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The '''Overton Award''' is a special honor bestowed infrequently by the [[State Policy Network]] that "pays tribute to those in the state public policy movement whose achievements have greatly advanced the free market philosophy" and "recognizes leadership, innovation and accomplishment in public policy." Established in 2003, it is named after the late creator of the [[Overton Window]], [[Joseph P. Overton]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lamm |first1=Byron S |title=A Tribute to Joseph P. Overton |url=http://www.spn.org/publications/pubID.198/pub_detail.asp |website=SPN.org |publisher=State Policy Network |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5735384/capitalism-reckoning-elitism-in-america-2019/|title=How America's Elites Lost Their Grip|last=Giridharadas|first=Anand|date=November 21, 2019|website=Time|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://spn.org/spns-overton-award/ |website=SPN.org |title=SPN’s Overton Award: Celebrating Outstanding Nonprofit Leadership |publisher=State Policy Network |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
 
== Award Recipients ==
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! Organization
! Location
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| 2021
| Michael J. Reitz
| [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]]
| [[Midland, Michigan]]
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| 2018
| Jonathan Bechtle
| [[Foundation for Government Accountability]]
| [[Naples, Florida]]
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| 2015
| Kristina Rasmussen
| [[Illinois Policy Institute]]
| [[Springfield, Illinois]]
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| 2014
| Charles Mitchell
| [[Commonwealth Foundation]]
| [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
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| 2003
| Lynn Harsh
| [[Evergreen Freedom Foundation]]
| [[Olympia, Washington]]
|}
 
== See also ==
*[[Joseph P. Overton]]
*[[Overton Window]]
*[[State Policy Network]]
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://spn.org/spns-overton-award/ State Policy Network Overton Award]
 
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http://www.dahliahill.org/museum/
 
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-breed/b/41a/666
Honors and Awards:
Dow Foundation Research Fellowship, 1960
Outstanding Michigan Artist, 1965 from Gov. George Romney
National Merit Award, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1966
Who's Who in American Art, 1973 to present
Governor's Award for Excellence in Design, 1978 from Gov. William Milliken
Master Grant in Plastics, Michigan Council for the Arts, 1982
Innovator of the Year, League for Innovation, 1983
Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award, Arts Midland, 2001
Art Alumni Academy for Distinguished Artists and Educators Award, Western Michigan University School of Art, 2003
Bergstein “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” Award @Delta College
work featured in Smithsonian and NYC Museum of Contemporary Crafts
 
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http://www.saginawartmuseum.org/_images/Art4All-Breed.pdf
 
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(Born to Eda and LaRue Breed, Charles grew up in Paw Paw, Mich. He attended Western Michigan University and then got his MA from the University of Wisconsin. In 1949 he married Ester Hansen and in 1950 they came to Midland. Well-known in the art world (he taught at Delta College for thirty years) today his energy is wrapped up in Dahlia Hill and his new Plastic Art Museum on the corner of Orchard and West Main Street. The story of Dahlia Hill follows.)
 
For Mother’s Day in 1960, Crisann Breed gave her mom some red and yellow Dahlia tubers. As the years flew by, the dahlias continued reproducing until Charles Breed had 1,700 tubers. Running out of space at their home, Charles thought about the property surrounding his design studio on top of the hill at the corner of Orchard and Main in Midland. He had refused offers to buy the property because his mentor Alden Dow said something special should happen to the only hill in Midland. Bill Fisher of Fisher Contracting owned the surrounding property and planned to build condos on the hill, but was unable to as Charles’ property was in the center of his plans.
 
Charles said, “When I went to see Bill, I expected to be thrown out of his office but when he found out that I had a farm background he changed his mind.” Bill provided 200 yards of black dirt for the 1,700 dahlia tubers and a nascent Dahlia Hill was on its way.
 
By 1997 Charles had built a new design studio and art gallery on the hill. He added a workroom, a meeting room and a temperature-controlled storage room for the dahlia tubers when they were dug up in the fall and stored for replanting the next spring. Bill Fisher helped to enlarge the flower area and a sprinkler system was installed.
 
