company history
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Timeline of Orion Associates, Meridian Services, Zenith Services, Orion ISO, Headwaters Relief Organization and Morningstar Financial Services.TRANSCRIPT
What does it all mean?
January 1980
Meridian Services is founded by Marya Hage, based in her home, as a provider of SILS services.
Meridian begins Case Management Services
1984
Meridian employs 25 people
1988
1989
Meridian begins In-Home Services
1990
Maple Lake SLS opens
June 1991
Leann Thompson joins Meridian
October 1992
Rebecca Hage Thomley joins Meridian
December 1992
Saint Cloud Office opens
January 1993
Stephen Hage joins Meridian
1993
Meridian employs 50 people
September 1993
Aquila SLS opens (Later renamed Palmer Lake SLS)
September 1993
Logan SLS opens
September 1993
Girard SLS opens
September 1993 Metropolitan Office opens
1993
Meridian begins Metro In-Home Services
August 1994
Sun River SLS opens(Later renamed Northwood SLS)
November 1994
Meridian employs 100 people
January 1995
Officers’ positions established and conferred:Orval “Scotty” Hage, President, Marya Hage, Chief Executive Officer, Rebecca Hage Thomley, Chief Operating Officer, Shantel Schraut, Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Hage, Chief Administrative Officer
March 1996
Saint Cloud Office moves to Warnert Building
June 1996
Silver Lake SLS opens
April 1997
Metropolitan Office moves to Saint Louis Park
May 1997
Olympia Place SLS opens
June 1997
Green Fields SLS opens
December 1997
Golden Hills SLS opens(Later moves and is renamed Heritage Park SLS)
December 1997
Diamond Lake SLS opens
1998
Meridian employs 200 people
November 1998
Meridian begins Holiday Respite / Club Ventures Program
January 1999
Orion Associates founded, initiating Contracted Management Services, Fiscal Intermediary Services, Psychological Services, and Professional Training Services All Officers, the Human Resources Department and the Finance Department transfer employment from Meridian Services to Orion Associates.
January 1999
Zenith Services founded, initiating Vocational Services
May 1999
Avalon SLS opens(Later renamed Calhoun SLS)
1999
Meridian begins Parent Support and Family Support Services
November 1999
Timber Crest SLS opens
November 1999
Orval “Scotty” Hage, President, dies
May 2000
Sun River SLS renamed Northwood SLS
July 2000
Spring Brook SLS opens
September 2000
Rebecca Hage Thomley becomes Chief Executive Officer
Cheryl Vennerstrom, Chief Operating Officer, joins Orion
Autumn 2000
Orion begins providing Management Consulting to CER of Minnesota
March 2001
Orion begins providing Management Consulting to Pinnacle Services
April 2001
Meridian begins providing contracted Case Management to Anoka County
May 2001
Orion ISO founded
October 2001
Toni Thulen, Chief Financial Officer, joins Orion
November 2001
Bassett Creek SLS opens
December 2001
Jordan SLS opens(Later closed with relocation of consumers)
December 2001
Northtown Village SLS opens(Later closed with relocation of consumers)
June 2002
Eidelweiss Respite Home opens
August 2002
Wirth Park SLS opens
March 2003
Orion Associates, Meridian Services, and Zenith Services awarded CARF Accreditation
November 2003
Metropolitan Office moves to Golden Valley
March 2005
Plymouth Creek Crisis Home opens
August 2005
Hampshire South SLS opens
November 2005
“A River of Hope I” Thanksgiving Weekend Trip
March 2006
Morning Star Financial Services of Utah founded
January 2007
The “Groove Thing” opens in The Mall of America
January - June 2007
The “River of Hope” Mental Resources Center operates in New Orleans
March 2007
Swan Park SLS opens
April 2008
Orion Associates receives a “Psychologically Healthy Workplace” Award from the Minnesota Psychological Association
June 2008
Orion Building addition construction completed, Open House Celebration
June 2008
Little Stars Kids Club founded
February 2009
Inca SLS opens
March 2009
Orion Associates receives a national “Psychologically Healthy Workplace” Best
Practices Award from the American Psychological Association
June 2009
The Orion Building receives LEED Gold Certification
March 2010
Edgewood Specialized Services opens
June 2010
Hampshire North SLS opens
August 2010
Riverside SLS opens
June 2011
Colorado SLS opens
March 2012
Meridian Services’ Case Management and Zenith Services Move to the New Building in
Hopkins
Utah Tennessee
Oklahoma Ohio
Utah Tennessee
Oklahoma Ohio
Utah Tennessee
Oklahoma Ohio
Utah Tennessee
Oklahoma Ohio
October 2012
Woodridge SLS opens
December 2012
Bayport SLS opens
December 2012
Glenwood SLS opens
May 2013
Meridian Services, Zenith Services, and Orion Associates employ 675 people
May 2013
Orion ISO employs over 1800 people
May 2013
Morning Star Services employs over 800 people
We’ve come so far…