutic ropes course for adolescent clients at Rosecrance Griffin Williamson campus. Chartwell Agency worked with the Navy Office of Community Outreach and General Dynamics Navy Week subcontractors to manage the United States Navy Week program in the Quad Cities region. The outreach goes into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence. Per Mar Security Services received the Resideo Circle of Excellence award in 2019 for commitment to Resideo Intrusion, Video, Access and Fire, the authorized dealer program and total year-over-year growth.
Inventory management tech product wins this year’s FastPitch Anthony Valiulis, Davinci Industries, took home the $5,000 first prize in NIU EIGERlab’s 2019 FastPitch on Oct. 9 for his Accutrack product. Accutrack uses RFID tags and Bluetooth with sensor inputs to help retail establishments manage inventory. Nearly 40 innovators and entrepreneurs pitched their products at the event. David Pack took second place with Box Blox, self-assembling, connectable and collapsible life-size building blocks. Matt Reed took third place with Buildboard, a web and mobile home remodeling marketplace and project management platform that connects home owners and contractors. University of Illinois student Mark Van den Avont won the Young Entrepreneur Award and $500 to invest in HexNest, a replacement for foam to create a gymnastics mat that has better impact-attenuating properties. Branden DeWitt took home the Dale Falconer Spirit of Entrepreneurship award for Nabeau, an organic/bio degradable fire proof gel that extinguishes fires. He won a six-month membership at NIU EIGERlab’s coworking space at NIU-Rockford.
WilliamsMcCarthy LLP ranked among the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers© in its 2020 edition for the sixth consecutive year.
Rockton Avenue campus, to begin immediately. Renovations include water remediation work, a modernized surgical prep and recovery area, a makeover of the ICU and medical/surgical units and a newer, modernized look for private rooms, nurses’ stations and hallways. Renovations will not disrupt patient care.
Mercyhealth announced plans to spend millions to complete its state-approved work and modernize Javon Bea Hospital-
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois is partnering with SupplyCore to host an Over the Edge 4 Girl Scouts fundraiser for girls in financial need
on May 30, 2020 in Rockford. Participants will raise $1,000 and rappel the eight-story, historic SupplyCore building. Visit www. girlscoutsni.org/ote. RAMP received a $1,287 and $1,754 grant from the Freeport Community Foundation for Youth Education & Advocacy parent trainings and Fast Track, which helps high school students with disabilities reach their full potential. KMK Media Group developed a new website for Pierce
Savant Capital Management acquired Bloomington-based Kingston Wealth Management Group, a $132 million Registered Investment Advisor firm; Savant’s seventh acquisition since 2012. V2 Marketing completed new signage for Benassi Family Dentistry at its Winnebago, Ill., location. It promoted and facilitated a two-day fall workshop and college fair for the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters; drawing more than 450 attendees at the Doubletree Hotel ChicagoOak Brook (Ill.). WATT Global Media released Poultry International magazine, featuring the World’s Top Companies of producers and processors in the poultry and egg industries, and Feed Strategy magazine, featuring the World’s Top Feed Companies. Digital Hive Mind was contracted by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, to provide product photography and capture video of the packaging process to support the launch of TRIKAFTA™, the first triple combination therapy approved for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients 12 years and older with the most common CF gene mutation. Wesley Willows received $15,000 from the Kott Memorial Charitable Trust for its Memory Wellness Center, which opened in July 2019 on campus. Boylan Catholic High School inducted 10 senior students into the National Honor Society on Nov. 12; joining the 40 students inducted last spring.
