7th Annual Loop Ice Carnival

The 7th Annual Ice Carnival was held last Saturday in the Loop, with several of our own in attendance. A pub crawl, games, ice sculptures, food, drinks, and lucky for us, a balloon artist right in front of Design Alliance!

Thanks to Reggie Victor at Big River Creative for snapping the pictures.  Hope to see you next year!

Confluence Preparatory Academy Gymnasium Ribbon Cutting

We had a blast from the past on Thursday when Jeff, Clinton and Kristin attended a pep rally at Confluence Preparatory Academy...it had been a while since we had gone to one of those!  The gathering was in celebration of the new roof top gymnasium at Confluence Preparatory Academy.  The entire student body, the Confluence Academy Board, Paric Construction and St. Louis Design Alliance were in attendance as the new gym was officially opened, and we could all feel the students' excitement.  Scholar athletes were recognized, games were played, and a bit of friendly class rivalry was exposed.  The Class of 2012 was so pumped about their new digs, they made an impromptu rush from the bleachers to the gym floor! 



A special thanks to Paric for managing all the tricky details of a roof top addition, and to Sarah Smith from Confluence Academy for the invitation.  Congratulations to Confluence Preparatory Academy on your new gymnasium...Go Titans!

Filling the Red Kettle

For the last three years, StLDA has taken time out to raise money for the Salvation Army's Tree of Lights Red Kettle by ringing the bell at the Schnucks at Clayton and Big Bend. Today was the big day, and we were ready to fill some kettles!  We always enjoy helping out our friends at the Salvation Army!



Our Jolene and Kathy decked out in red!



Click on the links below for details on ways (in addition to donating cash to the red kettles at many grocery stores) you can help the Salvation Army, an organization that reaches so many:

The Cans Film Festival - Free movie!  Donate cans at any Wehrenberg Theatre on Saturday 12/3/11 only!

Online Red Kettle

Have a happy Friday and a great weekend!

First Post!

We are excited to launch our new blog!  Check back often for updates as we have a lot of going on around here...like working with Merced Housing Texas on their new elderly facility in San Antonio.  Congratulations to Merced on the HUD grant award...we're looking forward to working with you again!