Building a Corporate Giving Program

Dave Meyer, president of Meyer Companies, asked an important question three years ago. “How do you go about funding community needs when you’re bombarded with the requests of so many worthwhile organizations?”

For Meyer Companies, the answer was to establish the Meyer Companies, LLC, Charitable Fund to organize the company’s giving and to encourage employees to leverage their commercial construction skills through volunteer opportunities.

The Meyer Companies, LLC, Charitable Fund has already made quite a difference! Employees have built a fence around Marion Hope Center, poured a concrete pad for playground equipment, and painted and installed new lighting at Ronald McDonald House. And for the first time, a dedicated advisory committee at Meyer Companies sets the annual budget for corporate giving, putting just the right infrastructure around the company’s gifts of time, talent and treasure to the community.

This article was posted by Greater Horizons.

Partnering with Solar Link

Two Lee’s Summit companies — Pave Guard Technologies Inc. and The Meyer Cos. — are creating a third.

The new entity, tentatively named Renewable Solutions Distribution, will employ 25 workers with an average salary of about $40,000 at a 20,000-square-foot distribution center on Hamblen Road in Lee’s Summit.

The distribution center, owned by The Meyer Cos., will expand Pave Guard’s sales of solar technology components, including solar panels, rooftop solar systems and solar tracking products. They are offered by Pave Guard’s subsidiary, Solar Link.

Through a strategic partnership agreement, The Meyer Cos., a commercial construction and real estate management firm, will take over installation of all Solar Link products.

In addition, the two companies will work together on jobs involving tilt-up concrete walls containing radiant heating.

Read more: Pave Guard Technologies, The Meyer Cos. create solar technology distribution business - Kansas City Business Journal:

Kansas City Business Journal - by Rob Roberts Staff Writer

Lexington Plumbing Buys 34,000-SF Industrial in KC - CoStar Group

Lexington Plumbing & Heating acquired the industrial building at 1600-1620 Troost Ave. in Kansas City, MO, from Husar Industries for $1.1 million, or about $32 per square foot. The property at 1600-1620 Troost Ave. is one story, measures 34,000 square feet and was constructed in 1970. John Stafford of Heise-Meyer Properties represented the seller. Nathan Anderson of Harbinger Property Group represented the buyer. For additional information, please see CoStar COMPS #1801613.

Lexington Plumbing Buys 34,000-SF Industrial in KC - CoStar Group

ABC - Oct 1 Construction Spending

Source: www.abc.org
Private nonresidential construction spending was virtually unchanged in August, falling just 0.1 percent, according to the October 1 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, compared to August 2008, spending is down 10.5 percent....
http://www.abc.org/Hot_Links/ConstructionEconomicsIndex/Oct_1_Construction_Spending.aspx

Meyer Companies Continues to Help the Community

Look at this incredible work Meyer Companies did for Marian Hope Center!!…. We are on our way…the playground is delivered and we are waiting for the company to come install. After that, we have to let the concrete set for a month before the padding can be put on.

We had a great meeting last night with the General Manager and Director of Marketing for theNew Independence Events Center. They have chose Marian Hope Center as an IndependenceNon-Profit group to support! We will be doing some fund raising events in that beautiful new facility – very exciting news for Marian Hope Center!!

Thank you again to everyone for your continued support!!

Meyer Companies help Marion Hope Center

Heise-Meyer’s Christina Foresee has been a strong advocate for the Marion Hope Center a non-profit organization that works with Autistic, Downs Syndrome, and other special needs children (for more info visit www.marianhopecenter.org ).  In response to Chris’s advocacy, The Meyer Companies Community Relations Committee provided funding and Meyer Companies volunteers gave their time and labor to build the privacy fence for this center, providing these children with a safe place to play.

 

This past week-end, Meyer Complete’s John Cervantes led a large group of UMKC fraternity brothers in staining the fence at Marian Hope Center. 

 

Thanks Christina, John, and everyone who volunteered for their time and efforts in contributing to this worthwhile effort and to building a better community.

 

 

Greg Fitzsimmons

Meyer Companies, Inc.

200 NE Missouri Drive

Suite 100

Lee's Summit, MO  64086

Direct:  816-251-4719

Fax:     816-251-4714

Email:  gfitz@meyer-companies.com

Web:    www.meyer-companies.com

 

Meyer Brothers Welcomes Billy Hammerly

Billy Hammerly, has over 17 years experience in construction. Prior to joining Meyer Companies, Inc., Mr. Hammerly served as Vice President of a developer and general contracting firm.

Mr. Hammerly also served as Vice President of Real Estate Development for Pet Resorts, Inc. the parent company for Pete & Macs, LLC. And as National Sales Manager for Butler Construction a division of Butler Manufacturing.

Mr. Hammerly received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from Rockhurst College.