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Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. Named ‘Vendor of the Year’ by Do it Best Corp.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. has been named “Vendor of the Year,” in the lumber and building materials commodities division, by Do it Best Corp., the only U.S.-based, member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry. With annual sales over $2 billion, Do it Best Corp. is the second largest co-op in the industry, serving 4,100 member-owned locations in…

Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana, Residents To Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Enhancements

New Cell Sites Mean Clearer Reception, Fewer Dropped Calls

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless has activated three new cell sites in Louisville and New Albany, Ind., which enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer…

Smoothstone Streamlines Communications for Eminent National Law Firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP, a national labor and employment law firm specializes in counseling employers on a wide variety of workplace situations.  With over 250 employees in 19 offices across the country, its own workplace needed assistance when it came to its communications platform.

The firm’s IT team spent a tremendous amount of time managing their many different technologies for telephone and wide…

WellPoint Honored With BlueWorks(R) Award for Journey Forward, an Initiative to Provide Coordinated Follow-Up Care for People Surviving Cancer

Pioneering program is partnership between National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, UCLA, Genentech and WellPoint

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) was recognized today as a 2009 BlueWorks® award winner.  BlueWorks is a unique partnership between the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and the Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy that honors health care innovation that improves the quality and value of health care for…

The Speed Art Museum Announces Landscape Architect for Expansion

Appoints Nationally Recognized Reed Hilderbrand

October 9, 2009

Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Charles L. Venable, Director, and The Board of Governors of The Speed Art Museum announced today the selection of the landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand Associates of Watertown, Massachusetts, as part of the design team that will renovate and expand the Museum and its setting in Louisville, Kentucky.  In January 2009 the Speed announced the hiring of…

Gospel Music Concert To Raise Money For Charity

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ — The Madison Ann Cundiff Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to obtaining justice and providing assistance to children and families who have been victimized, announced that it will host a benefit concert called “A Night of Gospel Music” on October 17 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

“It’s going to be an exciting and uplifting night that we hope will allow us continue and expand our work…

Southern Indiana named Business Retention and Expansion Program of the Year by International Economic Development Council

NEW ALBANY, Ind. – (October 7, 2009) – One Southern Indiana’s work with existing Southern Indiana businesses has earned the organization a 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).  One Southern Indiana has been named the Business Retention and Expansion Program of the Year for programs active for three years or more and within a population range of 50,000 to 200,000.  One Southern…

WellPoint Named One of the Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

Company lauded by Working Mother magazine for flexible work environment, on-site resources, wellness programs

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) announced today its inclusion in the 2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies for its unwavering dedication to family-friendly benefits. This is WellPoint’s first year on the list.

WellPoint and the other winning companies lead the way in pioneering programs that support families, with 100 percent offering flextime, on-site lactation…

PGA Awards PivotPro Top Ranking for New Product

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — PivotPro announces that its newly-launched golf training aid, the PivotPro, was the recipient of the prestigious “Best New Product” award at the recent PGA Fall Expo in Las Vegas.

Out of hundreds of exhibitors, only three companies were nominated for this award. Top buyers from around the globe were present for judging.

The event was attended by more than 3,000 PGA pros, buyers, tournament players…

AT&T Boosts 3G Coverage for Customers Throughout Greater Louisville and Surrounding Communities

3G Technology Added to 33 Cell Sites Improving Quality and Broadband-Speed Access

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Customers wanting faster wireless data speeds are now enjoying the benefits of AT&T’s* latest 3G expansions throughout greater Louisville and surrounding communities. AT&T has added third-generation (3G) wireless technology to 33 cell sites recently. The added capacity in more areas makes it possible for customers to take advantage of high-speed data services…