Realizing that a more permanent solution was necessary, Charles formed the Dahlia Hill Society with the idea that they would purchase the rest of the hill from Bill Fisher. It took two years but at last the property belonged to the Dahlia Hill Society.
 
As the garden grew in size it became apparent that terracing was necessary to prevent erosion. Terracing was completed in 2007. Four sculptures by Charles Breed representing the four stages of life are placed in the garden to honor specific individuals who were instrumental in the development of Dahlia Hill. The entire garden is dedicated to Alden B. Dow, whose philosophy, talent and generosity has made Midland a unique place to live.
 
Charles is passionate in his opinion that volunteers are what have made Dahlia Hill the success it is. Dahlia Hill is the only garden in the world planted on eight terraces where 3,000 dahlia tubers are planted, with 250 labeled varieties. Dahlias can range in size from one inch to fourteen inches and from one foot to eight feet in height. The tubers are planted in May. Their care occupies the summer months and when October comes the tubers must be removed to cold storage for the winter.
 
Being a volunteer at Dahlia Hill isn’t all work and no play. They still find time to socialize with potlucks and bi-annual meetings where members have the opportunity to get to know each other. Friendships have evolved over the years as gardening experiences are shared. And just for the record, it can boast of one marriage and one engagement of its members after initially meeting at Dahlia Hill.
 
Dahlia Hill has also received its share of plaudits. It was listed and described in “The Visitor’s Guide to American Gardens”. PBS did a “Destination Michigan” segment with Dahlia Hill being one of the selected places to visit. A full page article in The Detroit Free Press stated, “If you were to go from Bay City to Ludington, the two places to see in Midland are Dahlia Hill and the Midland Center For The Arts.” Dahlia Hill received two Midland city beautification awards and a presidential award from Keep Michigan Beautiful. Recognition like this makes all the hard work the volunteers do worth it all. It also has resulted in visitors from Canada, all areas of Michigan and neighboring states coming to Midland just to see Dahlia Hill. The only complaint is that Dahlia Hill is not listed on any of the city’s directional signs.
 
This year was the 20th anniversary of the Dahlia Hill Society of Midland. On Sunday, Sept. 16, an open house took place and visitors were invited visitors to come and enjoy the plethora of colors the dahlias provided while enjoying a glass of cider and a cinnamon doughnut. National recognition came when the July/August 2012 edition of the premier garden magazine “The American Gardener” featured a six-page article about dahlias with a photo of Dahlia Hill displayed. More information about Dahlia Hill can be found at www.dahliahill.org
 
Visitors also had an opportunity to preview a new Plastic Art Museum which, when finished, will include 30 years of Charles Breed’s plastic art that was initially developed as a response to Alden B. Dow’s desire to have plastic elevated as a material for fine art. His work has validated Alden Dow’s vision. The Lee Nordness Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City sold his art for nine years. One piece was selected for a juried exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute. In 1966 a piece received a national merit award from the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. Another piece was chosen to represent the United States in 1971 in Budapest, Hungary.
 
Charles Breed has come a long way from the young boy who sat at Jennie Ayar’s dining room table eating a bowl of Wheaties for breakfast. Most of all he has gifted us with his vision of the world that only a true artist ever sees. And we are the recipients of his rare and wonderful talent.<ref name=GROWS>{{cite news|last=Florey|first=Virginia|title=Dahlia Hill grows|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mgreason/sandbox&action=edit&section=8|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Midland Daily News|date=November 21, 2012}}</ref>
 
