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HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 19, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — C. Bob Basu, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS of Houston is honored to announce the first year of the annual Basu Plastic Surgery Advancing Care Scholarship for Adult Learners. Designed to support adults over the age of 40 who live in Texas as they pursue a graduate degree as a licensed medical practitioner, physician, or nurse.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 16, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SIERA.AI, a leading safety automation innovator for the material handling industry, is proud to announce the launch of its new website. The new comprehensive website reflects SIERA.AI’s growth over the past few years with preventing and reducing forklift accidents with AI vision driven systems.

AMARILLO, Texas, Feb. 11, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Amarillo is leading the way in getting the COVID-19 vaccine to the public. According to online data from covidactnow.org, the Amarillo metro area is among the top metro areas in the nation in COVID-19 vaccinations.

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 9, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ESG Enterprise, today announced the launch of the world’s first Carbon Neutrality Risk Management solution. As more companies trend towards pledging net zero emission by 2050, the carbon neutrality solution will become increasingly needed. The ESG Enterprise SaaS is designed to stay ahead of this trend by providing a solution to create a future-fit carbon neutrality management system.

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 9, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Stack Sports announced today that Andrew R. Hiatt (Drew) will be joining the Stack Sports leadership team as the VP of Growth and Market Strategy. In his role, Hiatt will partner with clubs, leagues, and associations to grow soccer participation through Stack Sports’ wealth of technology solutions and services.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 8, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen is pleased to announce the launch of its “Stem the Tide of Time” social media campaign featuring former UCLA Bruin and Milwaukee Buck All-Star Marques Johnson to promote STEMREGEN;, a natural stem cell enhancer documented to increase the number of circulating stem cells by stimulating Endogenous Stem Cell Mobilization (ESCM). (VIDEO)

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 5, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen™, along with the Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Regenerativa y Terapia Celular (the “Spanish Society of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy”), is pleased to announce the launch of a multicenter clinical trial, “The Effect of Stemregen and Adipose Stroma Vascular Fraction (SVF) Either Individually or in Combination in Patient With Heart Failure,” to evaluate the use of stem cell therapies in patients suffering from heart failure.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 4, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Lawrence, New York based Jacobs Real Estate Advisors is pleased to announce the sale of Navona @ Live Oak Apartments, a 104-unit Class B multifamily community located in San Antonio, Texas. Originally developed and operated as a Hawthorne Extended Stay Hotel, the property was acquired by Jacobs in 2013 and underwent a repositioning project to convert the property to multifamily use.

AUSTIN, Texas and OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 4, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pure Protein, LLC (Pure Protein) and subsidiary company Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), announced today that Blake Harlan has been promoted to President and Rico Buchli, PhD to Vice President of Products and Services.

MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. 2, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Blockit Inc., a leading provider of digital care coordination solutions, has been on the front lines of the pandemic, providing a no-cost adaptation of their deeply integrated and highly sophisticated healthcare scheduling platform to be utilized toward COVID-19 relief efforts. Today, Blockit announced that its vaccine scheduling solution is now being used by over 350 organizations responsible for scheduling over 400,000 vaccines.

AUSTIN, Texas and BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a research collaboration with The Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology Department of the University Hospital of Basel.

ADDISON, Texas, Jan. 25, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. announced today that mortgage industry veteran Katherine Carlsen has joined the company as underwriting manager. In her new role, Carlsen will utilize her more than 30 years of mortgage industry experience to lead underwriting for Mid America, enabling the company to sustain its track record of compliant loan origination while maintaining its industry-leading turn times.

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 18, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Here is the 2021 business forecast for Houston’s Mortgage, Restaurant, Residential Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Tax, and Healthcare Industries from EO Houston’s leaders and business partners.

ADDISON, Texas, Jan. 14, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) announced it has added down payment assistance (DPA) to the slate of mortgage products and services offered through its correspondent division. This is an expansion of the DPA program Mid America created for its retail channel in 2019 in partnership with the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation.

ATLANTA, Ga. and PLANO, Texas, Jan. 13, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Stack Sports, the largest and fastest-growing provider of sports technology, continues its momentum in Soccer with a 5-year partnership extension with long-term partner Georgia Soccer.

PLANO, Texas, Jan. 11, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Stack Sports, the largest and fastest-growing provider of sports technology, today announced a five-year extension of its strategic partnership with PA West Soccer, the governing body for US Youth Soccer in Western Pennsylvania.

ADDISON, Texas, Jan. 7, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) announced today it has promoted former National Support and Training Director Jemma Pachiano to Chief Operating Officer (COO).

AMARILLO, Texas, Jan. 6, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Airport officials at the Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport today unveiled the Airport’s new corporate image piece “Taking Flight, Experience Amarillo.” The new corporate image piece is the latest in the Airport’s on-going aviation and non-aviation business development initiative in conjunction with its community partnership, Taking Flight – Amarillo.

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live, operate and interact. And for many gym aficionados, it’s taken a toll on the activity they enjoy most. That is now changing, thanks to Social Gym Club – a new and innovative virtual gym that allows users to get fit, have fun, and socialize.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 22, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Fort Worth-based company United States Mask is on a mission to make the holidays a little brighter and safer for community members who need it the most. At 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22, the United States Mask team will donate more than a thousand N95 particulate respirators to the Salvation Army of North Texas.

