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May 10th, 2011 | 
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Andy Richardson, 35, vice president of Ginny Richardson Public Relations (GR-PR) received the Golden Trumpet Award for outstanding achievement from the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC) on Friday, May 6, at a luncheon and awards ceremony for 600 public relations professionals at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.
He accepted the award from celebrity presenters Dean Richards of WGN-TV and Peter Sagal of National Public Radio.
Richardson won the PCC’s top honor in the category of marketing for his work on the grand opening of Tom & Eddie’s, a new gourmet burger restaurant which opened in Aug., 2010, in Lombard.
Tom & Eddie’s was founded by two former executives from McDonald’s – Tom Dentice and Ed Rensi – who dreamt of starting a burger restaurant from scratch. They brainstormed: “If we could do anything at all …” They originated recipes, set up shop at the culinary kitchens at College of DuPage, and began taste testing by offering free meals in exchange for written questionnaires.
GR-PR was retained in May 2010, and expectations were high. The firm was responsible for social as well as traditional media and charged with building anticipation, then maintaining interest. The launch would be primarily social media and publicity driven; there would be very little advertising. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ginny Richardson is celebrating 30 years in public relations. With the nickname GR-PR, Ginny Richardson Public Relations is located at 15 Salt Creek Lane, Suite 317, Hinsdale.
The first 15 of those 30 years, Ginny did PR on evenings and weekends. Fifteen years ago, the sideline business had grown to a point where she was making more money than at her full time job as director of PR for Hinsdale’s Wellness House. She made a decision to pursue GR-PR full time.
Thousands and thousands of press releases later, GR-PR is a company that now includes her partner (and son) Andy Richardson.
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(HINSDALE, IL) – Ginny Richardson Public Relations (GR-PR) won three top awards at the 2006 Publicity Club of Chicago’s Golden Trumpet Awards luncheon, held Friday, May 5, 2006, at the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. In attendance were more than 500 public relations executives from Chicago and suburbs. Awards were presented by Janet Davies, host of 190 North on ABC-Channel 7, and Bill Zwecker, entertainment reporter, on WGN-TV – Channel 9.