== KeHE Distributors ==
 
{{Infobox company
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|type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
|foundation = 1952<ref name=Bloomberg>[http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4240831]</ref>
|location = [[Naperville, Illinois]], [[United States|USA]]
|key_people = Brandon K. Barnholt, President & CEO<br>Christopher Meyers, CFO<br>Gene Carter, COO<ref name=Bloomberg/>
|industry = specialty food distributors
|products = marketing, merchandising, and distribution services
|revenue = $259.9 million (2014)<ref name=Hoover>[http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/revenue-financial.Kehe_Distributors_LLC.d1ab952c3442b8bd.html]</ref>
|num_employees = 3,400 (2014) <ref name="Hoovers">[http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/sales-preparation.Kehe_Distributors_LLC.d1ab952c3442b8bd.html]</ref>
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'''KeHE Distributors''' is a full-service [[sales]], [[marketing]] and [[tertiary sector of economic activity|service company]] in [[North America]]. The company employs over 4,000 workers at its corporate headquarters in [[Naperville, Illinois]] and centers in [[Boulder, Colorado]], [[Jacksonville, Florida]], [[Elkton, Florida]], and at 9 distribution locations in the US and 3 in Canada.<http://www.kehe.com/TodaysKeHE/Offices.aspx/>
 
==History==
Art Kehe founded the company during 1952 in his basement. Son Jerry joined the company in 1968 after college graduation. Art retired in 1975 and Jerry replaced him. Jerry quickly expanded Kehe’s product offerings and distribution area. http://www.kehe.com/TodaysKeHE/Overview.aspx
 
===Major acquisition===
In December of 2009, KeHE agreed to acquire Tree of Life natural food distributors from Netherland's [[Royal Wessanen]] for $190 million cash. The sale included all but one subsidiary belonging to Tree of Life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wessanen sells Tree of Life North America to Kehe Food Distributors|url=http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-tree-of-life-north-america-to-kehe-food-distributors/|website=Royal Wessanen|publisher=Royal Wessanen nv|accessdate=7 February 2015|ref=Press Release December 23, 2009}}</ref> Following the sale, the Tree of Life warehouse in Elkton, Florida became a KeHE Distribution Center, and the corporate offices were utilized as the KeHE Customer Care Center.<ref name=Care>{{cite web|title=Wessanen sells Tree of Life North America to Kehe Food Distributors|url=http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-tree-of-life-north-america-to-kehe-food-distributors/|website=KeHE|publisher=KeHE|accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref>
 
===ESOP===
Jerry Kehe implemented an [[Employee stock ownership plan]] during May, 2001, which effectively changed KeHE into an employee-owned company.<ref name=overview /> Company stock became a key element in the company's employee retirement plan.
 
===West coast===
on July 18, 2014 the company announced their intent to purchase '''Nature's Best''', a major distributor of health and natural food products in the western United States. The sale was completed one month later, and gave KeHE a big presence in the huge California market, as well as Alaska, Hawaii and Asia.
 
==Clients==
Acosta Sales & Marketing clients include [[Campbell's]], [[The Clorox Company]], [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]], [[H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz]], [[Kellogg's]], [[Starbucks]], [[P&G]], [[Welch's]] and many more. Customers include [[Dollar Tree]], [[Kroger]], [[Sam's Club]], [[Walmart]], [[Whole Foods]], [[Meijer]], [[Winn-Dixie]] and many more.<ref>[http://www.acosta.com/OurClientsAndCustomers/ Clients and Customers]</ref>
 
==Leadership==
 
===Delmer Dallas===
Delmer Dallas joined Acosta in 1966 after stints with [[Procter & Gamble]] and [[Clorox]]. In 1974 Hy Albritton retired and Dallas became company president; expansion was at the top of his agenda.<ref name=DEL /> An office in [[Tampa]] was opened and the service area expanded to central Florida. A branch in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], was started in 1977. In 1981, the Miami office was opened, and Acosta began serving the whole state of Florida. Dallas recognized that the company could grow faster through acquisitions so ''Raley Brothers'' was purchased in 1983, providing an immediate presence in Georgia. Acosta began doing business in the Carolinas in 1989, effectively covering the southeast U.S.<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=14837486 Acosta, Inc. - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Thereafter, the company expanded westward into [[Louisiana]] and began operations in [[Tennessee]] and [[Virginia]]. By the mid-1990s, the company was servicing 27 markets and employed over 2,000.<ref name=DEL />
 
