Alcoa, Inc.

American Airlines

City of Sand Springs

Era Aviation

Houston Police Helicopter Patrol Unit

Independance Municipal Airport

Indianapolis Aviation Inc.

Metro Aviation

Quiktrip Corporation

Texas Jet

ABC Supply Company

APAC, Inc.

Brubacher Excavating

Chemcote Roofing Company

Chemseal Asphalt Maintenance Co.

Commercial Asphalt Company

Evans & Sons Blacktop, Inc.

Frank W. Whitcomb Construction

M.A. Mortenson Company

Mathiowetz Construction Company

MJ Dalsin Company of South Dakota, Inc.

Newcomer Concrete Services, Inc.

P. Flanigan & Sons

Speedway Redi Mix

Triple M Roofing

Twin Lakes Concrete

VMS, Inc.

Western Roofing Company

AES Winds

Bay City Gas Company

Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority

Georgia Power Company

McLeod Cooperative Power Association

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative

Southwest Arkansas Electric Coop

Storm Lake Power Partners

Founded in 1969 as Environmental Systems Research Institute, ESRI is the world's leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) software. ESRI's GIS solutions are used in many types of businesses, including retail, finance, energy, transportation / logistics and real estate; as well as in many aspects of state and local governments throughout the world.
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GeoDecisions, a recognized leader in the spatial IT industry, provides innovative solutions to its customers by using the power of spatial information to enhance the decision making process. The company’s staff of consultants, analysts, and developers integrate spatial information with cutting-edge technology for a variety of business markets, including transportation and military, government, utilities, environmental, and private and commercial enterprises.
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Just east of Seattle and the Puget Sound, you’ll find lovely Bellevue, Washington. Located on 31 square miles of rolling landscape and surrounded on all sides by large lakes and the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, Bellevue is the beautiful home and workplace of 120,000 local residents.
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Burlington is a city of just over 10,000 people in the southeast corner of Wisconsin with some unique claims to fame. They are known around the world as the home of the Burlington Liars’ Club which meets annually on New Year’s Eve to select a championship lie for the year. Home to a Nestlé Company manufacturing plant since 1965, Burlington has also gained a reputation as Chocolate City.
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The Cheney Fire Department serves 40 square miles in Cheney, Washington, which is also the home of Eastern Washington University. The city is located in the dry part of the state, 30 miles from the Idaho border. The fire department provides fire and emergency medical services and oversees the city’s emergency operations for disasters.
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Longboat Key is a barrier island community that stretches for 12 miles along the west coast of Florida. It lies just north of Sarasota, with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and Sarasota Bay along the island’s east shore. With 8,000 permanent residents, Longboat’s population grows to approximately 20,000 during peak season, as tourists and snowbirds come to enjoy all the warmth, beauty, and recreation the island has to offer.
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Collin County is located in north central Texas, 34 miles north of Dallas. It covers 848 square miles, and includes 27 cities with a total population of approximately 730,000. The Collin County Fire Marshal Office has four full-time employees, including Fire Marshal Steve Deffibaugh. Per the state’s statutory requirement, they are required to investigate all fires in unincorporated areas. In addition to investigations, they also are part of the county’s storm spotting program and support local fire prevention.
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The Columbus Police Department was founded in 1831 with just one man, Ephraim C. Bandy. Back then, the department assigned mandatory patrol duty to city residents. Today, the department has grown to a staff of nearly 500, including almost 400 sworn officers and 95 civilians.
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Dedicated to providing a fire safe community, Grosse Ile Fire Department serves and protects more than 11,000 residents. This department is responsible for firefighting and basic emergency medical services. Grosse lle Fire Department also focuses on imiproving the firefighting and emergency medical care capabilities of its members and educating residents on the causes and prevention of fires and proper fire safety procedures.
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Jasper County Sheriff's Department safeguards the lives and property of more than 30,500 citizens in a 560 square mile area. Services provided by this department include: accident investigation and reconstruction, traffic safety and enforcement, criminal case investigations, civil process service, security of the courts, emergency planning, drug eradication programs, neighborhood safety, the community policing program, and family crisis issues.
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The Marshalltown Community School District, located 50 miles northeast of Des Moines, is responsible for 4,913 area students in grades K through 12. The MSCD operates 11 school buildings sprawled across 572 square miles in Marshall County.
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The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township serves the northern portion of Indianapolis and surrounding suburbs and has been a recognized leader in education in Indiana for more than 40 years.
