Month: August 2023

A repurposed area of downtown Dickinson, North Dakota, is providing the community with a central gathering space for outdoor movies, concerts, recreation and educational programs.Legacy Square opened recently after five years of planning and fundraising, including a $200,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum Corporation.The grand opening launched a summer concert series that continues into September.

It was once a banking center. Now, it serves to bring together a city as an open-air, central gathering space for concerts, educational programs, outdoor movies and a variety of other activities. Legacy Square, a repurposed area in downtown Dickinson, North Dakota, recently opened after five years of planning and fundraising.

“We are proud to support this project because it is focused on building thriving communities, which reflects one of Marathon’s community investment priorities, and provides another true destination in this region of the state,” said Chris Staats, General Manager of Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s (MPC) Mandan refinery and Dickinson renewable diesel facility.

“This site is a new focal point for social activity, allowing families and residents to come together while providing expanded opportunities to local businesses.”

MPC provided a $200,000 grant as one of the first private-sector contributors to this city-managed project. The new site incorporates native plants and grasses, a stage with a large digital screen, pergolas for shade, a covered pavilion with retractable walls and a play-and-splash area for children. Beyond the site’s amenities, events also often involve the closure of adjacent streets to allow for local food trucks, bounce houses and other attractions.

Legacy Square’s grand opening at the end of June launched a free summer concert series that continues into September with a variety of local, regional and national recording artists. City representatives noted there has been discussion of possibly adding other features to the square in the future to accommodate activities during colder months of the year.

“This site is a new focal point for social activity. It allows families and residents to come together downtown in ways that didn’t exist before, which also creates expanded opportunities for local businesses,” Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility Manager Steve Schram said. “Legacy Square is an amazing asset that is likely to be a place where lasting memories are created for years to come.”

NEW YORK and LONDON, August 16, 2023 /3BL/ – AccountAbility, a trusted global ESG Consulting and Standards firm with a three-decade history in guiding leaders to build better companies, is pleased to announce that for a second consecutive year it has been recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms, this time for 2023. AccountAbility’s inclusion among this year’s Top Management Consulting Firms is based on the Company’s continued commitment to innovate and advance the global Sustainability / ESG agenda by improving the practices, performance, and impact of organizations.

“AccountAbility is grateful to Forbes, Statista, our Clients, and our Peers to be recognized for a second time as one of Forbes World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2023 – and we remain most appreciative for this distinction. AccountAbility is an expert, global ESG advisory firm that provides objective counsel to CEOs, Boards and Executives on how to improve their business performance and build a sustainable competitive advantage. As ESG pioneers, our centered purpose is to assist organizations across sectors and geographies in making well-informed sustainability choices that align with their business goals.” Said Mr. Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser, CEO of AccountAbility.

“We focus on delivering practical, effective, and enduring results that enable our clients to succeed. It is through our Clients and our People that we have received this recognition, and it is through our Clients and our People that we continue to have a meaningful global impact and advance the Sustainability agenda.” Continued Mr. Misser.

To determine the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2023 list, Forbes, together with Statista conducted an independent evaluation of thousands of multinational management consultancies across 13 industries and 14 functional areas. These firms were then evaluated based on survey results of more than 9,000 peers, including partners and executives from the management consultancies, as well as large global clients, to identify and recommend the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2023. 

This latest recognition adds to a growing list of multi-year global business awards for AccountAbility, including a three-time winner of the Best ESG Strategy Development Partner from Capital Finance International (2021-23), and a six-time Leading Management Consultant recipient from the Financial Times (2018-23). 

Please see the full Forbes World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2023 list here.

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