June 19, 2008
Blue Clover adds splash to River Authority events
San Antonio, TX – Based on Blue Clover’s past success in creating attention-grabbing special events with a “wow” factor for the Mission Reach project, the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) has again hired Blue Clover to plan, coordinate and implement a large scale special event for the Mission Reach portion of the San Antonio River Improvements Project (SARIP), including PR and design of invitations, email blasts and promotional items.
In October 2007, SARA and Blue Clover introduced the Mission Reach project to more than 200 business and community leaders in attendance. Speaking guests included U.S. Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Mayor Phil Hardberger, Bexar County Commissioners Chico Rodriguez, Paul Elizondo and Tommy Atkisson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, as well as representatives from each participating agency. Every TV news station in the city, as well as both talk radio stations and the San Antonio Express-News attended and covered the event.
In March 2008, Blue Clover assisted SARA with another event with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez, and top-ranking officials from the City of San Antonio, Bexar County and SARA, gathering on the banks of the San Antonio River next to the scenic Espada Dam to thank the Federal delegation, for their integral role in supporting the Mission Reach portion with $9.8 million in funds.
On June 2, SARA officially broke ground on Phase I of the Mission Reach at Roosevelt Park, announcing the contractor selected to construct the project.
“The San Antonio River Authority has turned to Blue Clover for assistance with a number of high profile events, and each time, Blue Clover’s delivery of services has been exceptional. Blue Clover’s creative staff has developed both print and electronic event invitations that captured the history and beauty of the San Antonio River. The personal, hands-on service we received in the event planning as well as at the actual event was second to none. For anyone planning a high-profile event where attention to detail is critical, I would highly recommend Blue Clover,” said Steven Schauer, manager of External Communications at SARA, which plans, manages and implements water-related programs and projects within the San Antonio River Basin. It also preserves, protects and manages the resources and the ecology of the San Antonio River and its tributaries in Bexar, Goliad, Karnes and Wilson counties.
“Blue Clover is honored to help an agency like SARA, one that is central to the survival of our community’s vital water sources,” said José B. Sena, president, CEO and founding partner, Blue Clover. “We are proud to be a part of such historic events like Mission Reach and help shed light on the future of our city’s eco-system.” The Mission Reach will reintroduce native vegetation, create an environment more suitable for wildlife, add eight miles of trails and recreational amenities and reconnect the historic San Antonio Missions to the river.
BLUE CLOVER: San Antonio-based Blue Clover was established in 2003 by marketing experts and partners Sena, Juan Barrera and Chris Gilbert. The growing staff now includes a fourth partner, Jody Tidwell, and 13 full-time creative, technology and management professionals with extensive traditional and multicultural marketing, public relations and web-based communication experience from throughout the world. In July 2007, the firm opened new offices in Atlanta and Mississippi to serve its southeast customers, hiring Tidwell as president of the southeast division.
This innovative talent and relentless drive has distinguished Blue Clover as an award-winning firm, including a place in PRINT Magazine’s Regional Design Annual (the most comprehensive competition annual in the design profession), San Antonio Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, San Antonio Business Journal’s Fast Track list for two years in a row; the Emerging Business Award from the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the San Antonio Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award for Sena; and the Association for Women in Communications Proliner Award.
Blue Clover’s past and present client list boasts more than 120 active local and national clients, including Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), (an Alaska Native company with $637 million in assets with ventures in real estate, oil field support, government contracting and Alaska tourism); Hotels & Preference (a network of privately owned properties with more than 120 four- and five-star hotels and resorts throughout the world); a website and online marketing strategy for IBC Bank (Laredo-based bank with $10.6 billion in assets); a website design for San Antonio Spurs (four-time National Basketball Association champions); Time Warner Cable (second-largest cable operator in the U.S.); a website design project for Clear Channel Radio (owns and operates more than 1,200 radio stations in the United States); Jefferson Bank (the third largest San Antonio-based bank with $610 million in assets and 11 retail offices across north and central San Antonio, Boerne and New Braunfels); Terramark (leading Houston-based commercial and residential real estate development and home building, including Espada community in south San Antonio); San Antonio Economic Development Foundation; TBG Partners (largest landscape architects and planning firm in Texas); Seguin Economic Development Corporation; Galo Properties (one of the largest single-family lot developers in south central Texas); Arquitectonica (international architecture, interior design and planning firm); Yantis Company ($100 million construction company; listed as one of the “Top 50 Private Companies” in San Antonio); Cross & Company (San Antonio-based commercial real estate company with more than 45 properties totaling approximately 4.2 million sq. ft.); Waggoner Engineering, Inc. (serves public agencies and private corporations across the southeastern U.S. discovering innovative infrastructure solutions in the fields of civil engineering, transportation, environmental, water resources, land development, flood control, surveying, and economic development); JH & H Architects (Mississippi architecture, planning, and interior design firm with more than four decades of service and history); and USAA (largest private insurance and banking company in the nation).
