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Kwame Building Group has been selected as construction manager for a $88 million expansion of St. Louis Community College’s Wildwood campus. The project includes construction of a new Center for Health Sciences and a new Center for Technology and other building renovations. The Wildwood campus project is part of $400 million in construction initiatives across…

Busey Bank is offering a Bridge Scholarship program to financially support continuing education for applicants of all ages and backgrounds. “We’re proud to provide financial support to students through our expanded scholarship program,” said Sandy DeMond, senior vice president – director of Community Banking. “By investing in the future of students in our communities, we’re…

Fairview Heights-based IMPACT Strategies was recently recognized by Ameren as a top supplier partner in diverse business spending. Ameren recognized firms reporting greater than 25 percent of total expenditures with diverse suppliers. IMPACT Strategies was one of 12 area firms named to the list. This recognition comes as IMPACT Strategies boosts its efforts to build…

First National Bank of Waterloo plans to acquire The Village Bank in St. Libory. Rick R. Parks, president and CEO, First National Bank of Waterloo and its parent company, First Waterloo Bancshares Inc., and Kathleen L. Cook, president and CEO of The Village Bank and its parent company, Village Bancshares, Inc., on Thursday announced the…

Mount Vernon-based National Railway Equipment Company, an employee-owned provider of rail, marine, and power industry services, has appointed Merritt Becker chief executive officer. An executive and strategic business developer, Becker joins NRE from global engine and power generation company, Cummins Inc. He joined the company effective June 1, succeeding Steven Beal, who passed away in…

Ajla Zigic has been promoted to vice president and Anela Barbanell has been named assistant vice president on the community and economic development team at Midwest BankCentre. The team is led by Wes Burns, executive vice president of community and economic development. The two appointments are part of fulfilling Midwest BankCentre’s commitment to make $200…

Former Southwestern Illinois College Dean of Math and Sciences Paige Mettler-Cherry has joined the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, a division of Lewis and Clark Community College, as the new director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives. As part of NGRREC’s leadership team, Mettler-Cherry will be responsible for overseeing the strategic direction for the…

Alaina Macia, president and CEO of Medical Transportation Management Inc., left, and Josh Komenda, CEO and co-founder of Veyo, who will stay on with MTM in a leadership role. Alaina Macia, president and CEO of St. Louis-based Medical Transportation Management Inc., has announced the acquisition of Veyo, a non-emergency medical transportation company based in San…

Glen Carbon resident Marsia Geldert-Murphey has been chosen president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers for the 2023–2024 term, after a month-long election that closed June 1. She will be inducted as president-elect at the Annual Business Meeting this fall during the ASCE 2022 Convention. Geldert-Murphey is currently chair of ASCE’s Public Policy and…

S.M. Wilson & Co. has been contracted as construction manager at risk for Pattonville School District’s $111 million Prop S no-tax-rate-increase bond issue, which will fund six years of projects at every school in the district. Projects include adding classrooms to accommodate enrollment; providing safety and maintenance improvements; and updating school facilities to meet teaching…