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The 25 Fastest-Growing Inner-City Companies, 2010

 

 

No. 16: One Stop Environmental

City: Birmingham, Ala.
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Chief executive: Shannon Riley
Founded: 1999
Workers (2008): 35
Revenue (2008): $4,279,353
Five-year compound annual growth rate: 51%

CEO Shannon Riley founded her environmental consulting business, One Stop Environmental, in 1999 after the previous company she worked for, which focused on responding to environmental emergencies, went out of business. As a certified woman-owned business and 8(a) contractor, One Stop competes favorably for federal contracts. The business also continues to do emergency response work and services for private industry. One Stop’s inner-city location, in a HUBZone in Birmingham, Ala., is across the street from the spot where Riley’s grandfather once owned a company.

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