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Mary Kausch

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Maplewood Resident and Business Owner Named New Chamber President

Mary Kausch calls herself a LocaVore for Maplewood—she lives, works and plays in this town. And she wants other businesses to join her.

Mary Kausch loves Maplewood. She lives here, she opened her business, HR Etc! here, and now she’s happy to become the president of the Maplewood Chamber of Commerce. Kausch’s business experience as a human resources and team building consultant helps her work with other businesses in the chamber. Her clients often hire her to provide leadership coaching, a skill she applies to the Maplewood Chamber. “I’m looking to nurture healthy, long lasting, economic partnerships,” she said. “I’m giving my professional advice to businesses in the chamber.” Her main focus is getting members more active in the chapter. She said business owners can’t expect to really benefit from the chamber by just mailing in their dues. “Everyone talks about networking…

Monday, April 23, 2012

Crown Vision Center Cuts the Ribbon at New Maplewood Commons Store

Crown Vision has more than two dozen stores in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

  A new Crown Vision Center in the Maplewood Commons held a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 17. Store manager Kathryn Wong cut the ribbon, and chamber of commerce vice-president Mary Kausch, and City of Maplewood mayor James White officiated the ceremony. Mayor White presented Wong with a key to the city. Following the ribbon cutting, Crown Vision hosted a Business After Hours event where they gave away a pair of glasses. A handful of chamber members modeled the eyewear, and gave presentations to the group on the spot on why they should be the winner. The group voted that Carol Mertz, of the Rampant Creative Group, had the best presentation, so she won the glasses. The new Crown Vision Center is at 1817 Maplewood Commons Drive, Maplewood…

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