2012 Mayor's Business Celebration Luncheon

Entrepreneurs with bright ideas and the support of local colleges, private investors, and government are redefining St. Louis.

Because entrepreneurship was the City's strongest area of growth this year, the 2012 Mayor's Business Celebration Luncheon was themed "St. Louis: Gateway to Entrepreneurial Success."

Mayor Francis G. Slay and the St. Louis Development Corporation celebrated this growing segment of the St. Louis business community as well as businesses of all sizes that are growing, building, expanding, and stabilizing downtown and City neighborhoods with the City's 11^th annual economic development awards in the categories of Businesses of the Year, Developers/Developments of the Year, Quality of Life Awards, and Mayor's Awards.To see the award winners, click here.

The City of St. Louis Business Celebration Luncheon began in 2002 as a way to thank the business community for its commitment to the City.

Major sponsors of the 2012 City of St. Louis Business Celebration Luncheon were Ameren Missouri, Beelman River Terminals, Centene Corp., Express Scripts, Hilliker Corp., Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels, Mallinckrodt, Peabody Energy, and Wells Fargo Advisors.

Other sponsors included AT&T, BJC Healthcare, Edward Jones, First Bank, Gilmore & Bell, GJ Grewe Inc., GreenStreet Development Group, Procter & Gamble, PARIC Corp., and Thompson Coburn.