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2021 Case Study - CM's Outdoor Solutions Group

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Started in 1993, and formerly known as CM’s A Cut Above, CM’s Outdoor Solutions Group provides a range of lawn care and landscaping services.

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Cisco-Eagle was born in 1970 when Warren Gandall, a material handling specialist for an industrial supply company, went into business for himself. Today, the company provides solutions for the movement, storage, retrieval, control, and protection of materials and products throughout their manufacture, distribution, consumption, and disposal. The company started with three employees in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but has grown to offices in nine states. Cisco-Eagle’s reach is nationwide—with many national accounts and internet business across the U.S.—and international — having filled orders to over 70 countries.

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CASA of Southwest Missouri is a non-profit organization whose mission is to recruit, train, and support community volunteers who assist the court in protecting the best interests of abused and neglected children in Southwest Missouri.

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Caliber is a multi-family residential and mixed-use commercial construction management and general contracting firm that works with real estate developers in the greater Vancouver, Canada, area to “Crush It, Own It, and Love It” on large scale projects, ensuring they stay on time, on budget and on schedule. Their purpose at Caliber is “Building People and Processes”; they “just happen to do Construction.”

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Originally founded in 2001 as a video production company, AMP Creative has evolved and expanded into designing, developing, and delivering innovative learning strategies and solutions that help enterprise clients prepare for the challenges of the future.

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Primarily manufactures and remanufactures heavy-duty diesel fuel injection systems and related components.

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Founded in 1998, 417 Magazine is a second-generation, family-owned regional magazine that focuses on telling its 325,362 monthly audience members the stories they need to know from all around southwest Missouri. The company has also evolved to produce custom publications for corporations, communities, and charities.

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Originally founded in 1989 as a single location, 1^st Pet Veterinary Centers, or 1^st Pet Vet for short, has evolved over the years to offer a complete range of veterinarian services, including 24-hour emergency care, in three Arizona locations.

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Founded in 1954, Willoway Nurseries is a third-generation, family-owned wholesale grower of trees, shrubs, perennials and seasonal color crops that ships to retailers and contractors in 26 states. Willoway is now the largest wholesale grower of nursery products in Ohio and a leading supplier in the United States, with a customer base of more than 1,200 independent garden centers and landscape contractors in the Midwest and east coast.

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Dr. Calvin Clarke opened Clarke EyeCare Center in Wichita Falls, Texas, back in 1973. His son, Danny, and his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth—who met each other at optometry school—then joined the practice in 1995. The younger Clarkes bought the business, which provides optometry services including eye exams, eyewear, and contact lenses, in 2010.

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2021 Case Study - CM's Outdoor Solutions Group

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2021 Case Study - Cisco-Eagle

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2021 Case Study - CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

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2021 Case Study - Caliber Projects

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2021 Case Study - AMP Creative

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2021 Case Study - AMBAC International

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2021 Case Study - 417 Magazine

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2021 Case Study - 1st Pet Vet

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2020 Case Study - Willoway Nurseries

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2020 Case Study - Clarke EyeCare Center

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