• NEWGROUND NAMES KEVIN BLAIR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
  St. Louis, MO (February 11, 2008) NewGround, a full-service design and implementation company, today announced Ted Golitz, Chairman of NewGround’s Board of Directors, has appointed current President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Blair as NewGround’s Chief Executive Officer. Blair replaces Ted Golitz, who has relinquished his position as CEO and will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
• NewGround Best Practices Award
  September 26, 2007 (St. Louis, MO) NewGround and Ascend Federal Credit Union were presented with CUNA’s “Best Practice” Award for Branch Design at the 10th Annual CUNA OpSS Council Conference, held in Indiana Wells, California, on Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
• NewGround Press Release 9-07
  September 5, 2007 (St. Louis, MO) NewGround unveiled their refreshed brand identity today, unifying the look and feel of their services to better communicate NewGround’s distinctiveness and value to clients.
  
  
• Legacy Branches
  There is an alarming trend happening in the financial industry right now. Financial institutions are allowing their legacy branches to undermine their overall brand. These legacy branches that gave birth to your organization are the branches you feel most loyal to, and yet often are the same ones you neglect. They’re old. They communicate the way banking use to be, but don’t reflect your current retail delivery. As your branch network has grown, these older branches have become less and less aligned with your brand promise and value proposition.
  
• Deconstructing Sticker Shock: Why the Cost of Building is on the Rise
  “Nationally, total construction costs are up 8% over last year’s costs and there has been no indication of a future slowdown. And while there has been a downturn in the residential market over the last few months, the total residential construction value is still 50% more than what it was four years ago. This small decrease does not off-set the mega-leap from $400 billion being spent in 2002 to cover $600 billion in 2006,” said Bob Mannion, Senior Vice President, Design and Construction, NewGround.
  

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