Member Announcements
 The Chamber is proud of our members’ accomplishments as they grow their businesses. Do you have a recent accomplishment you wish to tell the TwinWest membership? E-mail your news to info@twinwest.com, and we'll post it here.
| May 5--McLaughlin Gormley King Company® (MGK®), a longtime supporter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), recently hosted the association’s endorsement of Sen. Norm Coleman for reelection. The endorsement comes from NFIB's Save America's Free Enterprise (SAFE) Trust, and it is based on prior voting records to evaluate the candidates' views on legislative issues affecting small business. |  |
April 28--For the second straight year, regional business, academic and community leaders selected RJF Agencies’ Chief Executive Officer Bill Jeatran, who is also the chairman of the international brokerage group Assurex Global, as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Nominees from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota were judged on each business’s overall success and its impact on employees and the community, as well as the individual’s vision, overall leadership, achievement and social responsibility. |
| April 21--The Eden Prairie law firm of Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC today announced the addition of five attorneys to the firm's growing team. Pictured below, left to right: litigators Kurt Mitchell and Ryan Wartick practice in construction law; Kim Robinson practices in family law; and Phaedra Howard and Nicole McCain practice in the real estate and community association arenas. |      |
April 16--Marco, Inc. a distributor of advanced data and voice communications solutions for businesses, has been named a ‘Diamond Dealer’ for 2007 by Mitel, a provider of unified communications solutions and applications for organizations of all sizes.
| April 16--Four business units from Cargill (Malt, Animal Nutrition, Ag Horizons and Salt) competed to see who could buy the items on a grocery list in the quickest time. This resulted in the purchase of more than 9,900 pounds of food, which was delivered to ICA by the Cargill employees. |  |
April 15--VISI a Minneapolis-based leader in managed hosting and connectivity services, is pleased to announce it will build an $18-19 million, tier III data center in Duluth to provide co-location and managed hosting services to the Duluth area. Read more.
| March 28--Cathy Carlson and Barb Westmoreland, co-chairs of Empty Bowls, presented a check for $26,500 to Annette Poeschel of ICA. This was a big boost to ICA's March MN FoodShare goal of 125,000 pounds and dollars combined. ICA reached and surpassed its goal with a total of 156,630 donated: 52,222 pounds of food and $104,408. |  |
March 19--Marco Inc. announced at its annual shareholders’ meeting that it distributed a record $2.3 million in stock benefits last year to 183 eligible employees. The employee-owned company’s strong profits in 2007 drove the average employee contribution to about $12,568. Marco’s profits increased 37.2 percent in 2007 over the same period a year ago.
| March 19--Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC is pleased to announce Susan E. Marsh has joined the firm as chief operating officer. She will oversee all aspects of the firm’s financial, administrative and logistical operations. |  |
March 9-- The Hearing Stores of Minnesota is pleased to announce it has officially opened its second location. Located in the West Ridge Shopping Center at I-394 and Hopkins Crossroads, this full-service audiology/hearing aid clinic is ready to service the needs of any person with hearing issues in the TwinWest region. We are also pleased to announce the hiring of Shannon Vincent MA CCC-A, a board-certified and state-licensed audiologist.
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