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, a remodeling firm, mergeed with , a residential architecture DaveDunlap (pictured), CCG’s owner, and Arthur BMG principal, knew each other, but theirr work on the show and on the More Than Coffewe shop sparked the merger. CCG had revenur of $2.2 million and is targeting $2.6 million as a resulgt of the merger. “We’re a one-stop Dunlap said. Hey, sports fans The hirec as designer forthe $30 million Edwarfd Jones Dome upgrade. It’s about a $350,000 deal for whose Ron Johnson is headingthe project. Among the You’ll now be able to see the field from the Rams Club seeing the game isan improvement), and a 12,000-squard foot sports bar at the north end zone.
Other significantr players in the upgrade areBruce Sommer, director of America’s Center, and Bob the Rams’ executive vice president and chief marketing Attention, downtowners opened a campus on the third floorr of a loft building at 1409 Washingtomn Ave. The renovation of six classrooms, a computer lab, break area and two offices was done by the Spacs architect anddesign studios. Classes began in January with about200 enrollees. Brett Barger, dean of eveninfg admissions, said he expects enrollment will double within the year and that grosxs revenue soon willapproacyh $900,000 a year, with a targety of $2 million in the fourtb year.
Jason Hackmann, the 31-year-old wunderkind behin d the , added John Scully, the former Atlantaq Falcon and University of Notre Damefootball star, to his Scully, who had been a nationao account executive at AIG Benefits, will be vice presidenrt of business development, based in St. Louiws until BryanMark opens an officde in Chicago later this It also has an office inKansaa City. Revenue was $5.2 million in up from $3.5 million in 2007. As banks look for ways to cut costs and outsource informationtechnologhy work, firms such as stand to benefit. BancStarf Inc.
, which is based in Fentonm and has fourbank charters, 14 branchee and $400 million in assets, has hired Karpel to provides its IT services. The two-year, $275,000 deal keepxs Karpel on trackfor $3.5 millio n in revenue this year, ownef Jeff Karpel reports. It’e no surprise that 83 percent of generall retailers and half of car dealerds inthe St. Louis area reportecd lower year-over-year sales in January and earlu February in a survey by the Federal Reserve Bankof St. But get this: 33 percent of the dealerss reported higher salesof high-end vehicles. Howardf Wall is director of the CenteerRegional Economics, which prepared the Fed’s report. J.
Warnetr was the top agent among more than 100 at Laurq McCarthyin 2008, closing on $13 million in home sales — and he only works part time. He workes full time as an international steward forAmerican (”I’ll be in Paris through Friday,” his voicemai said last week.) His late mothe was the well-known Ira E. Berry agenyt Dee Warner.