The Network: Young Professionals of the Quad Cities recently named MindFire Communications as a finalist in this year's Best Place to Work award. Along with MindFire, Shive-Hattery and Busch Construction were also named finalists.

The award recognizes Quad City companies that exemplify what it takes to attract and retain top, young professionals in today's economy. Nominees were judged based on the quality of their work culture for young professionals.

The winner will be announced at the group's second annual awards event at 5:30 p.m. May 3 at the Figge Art Museum in downtown Davenport. The awards ceremony will wrap up The Network’s Symposium, a half-day event for young professionals at the Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport.

Inga Rundquist

Inga Rundquist is a Public Relations Arsonist and Co-Owner at MindFire. When she’s not dreaming up ideas that will generate publicity, you can find her knee deep in the social media world, also known as the next PR frontier.