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 18, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Arroyo Energy Investors, the Houston-based, independent infrastructure investment firm with a footprint in North and Latin America, today announced it closed three large refinancings totaling $821 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 15, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute at Galveston donated a Ford E350 Super Duty Bus to St. Vincent House to support their ongoing social services efforts for residents in Galveston County. The keys and title were presented to representatives of the St. Vincent House by Robert A. Prehn, Ph.D., President and CEO of Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute.

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 14, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Frozen Food Express (FFE), the largest nationwide, asset-based temperature-controlled LTL carrier in the United States, is poised to pass along a substantial linehaul company driver pay increase in early January.

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 7, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — North Texas Performing Arts announces that Plano resident Darrell Rodenbaugh, who has played the title role of Scrooge since the tradition began in 2011, is again taking the stage in its 10th annual Christmas celebration of “Scrooge – The Musical” presented by Transamerica.

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 30, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — For the past four years Hireshield, a Dallas firm serving small to medium companies undertake background checks that assure the quality of new hires, has been responsible for undertaking more than 750,000 candidate checks. As of 2021, that number is projected to climb.

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 30, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Perfection Garage Door Repair the best garage repair and installation in Arlington, TX. The company offers a wide range of garage door services for residents in Arlington.

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 24, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After a record first quarter for Stack Sports, the novel coronavirus took the United States by storm – closing schools, halting sports, and even shutting down whole communities. With over 95% of athletes nationwide impacted in some way, Americans looked to find the way forward.

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 20, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In mid-September, The University of St. Thomas, McNair Center for Entrepreneurship’s Executive Director, Dr. Patrick Woock, reached out to EO Houston to request that one of our Members come in and lead a Workshop on Networking for their Entrepreneurship students.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Jan Tilley, a nationally recognized dietitian specializing in chronic disease management, has just released a third book dedicated to helping those suffering with chronic inflammation. Entitled “Eat Well to Be Well: Living Your Best Life Through the Power of Anti-Inflammatory Food” (ISBN: 978-1626342668), the book summarizes the health risks so many face due to the fact the American diet has become completely unbalanced.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Zeteo Biomedical LLC, Inc., a privately held medical device company, has partnered with the Nanovaccine Institute at Iowa State University to study a nasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Zeteo will provide nasal delivery device technology and unit dose packaging utilizing its ZEOx2 Delivery Platform.

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 16, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Area Code Baseball, a Stack Sports Experience, has partnered with Prep Baseball Report to offer more athletes an opportunity to learn, compete and showcase their abilities through the Area Code ID Series.

CARROLLTON, Texas, Nov. 9, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EGW Utilities, Inc. has acquired Buy Wholesale Company, LLC (BWC) of Montgomery, Texas. BWC was founded by Karl Knapp in 1985. He and his wife, Tracy, operated it until its acquisition on October 30, 2020. The procurement of BWC greatly increases EGW’s waterworks and plumbing product offerings.

QUITMAN, Texas, Nov. 5, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Stitchin’ Heaven announces Land Ahoy Quilting Cruises, five luxury quilting getaways in cities around the United States. Land Ahoy Quilting Cruises are the most recent addition to Stitchin’ Heaven Travel’s line of quilting-focused vacation packages.

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 29, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Many employees believe they aren’t being paid to think. In “The Thinking Advantage,” author Jill Young shares the dynamic algorithm for creating and building a strong company. When everyone at the company is really thinking, miraculous changes can happen!

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 29, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Something new and exciting is brewing at Art of Caffeination, a new design business that focuses on products that are all things coffee. Its first product launch – a quick-reference deck of coffee playing cards – is designed for coffee lovers, enthusiasts and gamesters alike to not just have fun, but learn something too.

AMARILLO, Texas, Oct. 26, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In response to the national discussion surrounding collegiate sports, Texas-based Fairly Group and sister-company OccuNet have unveiled an insurance product which covers medical expenses for collegiate student-athletes who contract COVID, bringing a relevant solution to the intense national discussion regarding collegiate sports.

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The McGrath Project, a Texas-based indie rock band on 4818 Records, is ready to hit the road in 2021. Along with dates set at the First Friday Festival in Las Vegas and The Viper Room in Los Angeles, the McGrath Project is particularly excited to announce some international highlights. In late June the band will be playing the Rock Bulava Festival in Kiev, Ukraine and famous Dobro Festival in Moscow along with a series of engagements throughout the Ukraine and Russia.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sente Mortgage has helped over 20,000 families and individuals make their homeownership dreams a reality as of September 2020, the company announced today.

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 16, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With Election Day less than a month away, and early voting beginning on October 13, in a nonpartisan effort, Alpha Business Images (ABI), has rolled out the Keeping It 100 Challenge to spread the message of encouraging voter participation with the help and talent of peers in the advertising industry.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Velocity Credit Union understands the importance of voting. To remind its employees that their vote is their voice and to encourage them to use it, the financial institution has announced a company-wide perk: paid time off to vote.