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Morgan County and its county seat, Versailles, are located in the heartof Missouri. Morgan County Civil Defense serves a 500 square-mileregion. In the summer months, this includes 85,000 to 90,000 peoplewho flood the Lake of the Ozarks region. In cooler months, thepopulation drains down to only 19,000 people. Versailles has thesecond largest shoreline on the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Morgan County, Georgia, is located an hour east of Atlanta, with a population of approximately 19,000. The 365-square-mile county is mostly rural, and includes four municipalities: Madison, Buckhead, Bostwick, and Rutledge. Morgan County is approved by the National Weather Service as a “StormReady” community — a program designed to encourage communities to create a severe weather action plan.
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Muskingum County is located in east-central Ohio, approximately 45 miles east of Columbus. The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department covers 653 square miles and protects the lives of more than 83,000 people. In addition to dispatching for 30 road deputies, the sheriff’s department also dispatches for five village police departments, one college, and 15 volunteer fire squad departments.
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The Savannah Police Department has been protecting the city for over 200 years. It was created in 1796 as a “guard and watch” unit with a staff of 28 men commanded by a captain. Last year, the Savannah Police Department merged with the Chatham County policede partment to form Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD).
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Dedicated to preserving the peace and preventing crime and disorder, the Shiawassee County Central Dispatch serves and protects the lives and property of more than 72,000 citizens.
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Vandalia Butler School District is located at the “Crossroads of America.” Based in the Dayton suburb of Vandalia, Ohio, the district serves 4300 students in grades K-12 and operates seven school buildings. During their nine-month school year, the district experiences a wide range of ever changing weather conditions.
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Yankton County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) serves 23,000 people in a 500-square mile area with two paid employees and 25 volunteer weather spotters. Yankton is located 80 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They provide emergency assistance with search and rescue, storm spotting, flooding rescue, and hazardous materials incidents.
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Serving nearly 120 miles of highway, the Campton Township Highway Department provides a variety of services to the residents including road service, snow removal, brush pickup, and road repair. They are located in Lily Lake, Illinois, about 35 miles west of Chicago. Campton Township includes the town of Wasco as well as parts of three villages and one unincorporated area.
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The city of Springfield is Massachusetts’ third-largest city, situated in the Connecticut Valley — the western “hub” of the state where interstates 90 and 91 connect. The 33-square-mile city is home to 152,000 people.
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The Illinois DOT is responsible for winter and summer maintenance of 45,839 lane miles statewide. This includes all state highways, federal aid routes and the Illinois interstate system.
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The Iowa Department of Transportation is responsible for removal of snow and ice on 24,215 lane miles of Iowa’s roadways. On average, Iowa receives about 34 inches of snow per year, which is cleared by the department’s 879 snowplows. During a typical winter, about 180,000 tons of salt are used on Iowa roadways.
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From the rural highways to the urban freeways, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) works with the public, transportation partners, state and federal legislators, and other state and local agencies to provide a safe and efficient transportation system to the people of Missouri.
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Mount Prospect Public Works serves the city of Mount Prospect, Illinois, located 22 miles from downtown Chicago. The city is 10.28 square miles, with 165 miles of streets and roads, and serves more than 56,000 people.
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Located in southern Litchfield County in Connecticut, the town of Thomaston is 12 square miles and has a population of 9000. The Thomaston Highway Department is responsible for maintaining 45 miles of improved roadway, including snow removal, pavement repair and maintenance, roadside mowing, and tree trimming.
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Towner County Roads Department, based in Cando, in northeast North Dakota, serves 1,100 miles of roads in the summer and 600 miles in the winter. Part of the lakes and gardens region of North Dakota, it serves more than 2,800 people living in 28 townships.
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Chartered in 1898, the Atlanta Athletic Club is a private club known nationally and internationally for its two, 18-hole golf courses, as well asthe facilities and services it offers its members. The great golfer Bobby Jones grew up playing at the club, and it has hosted numerous events including the 1963 Ryder Cup Championship, the 1976 US Open, the 1981 and 2001 PGA Championships, and the 1981 US Women’s Open.
