1. SLCEC Wins Award
The St. Louis County Economic Council received an Honorable Mention for Excellence in Economic Development this week from the International Economic Development Council. The goal of the SLCEC’s push is to help small business grow. Charlie Doolie, St. Louis County Executive, said, “Small businesses are leading us out of this recession.” Congratulations!
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Happy Friday! We hope everyone enjoyed the last full week of summer. Before you head out for the weekend, check out what TVG was buzzing about this week:

Have you checked out TVG’s new website yet? Visit before September 30th and you could receive $1,500 in pro bono work from TVG. All you have to do [...]

TVG was recently named Best PR Firm in St. Louis by St. Louis Small Business Monthly readers. The publication released their annual Best In Business issue last week, which features TVG and other winners. TVG competed against 24 other PR firms and received the most votes from readers to win the top spot.
 ”At TVG, client [...]

Happy Friday everyone! Here’s what we’ve been buzzing about this week:

St. Louis Children’s Hospital was the first in the nation to successfully implant an artificial lung this week.  Doctors from Washington University say the lung saved the life of 2-year-old patient Owen Stark, who is the youngest person in the world to receive an artificial [...]

In the most recent issue of Enterprising Women magazine, Donna Vandiver discusses the updated FTC guidelines for testimonials and endorsements in social media. Here’s an excerpt from her article, “Make Sure Your Company Knows the Rules Before Entering the Game”:
“The world of communications is changing.  Social media is growing by leaps and bounds and it [...]

This week the kids headed back to school and summer got a little closer to its end.  Here are a few more things TVG was talking about this week:

Concord Bank of St. Louis, a TVG client, announced this week the sale of a building to College Bound who plans to use it to create their [...]

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! We’re about halfway through August, and it’s been another exciting week.  Here’s a few of the stories we’ve been following:

The St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds generated the highest rating ever on Fox Sports Midwest this week. The teams were already battling for first place in the NL Central, add [...]

The first week of August has flown by and it’s time for another weekend! Here were some of the highlights at TVG:

Forty of America’s billionaires pledged to give at least half of their fortunes to charity this week. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates founded the group, which is estimated to generate around $6 billion in [...]

Thank you for checking into TVG’s blog, here is this week’s Friday Five of items that were talked about in our office.  What was your office buzzing about this week?

BP placed a new cap this Thursday that brought the oil spill in the Gulf under control, and everything is holding steady  17 hours later.  While [...]

A lot of commentary lately has centered on BP and how they are handling the oil spill crisis. In last Friday’s issue of the St. Louis Business Journal, TVG’s Andy Likes commented on how BP has handled things from a PR perspective and how it’s a lesson in what not to do. See what he [...]