A longtime community and business advocate was honored Friday night as the 2010 Springfieldian.
Brian Fogle, executive vice president of Community Foundation of the Ozarks, received the award from the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce during its annual meeting.
The award is given each year to a Springfield citizen dedicated to community service, excellence in his or her chosen profession and improving quality of life for Springfield residents, according to a chamber news release.
Fogle was a co-founder of Urban Districts Alliance and Springfield's First Night celebration. He spent nearly 30 years in the banking industry, working on community development projects for Bank of America and Great Southern Bank before joining CFO in September 2008.
“A lot of people don’t know that when banks are involved in projects as a group, it is usually Brian that is calling these banks together and talking about the cause and organizing the banks," BancorpSouth Missouri President David Kunze said in the release. "That’s how much respect he has in the banking community.”
Fogle also assisted in planning efforts to rebuild the town of Stockton following a 2003 tornado, including helping the town create a community development corporation to establish a pool of money to help local businesses rebuild.
Some of Fogle's other community contributions:
• Creating the Fresh Start Loan Fund with The Kitchen Inc.;
• Organizing the Springfield Finance and Development Corp., an intermediary for center city redevelopment;
• Co-founding the Downtown Springfield Community Improvement District;
• Organizing the Ozarks Regional Community Development Corp., providing loans and investments to small businesses in a 10-county region; and
• Helping to organize and create the Teacher on the Block employee-housing assistance initiative with Urban Neighborhood Alliance and Freddie Mac.
Fogle, 53, is among the youngest to receive the award, along with SRC Holdings Corp. founder Jack Stack, who was 51 when he received the award in 2000, and Bass Pro Shops founder John L. Morris, who received the award in 2001 at age 52.[[In-content Ad]]1957 – Durward G. Hall 1958 – Ed Baxter 1959 – Eugene F. Johnson 1960 – Lester E. Cox 1961 – G. Pearson Ward 1962 – Max Van Hook 1963 – E. L. Anderson 1964 – Thomas H. Baird, Jr. 1965 – E. A. Martin, Jr. 1966 – J.H.G. Cooper 1967 – James A. Jeffries, Sr. 1968 – Flavius Freeman 1969 – Don C. Dailey 1970 – G. Frank Knox 1971 – William E. Everheart 1972 – Dr. L.E. Meador 1973 – Del E. Caywood 1974 – Thomas F. Zimmerman 1975 – Dr. Joe Kuklenski, Jr. 1976 – James F. Payne 1977 – James K. Cook 1978 – John K. Hulston 1979 – William V. Turner 1980 – John Q. Hammons 1981 – Lester L. Cox 1982 – C. Arch Bay 1983 – Ralph Foster 1984 – Bill Henderson 1985 – Gene Everett 1986 – Lee McLean 1987 – Don Wessel 1988 – Ed Deck 1989 – Dr. John E. Moore, Jr. 1990 – Rev. Dorsey E. Levell 1991 – Ray F. Aton 1992 – Mary Kay Meek 1993 – Michael J. Williamson 1994 – Chris W. Nattinger 1995 – Robert E. Roundtree 1996 – Ben A. Parnell 1997 – Charlie O’Reilly 1998 – Jan Horton 1999 – Kenneth L. Carter 2000 – Jack Stack 2001 – John L. Morris 2002 – Tom Finnie 2003 – Roseann Bentley 2004 – Dr. Robert Spence 2005 – Jim Anderson 2006 – Ralph K. Manley 2007 – Kenneth E. Meyer 2008 – Annie Busch 2009 – Bill Foster
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