To help the Millsaps Business School recruit for its upcoming fall Business Advantage Program, The Ramey Agency created a landing page that promotes the program through testimonial videos of previous program participants and serves as a portal to the Millsaps College website.

Ramey’s website is now optimized for your mobile phone. It features a brief listing of capabilities, as well as Twitter and blog posts. Let us know what you think @rameyagency on Twitter!

Ramey president Jack Garner and account executive Jeremy Robbins led a delegation this week to meet with Texas Governor Rick Perry and state legislators to promote U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish. Along with client Roger Barlow, president of The Catfish Institute, the delegation included Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Texas Representative Sid Miller.

The May issue of Food & Wine features Food Network star Ted Allen and his partner, interior designer Barry Rice, and their modern kitchen built for serious cooking and entertaining. The kitchen features two Ramey clients – Viking and St. Charles Cabinetry. Photo by Lucy Schaeffer.

We received a surprise visit from Guide Dogs for the Blind, a California-based non-profit that is a beneficiary of a bequest from the agency’s founder, Tommy Ramey. Administered through the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, the bequest will benefit six organizations in perpetuity, continuing the Ramey legacy of giving back.

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EastGroup’s David Hoster

Ramey client David Hoster, CEO of EastGroup Properties, was featured in a recent issue of Portfolio magazine, where he spoke about his company’s real estate portfolio and its strategy in the current economy. As the article pointed out, Hoster “helped steer EastGroup to its 117th consecutive quarterly dividend…and to its consistent out-performance of its industrial peer group.”

The Ramey Agency is now featured on the Web site This Ain’t No Disco (It’s Where We Work), which offers a curated look at the interior design of creative agencies around the world. Vote for us or leave a comment! Ramey’s interior will also be featured in the upcoming book, “Where We Work,” showcasing 45 of the world’s most inspiring work environments. It’s due out in stores and online April 2010.

Ramey president Jack Garner is featured in the January 2010 issue of Northside Sun Magazine. Ramey client Betsy Bradley, director of the Mississippi Museum of Art, says in the article, “I think that Jack Garner is one of the most versatile and interesting artists working in Mississippi today.” Download the article here: Jack_Northside_Sun.

Congratulations to our clients at Mississippi Development Authority, Gov. Haley Barbour and MDA Executive Director Gray Swoope, for landing one of the region’s juiciest economic development announcements – Schulz GMBH – which will create 500 new jobs over five years. Read the full press release.

A recent study published in the Wall Street Journal ranked The Ramey Agency’s home base as “the seventh-merriest state in the nation.” As the WSJ writer noted, “Bring us a plate of whatever they’re serving.” Our other office locations fared well, too. Tennessee was ranked 4th and Arkansas was 18th.