DG FASTCHANNEL'S GROWTH ON DISPLAY SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. Irving-based DG FastChannel, the clearinghouse for most of the multimillion-dollar ads shown during the Super Bowl, reports it shipped a majority of the game's approximately 120 commercials to CBS. By giving advertising agencies and broadcasters a single contact, DG FastChannel has become the largest player in distributing digital advertising content and also, one of Fortune Magazine's "Fastest Growing Companies." Scott Ginsburg, chairman and chief executive at DG FastChannel was recently quoted in the Dallas Morning News as saying the company plans to hire both operations and salespeople to keep pace with the company's growth.
CAMPION TRAILS EXTENSION PROJECT TO BEGIN THIS MONTH. Work on the expansion of Twin Wells Park into Trinity View Park is set to begin this month. The project will extend the trail system 1.5 miles north from Mountain Creek Preserve for a total of 3.5 miles of primary trail in the southern section of Campión Trails. It includes 7,145 linear feet of 12-foot-wide concrete primary trail, one 90-linear-foot pedestrian bridge, five low-flow pedestrian crossings, four paver crosswalks, park benches and trash receptacles. The project will be funded through a grant from the Dallas County Trail and Preserve Program and is expected to be completed by August.
OMNI ANNOUNCES NEW MOKARA HOTEL BRAND. Irving-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has announced a new luxury hotel sub-brand - Mokara Hotels & Spas. The new brand will officially launch April 1 with their christening of the Watermark Hotel & Spa in San Antonio under the Mokara name. While no timetable for expansion has been released, the company reports that about 25 hotels are being considered currently for the brand. The new concept will focus on wellness with the hotels being positioned to compete with other luxury brands like Shangri-La and Mandarin Oriental.
FIRST CHOICE POWER TO BE FEATURED ON ABC'S EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. Irving-based First Choice Power will provide renewable energy at no cost to a family in Kemah, TX, scheduled to appear on an April episode of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The family will receive green electricity from the company for two years, along with a free energy audit after six and 12 months.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA RALLY TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF IRVING FOOD DRIVE AND HATIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America (BSA), in their 100th year, are rallying troops to support Irving residents and also to provide relief for Haiti. The BSA has committed to providing tents and sleeping bags to Haitian people who have been displaced from their homes. To support these efforts, visit worldfriendshipfund.kintera.org/haitianrelief. To assist families in Irving, scout troops will be placing empty plastic grocery bags on resident's doors, encouraging citizens to place non-perishable food items in the bags for pick up on Saturday, February 20. Citizens and businesses can also donate directly to any of the following food pantries: Northgate United Methodist Church, South MacArthur Church of Christ, St. Luke's Catholic Church Food Bank, Irving Cares, Baptist Benevolent Ministries of Irving, First Baptist Church of Coppell, Living Hope Church of Coppell and Metrocrest Social Services of Carrollton. According to Irving Cares executive director, Teddie Story, food pantries are counting on the scouts in particular this year. Irving Cares saw a 49 percent increase in families served for the month of December and has already distributed over 24,000 days worth of food for Irving families in the past nine months. Last year, the Western Star Division of the Boy Scouts which serves Irving and Coppell collected 26,760 lbs of food.
RBC LIFE SCIENCES PROVIDING AID TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS. Irving-based RBC Life Sciences, a provider of nutritional supplements, wound care and pain management products, has donated 100,000 sterile wound care dressings to Haitian earthquake victims suffering from burns, abrasions, deep wounds and similar injuries.
FLUOR CORPORATION RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE. Irving-headquartered Fluor Corporation is featured in the January/February 2010 issue of Ethikos, a bi-monthly publication that examines ethical issues in business. Fluor's Code of Conduct and Ethics Training, Anti-Corruption Training and Compliance and Ethics Hotline, draw rave reviews from Ethikos. Other publications have also recently recognized the company including Corporate Secretary magazine, which in November 2009 awarded the company "best overall governance and ethics program" and awarded Wendy Hallgren, Fluor's vice president of corporate compliance, "Corporate Secretary of the Year."
HOSTESS BRANDS GOES MOBILE WITH LAUNCH OF WONDER BREAD IPHONE APP. Irving-based Hostess Brands has introduced the Sandwich "Wonder-izer" application,a free app for iPhone and iTouch iPods. Wonder Bread's Sandwich Wonderizer, also available at www.wonderbread.com, gives consumers the ability to create unique sandwich combinations from a list of more than 120 ingredients.
CITY EARNS GOLD TRANSPARENCY LEADERSHIP AWARD. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has awarded the City of Irving a Gold Leadership Circle Award by scoring 15of 15 possible points on ratings criteria for financial transparency.