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Champion Racing has made a name for itself as one of the top “racing teams” in the world. Established in 1994, the 40-strong team has proven its mettle against some of the best in racing.
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Davey Tree Expert is a Kent, Ohio-based company with operations in 40 states and four Canadian provinces. Located in the Washington,D.C. metropolitan area, the Gaithersburg, Maryland office of Davey Tree Expert has 45 employees and provides ongoing commercial grounds maintenance for more than 30 properties.
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Emerald Lawn Care primarily serves nearby St. Cloud, Minnesota, and a 15-mile surrounding radius. Joel Wollum founded the company eight years ago and has built it to a staff of 15 people working in irrigation and landscape contracting. They also provide lawn and landscape management, maintenance, and mowing. In the winter, they provide snow plowing and removal.
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Nestled at the base of the scenic Tortolita Mountains, Heritage Highlands Golf Course and Country Club is an 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course built in 1996. Stretching more than 6,900 total yards, the course features bent grass greens. At an elevation of 3,000 feet, the greens overlook Bermuda fairways and offer a panoramic view of the Tortolita, Catalina, Rincon, Tucson and Santa Rita Mountains— as well as the Tucson cityscape below. In 1998-1999, Golf Digest voted it one of the best places to play.
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Every year, race fans gather at Maryland International Raceway for more than 100 days of drag, motorcycle, hot rod, and big rig truck racing. Maryland National is 35 miles south of Washington, D.C. and plays host to a variety of nationally-televised events, including the Presidents Cup IHRA Nationals. The 130 acre facility seats 11,000 fans and competes with other racing venues (there are eight other tracks within a two-hour drive) as well as theme parks and beaches in the regional entertainment market.
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An 18-hole public course, The Meadows Golf Club is located on the Grand Valley State University campus, just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2004, it was awarded four and a half out of five stars in “Golf Digest’s Places to Play.” Since 1996, the club has hosted six NCAA National Championships.
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Established in 1809, Miami University is named for the Miami Indian tribe that inhabited the area now known as the Miami Valley region of Ohio. In addition to the Oxford campus, located 35 miles north of Cincinnati, the university has regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, Ohio, as well as a European Center in Luxembourg. The Oxford campus has 15,200 undergraduates and 1,700 graduate students.
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Located approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago, Mount Prospect Park District provides recreation programs to 215,000 residents who use 32 parks and recreational facilities. The park district includes a golf course, neighborhood playgrounds, pools, fitness centers, ball diamonds, biking and walking paths, and ball fields.
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Located north of Chicago, Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Northwestern is recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs at all levels.
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The golf course at Oakwood Country Club was designed by Pete Dye and built in 1967. It features bent grass on the greens and bluegrass on the fairways. One of their signature holes is number three, a 166-yard, par-three requiring a tee shot that must carry entirely over water to a large green.
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Olympia Fields Country Club, home of the 2003 US Open, describes its golf courses as "tradition with a modern face." A venerable, stately country club founded in 1915, Olympia Fields has seen history's best golfers competing on its courses and the likes of Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus treading its fairways.
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Founded in 1855, Penn State University is located in State College, Pennsylvania. They are a NCAA Division I school and a member of the Big 10 Conference. The school‘s mascot is the Nittany Lion. Nittany is believed to come from an Algonquian Native American term meaning “single mountain.”
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PGA National Resort & Spa is one of America's top golf destinations. Home of the PGA of America, it offers five tournament-caliber courses, all ranked by Zagat among "America's Top Golf Courses."
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Located 30 miles west of Detroit in Westland, Michigan, Snow Busters Snow Removal, Inc. has been in business for 22 years. Snow Busters operates year-round — cutting lawns for commercial accounts in the summer, and plowing and salting residential streets and parking lots during the winter. On average, the area receives 40 inches of snow a year.
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Located in Athens, Georgia, the University of Georgia boasts more than 33,000 students, 368 campus buildings, 614 acres of land, and a total workforce of more than 9,500 employees. Founded in 1785, the university is the first state-chartered university in the United States, and home to the Georgia Bulldogs. A member of the Southeastern Conference, the university offers nine men’s varsity sports, 12 women’s varsity sports, and has won 18 national championships in its athletic history.
