Lowes Foods, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alex Lee, Inc., based in Hickory, North Carolina. Lowes Foods is a retail grocery with over 8,500 employees and 109 locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Lowes Foods emphasis on good foods, health, and nutrition is reflected in the tagline that accompanies its logo: “good for you.” Lowes Foods features all top name brands and its own store brands including Lowes Foods, Full Circle, Paws Premium, Top Care, and World Classics Trading Company.

For more information on Lowes Foods, visit www.lowesfoods.com.

At lucy, our passion is to design fashion forward performance apparel that inspires athletic women like you. Whether it’s hitting the gym, practicing yoga, running or exploring the outdoors, lucy’s designers are obsessed with the joy of working out. But they’re also obsessed with fashion: Using a mix of high-tech fabrics, precise fit and a stylist’s eye, lucy creates gear with the design, color and feminine details you can’t find anywhere else. The result? Athletic apparel gets a much-needed injection of style, and your love your workout more than ever.

More information is available at www.lucy.com.

Founded in 1987 with its name inspired by the author of The Jungle Book, the Kipling® brand has evolved beyond its original roots of providing high quality backpacks suited for the adventures of everyday life into a distinctive, worldwide brand offering a range of carryalls for a variety of lifestyles.

Today, more than 35 million Kipling® bags have been sold worldwide, and the bags also have appeared in top-rated television programs including “Desperate Housewives,” “The O.C.,” “E.R.,” “Sex and the City,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “MTV’s Real World,” “7th Heaven,” and “Will & Grace.”

For more information on the Kipling® brand and Kipling North America, please visit www.Kipling-usa.com

The Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is an independent, non-profit governmental authority whose mission is to promote economic development through travel and tourism. Guilford County ranks third in the state in travel and tourism expenditures, with over one billion dollars generated in 2007 and more than 13,000 people employed in travel-related jobs.

More information is available via its website at www.greensboronc.org.

The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is celebrating its 50th Anniversary during 2009. The Complex is a premier sports & entertainment destination having hosted sports events ranging from Bass Masters to the NCAA Final Four and concerts covering Elvis to Springsteen. The Coliseum Complex features a flexible capacity arena (up to 20,000+ for ice events), a 2300-seat auditorium, and 120,000sf Special Events Center.

For more information on the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, visit www.greensborocoliseum.com.

The 7,600 health professionals of Moses Cone Health System provide care for the people of Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph, Forsyth and Alamance Counties. The System consists of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Community Hospital, The Women’s Hospital of Greensboro, Annie Penn Hospital, Moses Cone Behavioral Health, LeBauer HealthCare, Penn Nursing Center and various outpatient clinics and programs.

For more information, please visit www.mosescone.com.

Graphic Visual Solutions offers its customers the most diverse and comprehensive communication and visual solutions in the industry. These seven solutions include printing, labels/packaging, digital printing, wide-format graphics, direct mail, fulfillment, and design. Customers from America’s top brands to the Piedmont Triad’s fastest growing companies choose Graphic Visual Solutions because they provide winning strategies and consultation, superior customer service, top quality, fast turnaround gauged in days not weeks, and, maximum value.

For more information on Graphic Visual Solutions, visit www.graphicvisualsolutions.com.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is a leader in delivering innovative health care products, services and information to more than 3.7 million members, including approximately 900,000 served on behalf of other Blue Plans. For 77 years, the company has served its customers by offering health insurance at a competitive price and has served the people of North Carolina through support of community organizations, programs and events that promote good health. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Access BCBSNC online at www.bcbsnc.com.

BEM Interactive is an interactive design and marketing agency. BEM focuses on innovative designs, reliable web-based application development, and comprehensive web marketing solutions including email marketing, search marketing, social network marketing, and site analytics. BEM is an award-winning agency established in 1996, with 24 employees and over 350 clients.

For more information on BEM Interactive, visit www.beminteractive.com.

