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Christina McKenna, Communications Director
McKenna Associates, Inc,
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McKENNA ASSOCIATES NAMED BY CRAIN’S AS “COOL PLACE TO WORK”
Company stands out for cool work space, employee rewards, and fun parties
(Northville, MI; September 5, 2007) --- Praising community planning and design firm McKenna Associates Inc. for its inspiring work space, collaborative atmosphere, and generous employee reward programs, Crain’s Business magazine has named McKenna a “Cool Place to Work” and honored the firm as one of the region’s top employers. In its September 3-9, 2007 edition Crain’s calls special attention to McKenna’s “edgy” but “pleasant” work space. Located in Downtown Northville, Michigan in a former auto factory, designed by legendary architect Albert Kahn, the firm’s headquarters features 30 foot ceilings and a massive wall of windows that continually flood offices with natural light.
“Our planners and designers help community leaders create and preserve beautiful places every day, so it’s vital that our work environment be inspiring, collaborative and fun,” said John Jackson, AICP, CNU, Executive Vice President of McKenna Associates. “Our team members appreciate that and we’re pleased others do too.”
Crain’s praised McKenna for fostering collaboration and creativity through team-based assignments that bring together professionals from multiple disciplines. Employees also credited a wide range of planning and design projects with stimulating new ideas and fresh approaches.
“The atmosphere at McKenna is not your typical work environment,” said Sarah Traxler, a Senior Planner for McKenna. “There’s great variety in the projects we take on, and we work in small groups, with teams changing for each assignment. We’re constantly learning from new projects and each other.”
McKenna’s team of planners, designers and landscape architects also cheered the company’s decision to locate each of its five offices in walkable downtown communities where they can easily run out to shops, restaurants, and after-work watering holes---a benefit that lets them practice the planning values they preach.
Crain’s recognized McKenna for generous employee benefits and rewards, like the “High Five,” a program that recognizes employees for going above and beyond the call of duty with an on-the-spot $500 bonus. The magazine also noted McKenna’s exceptional employee parties, including an annual swanky, sit-down holiday dinner and the company’s summer “picnic”--- held at Detroit’s Comerica Park where the company buys an entire section of seats for employees, their families and friends to take in a Tigers game.
“We believe in working hard and having fun doing it,” said Executive VP Jackson. “Our team members are dealing with some of our time’s most intractable problems and they give their all to our clients, so we do everything we can to let them know how much they’re valued.”
McKenna Associates Inc. provides community planning, urban design, zoning, landscape architecture, economic development, and public communication and participation services to hundreds of Midwest townships, cities, counties and villages. Headquartered in Northville, Michigan; McKenna maintains branch offices in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan and Hudson and Lebanon, Ohio. For more information about McKenna Associates, Inc. please call 888-226-4326 or visit www.mcka.com.
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