More information on Blue Clover is available at (210) 223-5409, www.blueclover.com or info@blueclover.com.
In October 2007, SARA and Blue Clover introduced the Mission Reach project to more than 200 business and community leaders in attendance. Speaking guests included U.S. Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Mayor Phil Hardberger, Bexar County Commissioners Chico Rodriguez, Paul Elizondo and Tommy Atkisson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, as well as representatives from each participating agency. Every TV news station in the city, as well as both talk radio stations and the San Antonio Express-News attended and covered the event.
In March 2008, Blue Clover assisted SARA with another event with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez, and top-ranking officials from the City of San Antonio, Bexar County and SARA, gathering on the banks of the San Antonio River next to the scenic Espada Dam to thank the Federal delegation, for their integral role in supporting the Mission Reach portion with $9.8 million in funds.
On June 2, SARA officially broke ground on Phase I of the Mission Reach at Roosevelt Park, announcing the contractor selected to construct the project.
“The San Antonio River Authority has turned to Blue Clover for assistance with a number of high profile events, and each time, Blue Clover’s delivery of services has been exceptional. Blue Clover’s creative staff has developed both print and electronic event invitations that captured the history and beauty of the San Antonio River. The personal, hands-on service we received in the event planning as well as at the actual event was second to none. For anyone planning a high-profile event where attention to detail is critical, I would highly recommend Blue Clover,” said Steven Schauer, manager of External Communications at SARA, which plans, manages and implements water-related programs and projects within the San Antonio River Basin. It also preserves, protects and manages the resources and the ecology of the San Antonio River and its tributaries in Bexar, Goliad, Karnes and Wilson counties.
“Blue Clover is honored to help an agency like SARA, one that is central to the survival of our community’s vital water sources,” said José B. Sena, president, CEO and founding partner, Blue Clover. “We are proud to be a part of such historic events like Mission Reach and help shed light on the future of our city’s eco-system.” The Mission Reach will reintroduce native vegetation, create an environment more suitable for wildlife, add eight miles of trails and recreational amenities and reconnect the historic San Antonio Missions to the river.
BLUE CLOVER: San Antonio-based Blue Clover was established in 2003 by marketing experts and partners Sena, Juan Barrera and Chris Gilbert. The growing staff now includes a fourth partner, Jody Tidwell, and 13 full-time creative, technology and management professionals with extensive traditional and multicultural marketing, public relations and web-based communication experience from throughout the world. In July 2007, the firm opened new offices in Atlanta and Mississippi to serve its southeast customers, hiring Tidwell as president of the southeast division.
This innovative talent and relentless drive has distinguished Blue Clover as an award-winning firm, including a place in PRINT Magazine’s Regional Design Annual (the most comprehensive competition annual in the design profession), San Antonio Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, San Antonio Business Journal’s Fast Track list for two years in a row; the Emerging Business Award from the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the San Antonio Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award for Sena; and the Association for Women in Communications Proliner Award.
Blue Clover’s past and present client list boasts more than 120 active local and national clients, including Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), (an Alaska Native company with $637 million in assets with ventures in real estate, oil field support, government contracting and Alaska tourism); Hotels & Preference (a network of privately owned properties with more than 120 four- and five-star hotels and resorts throughout the world); a website and online marketing strategy for IBC Bank (Laredo-based bank with $10.6 billion in assets); a website design for San Antonio Spurs (four-time National Basketball Association champions); Time Warner Cable (second-largest cable operator in the U.S.); a website design project for Clear Channel Radio (owns and operates more than 1,200 radio stations in the United States); Jefferson Bank (the third largest San Antonio-based bank with $610 million in assets and 11 retail offices across north and central San Antonio, Boerne and New Braunfels); Terramark (leading Houston-based commercial and residential real estate development and home building, including Espada community in south San Antonio); San Antonio Economic Development Foundation; TBG Partners (largest landscape architects and planning firm in Texas); Seguin Economic Development Corporation; Galo Properties (one of the largest single-family lot developers in south central Texas); Arquitectonica (international architecture, interior design and planning firm); Yantis Company ($100 million construction company; listed as one of the “Top 50 Private Companies” in San Antonio); Cross & Company (San Antonio-based commercial real estate company with more than 45 properties totaling approximately 4.2 million sq. ft.); Waggoner Engineering, Inc. (serves public agencies and private corporations across the southeastern U.S. discovering innovative infrastructure solutions in the fields of civil engineering, transportation, environmental, water resources, land development, flood control, surveying, and economic development); JH & H Architects (Mississippi architecture, planning, and interior design firm with more than four decades of service and history); and USAA (largest private insurance and banking company in the nation).
More information on Blue Clover is available at (210) 223-5409, www.blueclover.com or info@blueclover.com.