===Gary Chartrand===
Dallas recruited Gary Chartrand from the [[Carnation Company]] in 1983 and mentored him as a successor. Chartrand was named President in 1993 and CEO when Dallas retired in 1996. Two years later Chartrand was elected Chairman of the Board, and company acquisitions accelerated across the US and Canada.<ref>Veiders, Christina: [http://supermarketnews.com/profiles/gary_chartrand/ "SN Power 50 for 2009-Gary Chartrand"] Supermarket News, July 14, 2009</ref>
 
Chartrand believed the best way to protect Acosta was to expand coast-to-coast.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} As the company expanded, it made strategic acquisitions and mergers which created immediate penetration into new markets and significantly increased the company’s client base. In a little over 20 years, Acosta merged and acquired approximately 45 companies. From July 1998 through August 1999, Acosta tripled in size. The three major companies that joined Acosta during this time were ''PMI-Eisenhart'', ''Kelley-Clarke'' and ''The MAI Companies''.
 
===Robert Hill===
After working 25 years with Acosta, Gary Chartrand named Robert E. Hill Jr. as its President and CEO, effective January 1, 2009. Chartrand remained with the company as executive chairman of the board of directors.<ref>[http://supermarketnews.com/news/hill_acosta_1113/index.html "Hill Named Acosta CEO; Chartrand Becomes Executive Chairman"] Supermarket News, November 13, 2008</ref> Recently, Robert Hill made the Power 50 list by [http://supermarketnews.com/ Supermarket News], which represents leaders among top retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, associations and more.<ref>[http://supermarketnews.com/robert-e-hill-jr-acosta-sales-marketing-co/ Supermarket News - Power 50 List]</ref>
 
On June 8, 2010, Acosta purchased ''FrontLine'', the in-store marketing division of Alloy, Inc., for $36 million. FrontLine services a national network of 9,000 grocery stores (including Safeway, Kroger, and Albertsons. FrontLine provides Consumer Product Good in-store advertising and displays.<ref>[http://www.alloymarketing.com/media/outofhome/frontline_marketing.html "In-Store Advertising Network"] Alloy Media+Marketing</ref><ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alloy-Sells-Its-FrontLine-pz-2948805311.html?x=0&.v=1 "Alloy Sells Its FrontLine Marketing Business to Acosta"] Yahoo! Finance, June 8, 2010</ref>
 
==Outside advice and equity partner==
In 2003, shortly after the private equity firm Berkshire Partners invested in Acosta, Berkshire recommended that Acosta engage with [[Bain & Company|Bain Consulting]] to take a deep look at how Acosta did business. Bain brought in a team and dug through a mountain of records on Acosta's business practices to find a better, faster and more efficient way of operating Acosta's sales and marketing business. The Bain team put in place new technologies and practices to increase the bottom line. Within three years, sales and profits skyrocketed.<ref>Chartrand, Gary: [http://jacksonville.com/opinion/letters-readers/2010-06-04/story/duval-county-public-schools-its-wise-seek-outside-advice "Duval County public schools: It's wise to seek outside advice"] Florida Times-Union, June 4, 2010</ref></blockquote>
 
===New equity partner===
On January 5, 2011 Acosta revealed that [[Thomas H. Lee Partners]] would acquire the controlling interest in Acosta from AEA Investors, but operations and senior management will not change. The deal is worth in excess of $2 billion, according to [[Bloomberg News]].
<ref name=LEE>Basch, Mark: [http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-01-05/story/thomas-h-lee-partners-buys-controlling-stake-jacksonville-based-acosta "Thomas H. Lee Partners buys controlling stake in Jacksonville-based Acosta"] Florida Times-Union, January 5, 2011</ref>
In August 2014, Acosta signed an agreement for an equity investment by The Carlyle Group, who purchased all funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners.<ref>[http://www.carlyle.com/news-room/news-release-archive/acosta-sales-marketing-secures-equity-investment-carlyle-group] November 25, 2014</ref> Senior management continues to lead the company, and operations have not changed as a result of the $4.8 billion deal.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/articles/carlyle-group-to-buy-in-store-marketer-acosta-1406585326] November 25, 2014</ref>
 
