RCGA Recognizes Whelan Security With a Greater St. Louis Top 50 Award

St. Louis - Whelan Security Co., headquartered in St. Louis, is proud to announce that it has been selected for the 2009 Greater St. Louis Top 50 Awards presented by the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA).

"As we continue to expand throughout the United States at the specific request of many of existing customers and continue to generate national industry momentum, this award really hits home," said Greg Twardowski, President of Whelan Security. "At our core, we remain a family-owned, St. Louis company. We are extremely proud of the diversity and strength of our local workforce. We are proud to call St. Louis home and fortunate to have the opportunity to invest in the welfare of the St. Louis region."

Presented each year since 1996, the Greater St. Louis Top 50 Awards program salutes outstanding businesses and entrepreneurs in all industry sectors throughout the region. Fifty companies and organizations were selected based on their significant contributions to the St. Louis region and how they have positively impacted the future of the region’s business community. Criteria included growth in number of employees; revenue growth; acquisitions and organic expansion; and overall economic and civic contributions.

"Needless to say, we are honored and humbled to be recognized by the RCGA alongside such an incredible group of high profile companies including Ameren, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Ascension Health, BJC Healthcare, Brown Shoe, Centene, Charter Communications, Commerce Bank, Coventry Healthcare, DHR International, MasterCard Worldwide, McCarthy, Monsanto, Nestle Purina, Peabody, Scottrade, Solutia and the rest of the honorees many of which we are fortunate to be associated with on a daily basis."

A complete story, including a listing of the Top 50 Honorees, is available in the November – December 2009 issue of St. Louis Commerce Magazine which is available at www.stlcommercemagazine.com.

WHELAN SECURITY: With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Whelan Security is a privately owned and operated security firm providing outsourced and contract security staffing services to corporate headquarters, Class A office buildings, financial institutions, educational campuses, industrial and distribution facilities, medical facilities, retail shopping centers, residential communities, and sensitive government facilities throughout the Central, Mid-Atlantic, and Western regions of the United States. The company currently operates in twenty-one (21) states including Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee, Minnesota, Colorado, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Michigan, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wisconsin, California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC. Founded in 1949, Whelan Security currently employs more than 4,000 full-time employees and currently ranks within the top fifteen security companies in the country, placing it within the top 1% of the industry.