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Melissa Brown to be Honored as one of Indy’s Best & Brightest

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Melissa Lamb Brown, principal at Relocation Strategies Inc, will be honered as one of Indy’s Best & Brightest at their upcoming awards gala.

Junior Achievement’s 2009 Indy’s Best & Brightest Awards will honor 100 of Central Indiana’s outstanding young professionals age 40 and under who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis, with an awards agala on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at The Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center.  This event begins at 6:00pm. 

Ten finalists will be honored is each of 10 categories: Accounting; Banking & Financial Services; Educaiton & Nonprofit; Government; Health & Life Sciences; Law; Manufacutring, Retail & Services; Media, Entertainment & Sports; Real Estate, Development & Construction; and Technology.

Over 600 of Indy’s outstanding young professionals as well as decision-makers from some of central Indiana’s premiere employers will attend this event.

Relocation Strategies Inc Earns National WBE Certification

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Date: June 8, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Melissa Lamb Brown

(317) 202-0000

(317) 917-9922

mbrown@relostrategies.com

Indianapolis, IN – June 5, 2009 – Relocation Strategies Inc, a business specializing in helping businesses plan and coordinate their relocations, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – Great Lakes, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

WBENC’s national standard of certification implemented by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – Great Lakes is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.  At present, there are only 25 WBENC certified businesses in the state of Indiana.

By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations, and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier/vendor diversity programs.

To learn more about Relocation Strategies Inc, please visit our website at www.RelocationStrategies.com

About Relocation Strategies Inc

Relocation Strategies Inc is a consulting firm that specializes in complete project management for corporate relocations. The bulk of our business is focused in the furniture management and physical relocation.  Leaving your company’s move management to Relocation Strategies Inc allows you to continue focusing on your business without the added stress.  Relocation Strategies Inc has managed more than 2,000 relocations nationwide with facilities ranging from 500 to 1.4 million sq ft.  We are located in the Fountain Square district of Downtown Indianapolis at 909 Buchanan Street, Indianapolis, IN  46203.  Here are just a few ways we have benefitted our clients:

Ÿ  For one of Indianapolis’ largest law firms, we facilitated the reuse of 90% of its existing furniture to a 112,000-square-foot new space.

Ÿ  We saved a local non-profit organization $25,000 on data cabling and $65,000 on cubicles.

Ÿ  We completed the 16th move for a national technical school because we’ve proven we can minimize class downtime by efficiently executing moves involving a large amount of electronic equipment.

Some of our clients include: Indianapolis Convention Center, Monarch Beverage, SMC Corporation, Bose McKinney Evans LLP, Zimmer Orthopaedic, Rheumatology Associates, ProKids Inc, Advantage Health Solutions, Pratt Corporation, ITT Educational Services.

About WBENC

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC’s certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

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