CITY MANAGER EARNS HONORS. City Manager, Tommy Gonzalez, has been selected as an honoree in the Dallas Business Journal's 2010 Minority Business Leader awards program. Chosen by editors from a very competitive field of nominees, honorees were selected based on professional achievements and leadership in the community. Honorees will appear in the February 12 issue of the Dallas Business Journal and will be honored at an awards luncheon March 25 at the InterContinental Hotel Dallas.
VHA INC. HIRES DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS. Irving-based national healthcare network, VHA Inc, has named Edwin C. Streeter senior director of logistics.
IDGROUP HIRES SENIOR DATA CONSULTANT. Fernando Duran has joined Integrated Design Group, Inc. (idGroup) as a senior data center consultant for the architecture and engineering firm's newly opened Irving office.
PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AWARDED TXDOT CONTRACT. Irving-based Protect Environmental Services has been awarded the Emergency and Non-Emergency Contract for TXDOT Dallas District covering Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro and Rockwall Counties.
MEDICAL & SURGICAL CLINIC OF IRVING RECOGNIZED AS SUPERIOR PRACTICE. The Medical & Surgical Clinic of Irving has been recognized for the sixth consecutive year by The Medical Group Management Association as a superior practice for its operational performance. One of the largest physician-owned multi-specialty group practices in North Texas, the clinic has served patients from Irving and surrounding communities since 1953.
IRVING CHORALE AND IRVING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RECEIVE GRANTS. Irving Chorale, a non-profit 80-voice chorus, and the Irving Symphony Orchestra have both been awarded $8,000 grants from The Arts Community Alliance (TACA).
FLUOR AWARDED PASADENA, TEXAS OIL REFINERY PROJECT. Irving-based Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, estimating and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of an oil refinery project in Pasadena, Texas.
G P MOBILE OPENS ON BELTLINE. G P Mobile has opened its 3rd Metroplex location in Irving at 3668 N Beltline. Andy Castro manages the T-Mobile retail store.
ACEP EXECUTIVE EARNS HONORS. Marjorie A. Geist, Director of Academic Affairs for the Irving-headquartered American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has earned a Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the CAE Commission of the American Society of Association Executives.
VHA INC.'S PHARMACY COST REDUCTION INITIATIVE SAVES MORE THAN $1 MILLION. VHA Inc., an Irving-based national healthcare network, reports that a pharmacy cost reduction initiative coordinated though the company's Boston office has saved 11 hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts over $1 million.
MICHAELS STORES HELPS CUSTOMERS GIVE HANDMADE GIFTS. Irving-based craft retailer, Michaels Stores has released the results of a customer survey which reveals that 87 percent of respondents believe handmade gifts to be more meaningful than store-bought presents. To help personalize cards and gifts for Valentine's Day, all Michaels retail stores will host Valentine's Day events while Michaels.com will offer creative gift ideas and a new how-to "webisode."
CAMPION TRAILS EXTENSION PROJECT TO BEGIN THIS MONTH. Work on the expansion of Twin Wells Park into Trinity View Park is set to begin this month. The project will extend the trail system 1.5 miles north from Mountain Creek Preserve for a total of 3.5 miles of primary trail in the southern section of Campión Trails. It includes 7,145 linear feet of 12-foot-wide concrete primary trail, one 90-linear-foot pedestrian bridge, five low-flow pedestrian crossings, four paver crosswalks, park benches and trash receptacles. The project will be funded through a grant from the Dallas County Trail and Preserve Program and is expected to be completed by August.
OMNI ANNOUNCES NEW MOKARA HOTEL BRAND. Irving-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has announced a new luxury hotel sub-brand - Mokara Hotels & Spas. The new brand will officially launch April 1 with their christening of the Watermark Hotel & Spa in San Antonio under the Mokara name. While no timetable for expansion has been released, the company reports that about 25 hotels are being considered currently for the brand. The new concept will focus on wellness with the hotels being positioned to compete with other luxury brands like Shangri-La and Mandarin Oriental.
FIRST CHOICE POWER TO BE FEATURED ON ABC'S EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. Irving-based First Choice Power will provide renewable energy at no cost to a family in Kemah, TX, scheduled to appear on an April episode of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The family will receive green electricity from the company for two years, along with a free energy audit after six and 12 months.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA RALLY TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF IRVING FOOD DRIVE AND HATIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America (BSA), in their 100th year, are rallying troops to support Irving residents and also to provide relief for Haiti. The BSA has committed to providing tents and sleeping bags to Haitian people who have been displaced from their homes. To support these efforts, visit worldfriendshipfund.kintera.org/haitianrelief. To assist families in Irving, scout troops will be placing empty plastic grocery bags on resident's doors, encouraging citizens to place non-perishable food items in the bags for pick up on Saturday, February 20. Citizens and businesses can also donate directly to any of the following food pantries: Northgate United Methodist Church, South MacArthur Church of Christ, St. Luke's Catholic Church Food Bank, Irving Cares, Baptist Benevolent Ministries of Irving, First Baptist Church of Coppell, Living Hope Church of Coppell and Metrocrest Social Services of Carrollton. According to Irving Cares executive director, Teddie Story, food pantries are counting on the scouts in particular this year. Irving Cares saw a 49 percent increase in families served for the month of December and has already distributed over 24,000 days worth of food for Irving families in the past nine months. Last year, the Western Star Division of the Boy Scouts which serves Irving and Coppell collected 26,760 lbs of food.
