Davis Public Relations Recognized For Excellence

May 14, 2009

Davis Public Relations Receives Three Industry Awards

COLUMBIA, SC – May 14, 2009 – Davis Public Relations and Marketing was recognized with three industry awards at the South Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America’s (SCPRSA) annual Mercury Awards Banquet held on Thursday, April 30 in Columbia.

Each year, SCPRSA recognizes excellent public relations programs, campaigns, publications, print materials and individual achievements in communications. The competition is open to anyone in the communications field in South Carolina. A fellow chapter of PRSA judges the entries submitted by South Carolina public relations practitioners.

Davis Public Relations swept the Public Affairs category, receiving both the Mercury Award and the Award of Merit. The agency received the Mercury Award for the Say Yes 2 Our Schools campaign, in which Davis partnered with a community coalition to promote the successful passage of Richland County School District Two’s $306 million bond referendum. The Award of Merit for Public Affairs recognized Davis Public Relations for its work in managing the statewide campaign to increase South Carolina’s lowest in the nation cigarette tax, conducted for the South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative.

In the Silver Wing category, which recognizes public relations tactics, Davis Public Relations received the Silver Wing Award for the press kit developed for the groundbreaking ceremony for LRADAC’s new Richland County building. The building is currently under construction on Colonial Drive in Columbia.

Davis Public Relations and Marketing was founded in 2004. Agency principal Kelly Davis is a past president of SCPRSA and currently serves the professional association on the national level as Co-Chair of PRSA’s Section Council and Immediate Past President of PRSA’s Independent Practitioners Alliance.