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The University of Iowa is a major national research university enrolling more than 29,000 students each year in Iowa City in southeast Iowa. As a “Big 10” university, they field a full roster of sports, including football, baseball, soccer, field hockey, cross country, and golf. Ted Thorn, director of grounds for the athletic department, is responsible for all of the university’s athletic fields and recreational services.
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Founded by the Oklahoma Territory Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university with 19 colleges that enrolls more than 30,000 students. With 16 NCAA Division 1 sports teams, the university maintains many athletic facilities, including Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, home of the Oklahoma Sooners football team. With a capacity of 82,112, the stadium ranks as one of the largest, most-recognized venues in college football.
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Ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 30 national universities in the country, Wake Forest University has approximately 6,700 undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students. In January 2007, Wake Forest became the smallest school ever to compete in the Bowl Championship Series.
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Nestled in the heart of southern Pennsylvania’s Chester County huntcountry, White Manor Country Club is home to an 18-hole golf course. The course was redesigned and renovated by award-winning designer Bobby Weed in 2004. It received the “Renovation of the Year for 2004” award from Golf Inc. magazine.
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Wild Adventures is the nation’s largest and fastest growing privately owned theme park. With more than 1.25 million guests visiting the park each year, it was named one of “North America’s Top 50 Amusement/Theme Parks” by Amusement Business Magazine. Wild Adventures is home to more than 55 rides, including nine rollercoasters, go-kart track, a miniature golf course, a water park, and more than 500 wild animals. With daily shows and more than 40 big name concerts each year, Wild Adventures supplies family thrills for all ages year round.
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Evergreen Golf Club is located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, a city of more than 7,300 people located 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The club has three well-maintained nine-hole courses that are played in three 18-hole combinations.
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Known as the Midwest’s premiere championship golf course, the 18-hole Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, has challenged the best players in the world and remained undefeated. Hazeltine National has hosted many major championships, including the 1970 and 1991 U.S. Opens, the 2002 PGA Championship, the 1966 and 1977 U.S. Women’s Opens, and the 1983 U.S. Senior Open. Continuing in its tradition of hosting premier golfing events, Hazeltine will host the U.S. Amateur Championships in 2006, the PGA Championship in 2009, and the Ryder Cup matches in 2016.
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Golf is popular in Minnesota. The state boasts the highest ratio of golfers-per-hole of any state in the Union. So it’s not surprising that Minnesota has its share of challenging courses.
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Eight golf courses — more than any other resort in America — grace the 2,000-acre landscape at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. Their signature course, number two, has hosted more championships than any other course nationwide, including the 2005 U.S. Open Championship. It was designed by Donald Ross in 1907. The fifth hole, a long tough par 4 generally regarded as the toughest on the course, is their signature hole, according to Scott Ellender, director of golf.
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When hopeful LPGA tour players pack their bags for qualifying school every year, they head for the Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida. Plantation, a private 36-hole club designed by Ron Garl, was built in 1984. The club has a reputation for being exceptionally well run with a friendly staff, wonderful teaching pros, consistently terrific playing conditions and challenging golf. No wonder the LPGA Q-School comes to Plantation every September.
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Pottawatomie Golf Course is a nine-hole course, owned by the St.Charles Park District in St. Charles, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago. Designed in 1939, the course is one of the rare nine-hole courses that Robert Trent Jones, Sr. designed.
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The Rayburn Country Club is a semi-private, 27 hole resort course located in Texas, approximately 130 miles east of Houston.
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The 18-hole golf course at The Club at Olde Cypress was designed by renowned golf course architect P.B. Dye. According to Darrin Fedorchak, head golf professional, the course bears the Dye philosophy, including his trademark railroad ties and blind holes. Their signature hole is number 12, a par-three, 135 yarder with an island green.
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The Westmount Golf & Country Club, designed by renowned Canadian golf course architect, Stanley Thompson, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The course boasts a championship-level, 18-hole golf course that has been home to many prestigious golf events, including the Canadian Open Golf Championship in 1957 and the LPGA du Maurier Classic in 1990.
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