RBC LIFE SCIENCES PROVIDING AID TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS. Irving-based RBC Life Sciences, a provider of nutritional supplements, wound care and pain management products, has donated 100,000 sterile wound care dressings to Haitian earthquake victims suffering from burns, abrasions, deep wounds and similar injuries.
FLUOR CORPORATION RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE. Irving-headquartered Fluor Corporation is featured in the January/February 2010 issue of Ethikos, a bi-monthly publication that examines ethical issues in business. Fluor's Code of Conduct and Ethics Training, Anti-Corruption Training and Compliance and Ethics Hotline, draw rave reviews from Ethikos. Other publications have also recently recognized the company including Corporate Secretary magazine, which in November 2009 awarded the company "best overall governance and ethics program" and awarded Wendy Hallgren, Fluor's vice president of corporate compliance, "Corporate Secretary of the Year."
HOSTESS BRANDS GOES MOBILE WITH LAUNCH OF WONDER BREAD IPHONE APP. Irving-based Hostess Brands has introduced the Sandwich "Wonder-izer" application,a free app for iPhone and iTouch iPods. Wonder Bread's Sandwich Wonderizer, also available at www.wonderbread.com, gives consumers the ability to create unique sandwich combinations from a list of more than 120 ingredients.
CITY EARNS GOLD TRANSPARENCY LEADERSHIP AWARD. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has awarded the City of Irving a Gold Leadership Circle Award by scoring 15of 15 possible points on ratings criteria for financial transparency.
CITY MANAGER EARNS HONORS. City Manager, Tommy Gonzalez, has been selected as an honoree in the Dallas Business Journal's 2010 Minority Business Leader awards program. Chosen by editors from a very competitive field of nominees, honorees were selected based on professional achievements and leadership in the community. Honorees will appear in the February 12 issue of the Dallas Business Journal and will be honored at an awards luncheon March 25 at the InterContinental Hotel Dallas.
VHA INC. HIRES DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS. Irving-based national healthcare network, VHA Inc, has named Edwin C. Streeter senior director of logistics.
IDGROUP HIRES SENIOR DATA CONSULTANT. Fernando Duran has joined Integrated Design Group, Inc. (idGroup) as a senior data center consultant for the architecture and engineering firm's newly opened Irving office.
PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AWARDED TXDOT CONTRACT. Irving-based Protect Environmental Services has been awarded the Emergency and Non-Emergency Contract for TXDOT Dallas District covering Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro and Rockwall Counties.
MEDICAL & SURGICAL CLINIC OF IRVING RECOGNIZED AS SUPERIOR PRACTICE. The Medical & Surgical Clinic of Irving has been recognized for the sixth consecutive year by The Medical Group Management Association as a superior practice for its operational performance. One of the largest physician-owned multi-specialty group practices in North Texas, the clinic has served patients from Irving and surrounding communities since 1953.
IRVING CHORALE AND IRVING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RECEIVE GRANTS. Irving Chorale, a non-profit 80-voice chorus, and the Irving Symphony Orchestra have both been awarded $8,000 grants from The Arts Community Alliance (TACA).
FLUOR AWARDED PASADENA, TEXAS OIL REFINERY PROJECT. Irving-based Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, estimating and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of an oil refinery project in Pasadena, Texas.
G P MOBILE OPENS ON BELTLINE. G P Mobile has opened its 3rd Metroplex location in Irving at 3668 N Beltline. Andy Castro manages the T-Mobile retail store.
ACEP EXECUTIVE EARNS HONORS. Marjorie A. Geist, Director of Academic Affairs for the Irving-headquartered American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has earned a Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the CAE Commission of the American Society of Association Executives.
VHA INC.'S PHARMACY COST REDUCTION INITIATIVE SAVES MORE THAN $1 MILLION. VHA Inc., an Irving-based national healthcare network, reports that a pharmacy cost reduction initiative coordinated though the company's Boston office has saved 11 hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts over $1 million.
MICHAELS STORES HELPS CUSTOMERS GIVE HANDMADE GIFTS. Irving-based craft retailer, Michaels Stores has released the results of a customer survey which reveals that 87 percent of respondents believe handmade gifts to be more meaningful than store-bought presents. To help personalize cards and gifts for Valentine's Day, all Michaels retail stores will host Valentine's Day events while Michaels.com will offer creative gift ideas and a new how-to "webisode."
