FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 5, 2002

Contact: Gina Troppa
(217) 747-9423
gtroppa@hanson-inc.com

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Hanson Professional Services Inc. was recently honored with an award of excellence at the 14th annual Master Communicator Awards on Nov. 21. Hanson received the award for their South Suburban Airport public involvement Web site, in the multi-media category. Charlotte Curry, communications coordinator, Darrel Berry, graphic designer, Lance Ballinger, computer specialist, and Joan Freitag, manager of business development, all contributed to the site development.

The South Suburban Airport public involvement Web site was developed for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to keep the public involved with issues surrounding the development of the new Peotone-area airport. According to judges’ comments, the Web site was honored for ease of navigation, readability, quality of graphics and colors, and the “right” amount of text. The Web site can be found at www.southsuburbanairport.com.

The Master Communicator Awards competition is sponsored by the Springfield and Bloomington-Normal chapters of the Association for Women in Communications and the Central Illinois Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Hanson is a national employee-owned consulting firm that provides a full range of architectural, engineering, scientific and program management services. Clients are served from the corporate headquarters in Springfield, Ill., and regional offices in Rockford, Chicago and Peoria, Ill.; Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Sacramento, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Atlanta, Ga.; Orlando and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Washington, D.C.; and Wayne, N.J. (New York metropolitan area).

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