==Company Growth==
The company contracted with [[Goldman Sachs]] in 2006 to identify methods to secure a new equity partner to provide capital for future growth. [[AEA Investors]] signed an agreement to make an equity investment that allowed the 200+ active employees who were shareholders to retain a significant equity investment in the company. AEA funds repaid the 2003 investment made by Berkshire Partners.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-146834991.html "Acosta Sales and Marketing Secures New Investment from AEA Investors"] Business Wire, June 9, 2006</ref>
 
Acquisitions during 2008 included ''Hynes, Inc.'' in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]; ''C. Lloyd Johnson'', a leading military service sales and marketing agency; and ''Promo Depot'', a marketing and promotional products company.<ref name=ANSWER />
 
===Acosta Mosaic Group (AMG)/FrontLine===
Acosta Mosaic Group is a unit of Acosta Sales & Marketing. AMG offers [[integrated marketing]] and consulting to Acosta's consumer product clients and retailers.
 
===Food Service Channel===
In 2012, Acosta Sales & Marketing, Venture Sales Group (VSG) and Quality Sales & Marketing (QSM), began a partnership in the food service channel. The combined companies provide sales and marketing services for the food service industry in the Northeast with Venture Sales Group and the Carolinas with Quality Sales & Marketing.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/03/16/acosta-partners-with-venture-sales-group.html/ Venture Sales Group News Releases] Jacksonville Business Journal, March 16, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.cspnet.com/news/general-merchandise/articles/acosta-sales-marketing-grows-foodservice-division/ Quality Sales & Marketing News Release] CSPnet.com, April 27, 2012</ref>
 
===E-Commerce channel===
In 2013, Acosta announced its acquisition of Global Sales, a sales and marketing agency that services Amazon.com, Drugstore.com and other key e-tailers. Global Sales became a division of Acosta, falling under the leadership of Mike Anderson, president of Acosta’s natural foods division, Natural/Specialty Sales.<ref>[http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/general-merchandise/articles/acosta-sales-marketing-grows-regional-acquisitions] November 25, 2014></ref>
 
===Promo Depot===
Promo Depot is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based promotional products company and marketing agency. It provides collateral and print development, custom merchandising, point-of-purchase [[solution]]s, premium and incentive programs, and event driven marketing campaigns. Acosta Sales & Marketing acquired the company in December 2008.<ref>[http://www.acosta.com/MediaCenter.aspx/ Acosta:News Releases] Acosta.com, November 5, 2008</ref>
 
===Griffin Strategic Advisors===
Griffin Strategic Advisors is a Lake Forest, IL-based broad-line management consulting firm, co-founded by Carrie Shea and Michael Shea. It offers consulting services in three key ares: marketing, strategy, and operations. Acosta Sales & Marketing acquired the company in February 2012.<ref>[http://acosta.com/MediaCenterDetail.aspx?ItemID=10737418850&folderid=122] Acosta.com, News Releases, February 2, 2012</ref>
 
==Community Involvement==
Acosta Sales & Marketing partners with several charity organizations including [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]], [[Feeding America]] and [[Wounded Warrior Project]].<ref>[http://www.acosta.com/bih/ Believe in Heroes]</ref><ref>[http://www.acosta.com/ About Acosta, Community Involvement]</ref>
 
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==References==
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Dale Lick
==External links==
Dodd Hall
{{Jacksonville Corporations}}
Florida State University Board of Trustees
FSU Legacy Walk
Gordon W Blackwell
John E Champion
Legacy Hall
President's House (Florida State University)
Student Union (Florida State University)
University Center (Florida State University)
Bernard F. Sliger
FSU Flying High Circus
Landmarks and Monuments of Florida State University
T. K. Wetherell
Virginia Bass Wetherell
Honorary Degree recipients
Torch Award recipients
Florida State University student housing
 
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J. Stanley Marshall
[[:Category:Companies based in Jacksonville, Florida]]
Milton W. Carothers
[[:Category:Privately held companies based in Florida]]
Albert B. Martin
[[:Category:Companies established in 1927]]
George Edgar⋅
[[:Category:Sales promotion]]
[[:Category:Marketing companies of the United States]]
[[:Category:Business services companies of the United States]]
[[:Category:Carlyle Group companies]]
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