MediaFit is a full service marketing and advertising agency, grounded in sound business strategy and powerful branding. The company uses these guiding principles to help clients achieve sustainable long-term growth. MediaFit provides companies with services in branding/advertising, sports marketing, sales consulting, and turn-key production/execution.

For more information on MediaFit, visit www.mediafit.net.

Annese Public Relations, Inc. is a full-service public relations agency that offers its clients the complete range of publicity services. Annese Public Relation’s goal is to help clients reach their full potential through breakthrough communications programs, solid counsel, and superior service. The company uses innovative ideas, strategic insight, and flawless execution to ensure the achievement of business results through superior communications.

For more information about Annese Public Relations, Inc., visit www.annesepr.com.

IceRink Events is an industry-leading designer, manufacturer, installer, and operator of top quality ice rink facilities, coast-to-coast and worldwide. The company provided the practice ice rink at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships held in Los Angeles in March. Ice Rink Events has developed similar venues for the 2003 World Championships in Washington, D.C., and for the previous U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Portland (2005) and Spokane (2007).

For more information on IceRink Events, visit www.icerinkevents.com.

Joshua Jewel, based in Orlando, Florida, designs and sells fashion-forward, high-quality figure skating practice wear, accessories, and custom competition dresses for figure skating. Joshua Jewel products include practice gear for kids and adults, blade cloth, cosmetic bags, tote bags, head bands, fleece blankets and gloves. All figure skating apparel is available in the Joshua Jewel online store.

For more information on Joshua Jewel visit www.JoshuaJewel.com.

Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV), headquartered in Raleigh, NC, is the largest privately-held bottler for Pepsi-Cola products in North America. PBV manufactures, sells, and distributes some of the world's most recognized consumer brands, including Pepsi products, Tropicana juices, Lipton teas, Starbuck's coffee drinks, Gatorade isotonics and Aquafina waters. PBV operates 27 bottling and distribution facilities in seven states.

For more information on Pepsi Bottling Ventures, visit www.pepsibottlingventures.com.

Hagan Davis Mangum Barrett Langley & Hale PLLC is a law firm that focuses on addressing the legal issues of businesses and business owners. Hagan Davis was founded in May 2007 by seven attorneys with many years of experience n representing such clients. The firm currently has eleven attorneys providing legal services in the following areas: business litigation, real property, corporate, taxation, securities and venture capital, employment and estate planning/administration. Its office is located at 300 North Greene Street, Suite 200, Greensboro N.C. 27401 and it can be contacted at (336) 232-0650.

More information is available via its website at www.hagandavis.com.

Exact Target is a full-service interactive marketing firm committed to offering viable software, services and solutions to customers through email-based communication. Located in Indianapolis, Ind., Exact Target is the only email service provider (ESP) to have received a perfect score in the customer success category from independent research firm Forrester. In order to promote ease and accessibility for consumers, Exact Target provides its clients with email, SMS, voice messaging, social marketing, web site technology, tracking capabilities, integrations and solutions delivered on a single, multi-channel platform. As a company, Exact Target is committed to “making clients look like heroes” by providing clients with the tools that they need for success.

For more information on Exact Target, visit www.exacttarget.com.

LSK Enterprises, Inc., is currently located in Virginia Beach, VA, where it is the exclusive Olympia® Ice Resurfacer Dealer for the Eastern United States. LSK provides expertise in ice rink and arena construction, and maintenance and installation of ice making equipment. It provides ice resurfacer sales, repair services, and preventive maintenance programs for Olympia and all other makes and models of ice resurfacer machines. In addition, LSK trains operation of those machines. LSK has purchased property in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, near Elizabeth City, and plans to move its headquarters to the state in the future.

For more information on LSK Enterprises, Inc., visit www.lskenterprises.com.

Skyline Exhibits & Events is a leading event marketing agency specializing in designing, fabricating, and servicing innovative exhibit systems, as well as providing concept-to-creation solutions for business-to-business marketing environments, including trade shows and corporate interiors.

For more information visit www.skyline-events.com.