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PAST PRESS RELEASES
October 3, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. receives second SBA Minority Small Business award PORTLAND, OR 10/3/07 - The Small Business Administration presented Portland-based environmental design firm Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. with the 2007 award for Minority Small Business of the Year at its luncheon event on October 3. This is the firm’s second SBA Minority Business Award. “In many ways receiving this award is more satisfying than a similar award we received five years ago,” Vigil says. “I am proud that we have been able to remain vital and manage the many challenges that newer businesses must meet to survive. We are prospering in a challenging business climate while staying true to our company mission of providing professional services that help to maintain and restore the environment.” Some of the company’s recent projects include restoring a half mile section of Johnson Creek at Tideman Johnson Park, completing a new culvert and stream restoration project on Wolfe Creek near Tillamook to improve fish passage conditions for coastal salmon, designing habitat improvements at the confluence of Stephens Creek with the Willamette River, and environmental impact statements for airport improvement projects in Juneau and Kodiak, Alaska. Vigil, the company’s president, is an environmental engineer who specializes in water pollution control, hydrology and hydraulics, stormwater management, and stream restoration design. He is the author of “Clean Water, an Introduction to Water Quality and Water Pollution Control” published by Oregon State University Press. Agrimis, the firm’s vice president, is a landscape architect, wetland scientist, and civil engineer. He is one of the region’s leading professionals in wetlands management and stream restoration. He serves on the board of directors for The Wetlands Conservancy. Photos available for download here (Image 1 | Image 2), or upon request. ABOUT VIGIL-AGRIMIS, INC. Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. is a firm of design professionals that have joined together to provide professional services in the Northwestern U.S. and beyond. We establish and maintain long-term relationships with employees and clients by working hard to understand and meet their respective needs. We have a relaxed office culture that is oriented towards being field-ready. You won’t find us in suits and ties (often), but you will find us with boots, hard-hat, and field gear ready to go. - END -
July 26 , 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. awards scholarship, internship to Aloha High School student PORTLAND, OR 7/26/07 - Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. would like to congratulate Juan Cervantes, winner of the company’s Annual Engineering and Environmental Science Scholarship for first-year Hispanic college students. “We have found that people of Hispanic ancestry are under-represented in the fields of engineering, math and science,” says firm President Ken Vigil, PE. “We would like to provide financial assistance and mentorship to help these young people achieve their goals, to succeed in college and become working professionals.” Cervantes, who graduated from Aloha High School in June, will be studying applied mathematics at Lewis & Clark College this fall. He carries a 3.9 cumulative GPA and volunteers as a math tutor. “My dream is to become a bilingual mathematics teacher,” Cervantes says. “I do not want other bright students to be limited by the language they speak, so I will help those students that aspire for more to reach their dreams.” In addition to a $1,000 cash award, Cervantes is serving a summer internship with VAI. “When I met Ken at the office and he wasn’t in a suit and tie, I knew this was going to be a different kind of work place,” he says. The biggest surprise for Cervantes was finding out how much he enjoys field survey work. Highlights have included a jaunt around Clark County to evaluate bridge scour, and a long day out at Metro’s Cooper Mountain Nature Park site. “I got stung on the lip by a bee, but also found out I wasn’t allergic to poison oak,” he says. “So far, it’s been a great summer.” Past winners of the scholarship, awarded through the Portland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as part of their annual “Investing in Oregon’s Future” campaign, include Edgar Rodriguez (2006), a Tigard High School student pursuing an engineering degree and Dimas Alfaro (2005), an engineering student from Hillsboro High School. For additional information about Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., contact Marketing Coordinator Katie Taylor at 503-274-2010, or visit www.vigil-agrimis.com. Photo available for download at our web site, or upon request. ABOUT VIGIL-AGRIMIS, INC. - Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., is proud to be known as a company of “green” engineers, landscape architects, and environmental scientists. We complete designs that are both sensitive to the environment and sustainable. We work with our clients to implement this approach and philosophy in cost-effective ways. - END -
May 2, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: A tree grows through it: new green street makes way for natural beauty PORTLAND, OR 5/2/07 - What happens when a tree is in the way of a new road? Usually, the tree doesn’t stand a chance; but as developers and engineers adopt greener practices, that rule may be changing. A big-leaf maple with a 72-inch trunk is at the center of an innovative green street project crafted by engineer Adam Zucker of Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., a Portland-based environmental firm with a penchant for green design. “Traditionally, a roadway has a standard alignment and most everything else is an afterthought,” Zucker says. “In this case, the basis of our design was to preserve the tree. The roadway had nowhere else to go but around it.” Anticipating the City of Portland’s green streets initiative by a half a year, the roadway includes numerous other sustainable features. New paved surfaces were kept to a minimum by using shared driveway approaches. Stormwater from the roadway and sidewalks runs off into bioswales, attractive landscape features that naturally filter out pollutants. Because the bioswales also absorb the stormwater, the roadway does not discharge any runoff to the City's overtaxed sewer system. The roadway and its unique tree feature are part of a new residential housing project planned by Old World Development, LLC, in Portland along NE Ainsworth Street and NE 45th Avenue. For additional information about Vigil-Agrimis, Inc. and our work with sustainable design, contact Marketing Coordinator Katie Taylor at 503-274-2010 or ktaylor@vigil-agrimis.com, or visit www.vigil-agrimis.com. For technical information about the project, contact Project Manager Adam Zucker at 503-274-2010 or azucker@vigil-agrimis.com. ABOUT VIGIL-AGRIMIS, INC. - Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., is proud to be known as a company of “green” engineers, landscape architects, and environmental scientists. We complete designs that are both sensitive to the environment and sustainable. We work with our clients to implement this approach and philosophy in cost-effective ways. - END - |
