Walker Miller Equipment Company, an Orlando construction equipment dealer/distributor established in 1961, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in a way most suited to its industry — with lots of heavy machinery. Equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson selected Walker Miller to be one of only four distributors in the nation to be a stop along its equipment [...]

At Monday’s State of Downtown address, Mayor Buddy Dyer unveiled an Appleton Creative original Giving Circle™ to be displayed in Orlando’s City Hall. The photo tapestry showcases local community giving as part of the Mayor’s “Why I Love Orlando” campaign. The Giving Circle™  is a colorful and poignant collage, the first one designed by Diana [...]

Click below to view a clip from yesterday’s State of Downtown address, where Mayor Dyer announced the winner of the “Why I Love Orlando” contest to find affordable ways to improve our downtown community. Head Appletonian Diana LaRue was on the winning team!

Appleton Creative was thrilled to host the first-ever Brain Crush on Wednesday night. The Brain Crush event took the idea of an ordinary mixer and held it upright until all the blood rushed to its head. It was unique, stimulating and a plain-old good time that featured brain foods, Chia-tinis and a sensory-test that was [...]

If you’ve logged onto Facebook today, you may have seen a notice to signup for Timeline, Facebook’s overhaul to the personal profile page. While the Timeline feature is still in the wings (the delay most likely due to a trademark lawsuit filed by digital scrap-booking service, Timelines.com), the upcoming feature still provides businesses with a [...]

Appleton Creative has teamed up with City Hall to produce a Giving Circle art piece to share just how much Orlando has given to our community. Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office is showing the love as well with a video soon to be revealed. Check out this fun, record-setting video from Grand Rapids, MI to get [...]

Did you know that Orlando International Airport was bought for $1? One of Appleton Creative’s favorite clients, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) is celebrating 30 years in the sky this month! The team at the airport has been planning several promotional events to commemorate the occasion. Appleton visited the airport yesterday for GOAA’s 30th Anniversary [...]

This week, Appleton President Diana LaRue and Director of Marketing & Client Relations Amy Wise had the opportunity to attend a seminar put on by the University of Central Florida’s Town & Gown committee, of which LaRue is a member. The seminar showcased the new Morgridge International Reading Center, which is part of UCF’s College [...]

Teambuilding time! The Appleton team had a great time learning more about the individual strengths of each team member by participating in the ntrinsx test, which helps determine how to best leverage intrinsic strengths.  Each Appletonian read the information on each of four cards, which had corresponding colors. We then had to choose a specific [...]

NAWBO Announces 2011 Business Competition Winners To run a successful business, you have to have a plan. This proved to be true for the participants of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)’s First Annual 2011 “Driving Your Business Plan” Competition. The contest was held by NAWBO to encourage up-and-coming women business owners to [...]

At Appleton, the recent holiday season got us thinking about the less fortunate. In addition to our year-long charity campaigns and our Giving Circle Gallery, we contributed a little extra to our favorite charities: The Coalition for the Homeless, Orlando Rescue Mission and Great Oaks Foster Home. But the end of 2011 found Appleton reaching [...]

Appleton Creative helped support the Coalition for the Homeless fundraiser hosted by UCF Town & Gown Council at the home of Dr. & Mrs. Hitt. The event raised over $3,000 for the homeless! Brent Trotter, President/CEO spoke about the great rise in homelessness in Orlando. There are some elementary schools that report 20% of their [...]

Appleton Creative is starting a new Facebook campaign for the month of December. For every new “Like” on our page, we will donate $1 to Pet Rescue by Judy. Send this link to your friends, and for more information on how to help visit: http://www.petrescuebyjudy.com/

Recently, we hosted our latest art exhibit featuring art from the residents at Pasadena Villa. One of our favorite clients to work with, Pasadena Villa provides mental health residential, transitional and support services for adults with cognitive, emotional and social disorders. The network of services offers participation in real life activities to residents in order [...]

Click below to view a clip from yesterday’s State of Downtown address, where Mayor Dyer announced the winner of the “Why I Love Orlando” contest to find affordable ways to improve our downtown community. Head Appletonian Diana LaRue was on the winning team!

Appleton Creative has teamed up with City Hall to produce a Giving Circle art piece to share just how much Orlando has given to our community. Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office is showing the love as well with a video soon to be revealed. Check out this fun, record-setting video from Grand Rapids, MI to get [...]

The wait is over! Check out our photos from last week’s Giving Circle Gallery awareness art exhibit for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.