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Brian McClendon

Fifth Annual Foundation Awards Celebrating
Local Businesses Adding Jobs

With featured speaker, former Google VP, Brian McClendon and Former Voice of the Jayhawks, Bob Davis as Master of Ceremonies


Lawrence, KS – Celebrating Five Years, the Fifth Annual Lawrence Business Magazine and CadreLawrence Foundation Awards, recognize locally owned and franchised businesses, located in Douglas County that have been in business for a minimum of 3 years and have shown growth in employment by 20% or added 20 new employees from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. In five years the awards will have honored 53 companies for creating 487 local jobs.

Bob Davis

The Fifth Annual Lawrence Business Magazine & Cadre Lawrence Foundation Awards will be presented to recipients on February 21, 2018 at The Six Mile Chop House Event Space, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Returning for his second year as Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Former Voice of the Jayhawks, Bob Davis.

Lawrence native, University of Kansas Research Professor and former Google Vice President of Engineering, Brian A. McClendon, will be the presenting speaker for the evening. McClendon co-founded the startup which became Google Earth and famously made his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas the centerpoint of the Google Earth globe. He built the teams and programs behind Google Earth, Google Maps, Streetview, and Ground Truth, which revolutionized both mapping and the application of satellite and aerial imagery.

“We are excited to have Brian speaking at our Fifth Annual Awards,” stated Ann Frame Hertzog, Editor-in-Chief of the Lawrence Business Magazine. “We’re looking forward to hearing his story and getting his perspective and insight into business.”

Honorees for the evening include these 10 local businesses adding 94 jobs:
Alpha Roofing (3-time winner), Build SMART, Edmonds Duncan Registered Investment Advisors, Good Energy Solutions (3-time winner), Kennedy Glass, KW Integrity, Paul Werner Architects, Pine Landscape Center, Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community, Prairie Land Insurance

2018 Footprint Impact Award
One of the honorees will also be presented with the 2018 Footprint Impact Award in recognition of their dedication and business focus on creating a strong local footprint with collaboration and reinvestment in the local community.
Tickets are available online in advance for $20 at LawrenceBusinessMagazine.com/Foundation2018-tickets and can also be purchased at the door for $30.

Previous Honorees:

  • 2014 360 Energy Engineers, ComfortCare Homes of Baldwin City, Danielsan Electric, Googols of Learning, Kurt Goeser State Farm Insurance, Massage Envy SPA, OrthoKansas*, Paradise Carpet One, Pawsh Wash and Pet Health Market, Pennington & Company, struct/restruct llc, The Crystal Image, The Granada, The Results Companies
  • 2015 Advanced Plumbing, AesthetiCare of Lawrence, Alpha Roofing, Bigg’s, Cromwell Environmental*, Good Energy Solutions, Griffith Payments, Next Level Baseball Academy, Printing Solutions, Silverback, The Summit, Treanor Architects
  • 2016 Bridge Haven Memory Care, Design Brilliance, Express Employment Professionals, Good Energy Solutions, Home Instead Senior Care, Minuteman Press*, Rainbow International Restoration of NE Kansas, RD Johnson Excavating, Select One Security, Summers, Spencer, & Co
  • 2017 Alpha Roofing, DEW-Drink Eat Well, Essential Goods, Laser Logic*, Lawrence Sign Up, Love Grub Dog Food, M Cubed Technologies, PixNinja, Rainbow International Restoration of NE Kansas, Ramen Bowls, Summers, Spencer & Company, TherapyWorks, Wonder Fair
    *Footprint Award Winner

The Lawrence Business Magazine focuses on the business and people that make a positive impact on Lawrence and Douglas County. The Lawrence Business Magazine is for those who care about or have a stake in the long-term success of our diverse business community.
CadreLawrence is a group that supports commerce and encourages conversation leading to a business-friendly environment in Lawrence and Douglas County. CadreLawrence is our community kitchen table with an open invitation to the whole community to engage in thoughtful dialog by voicing support and presenting evidence for the creation of jobs and economic growth in Lawrence. We welcome every voice to be heard in regard to issues in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas.

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