Today, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) released its 2009 Inner City 100 list, and KIRA is ranked 50 on the list of the fastest growing inner-city companies in America.  Innovative practices and sustained growth are the predominant traits of the 2009 Inner City 100, a ranking of the 100 fastest-growing businesses in inner city communities nationwide.

Now in its 11th year, the Inner City 100 list provides unmatched original data on the fastest growing inner-city businesses in the U.S.  For the 2009 list, over 5,000 nominations were received. The 2009 Inner City 100 winners grew at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average rate of 324 percent between 2003 and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner city businesses have employed nearly 17,000 people and created nearly 10,000 new jobs over the past five years.

This is the fifth year that KIRA has made the list, receiving the highest ranking ever for the company. Results for previous years are as follow:

     -  2008 Inner City 100 - #56
     -  2007 Inner City 100 - #69
     -  2006 Inner City 100 - #54
     -  2005 Inner City 100 - #95