September 2, 2011
Today, Oakbrook Center paid a special tribute to the New York City Fire Department Ladder 3 Battalion 6, which lost 12 firefighters in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Long-time Oak Brook resident Ed Donnelly spoke of his brother, Lieutenant Kevin W. Donnelly, who perished that day. In honor of Lt. Donnelly and others, Oakbrook Center donated $5,000 to the
August 30, 2011
In the Mix…Lighting Up Local Media with The Bacon Brothers
LCWA has gone Hollywood! To support Aurora’s Paramount Theatre and drum up publicity for tonight’s concert with The Bacon Brothers (comprised of popular actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael), we helped local media get one degree closer to Kevin Bacon by setting up interviews. Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Kane County Chronicle all ran stories in anticipation of the
August 29, 2011
In the Mix…A Timely Article in Wake of Hurricane Irene
With buildings flooded this week up and down the East Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, we hope facility managers are reading this four-page article we placed for client Polygon published in the current issue of Building Services Management. The topic: how to restore critical documents damaged by water. It’s bylined by Summer Street, document sector head with Polygon,
August 22, 2011
In the Mix…Manufacturing Camp Makes Front Page of NY Times
Persistence paid off when we landed a front page story in Friday’s New York Times for client Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA). We worked with reporter Motoko Rich for more than a year to gain her interest in FMA’s Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs summer manufacturing camp program, which introduces kids to the joys of working with their hands and