BUSINESSES PARTY WITH A PLAN
JESSICA MOSEBACH - Reno Gazette-Journal

Missy Green has enjoyed throwing a good party for as long as she can remember. Today, she helps others find what they want for any special occasion, whether it's a birthday, wedding or a corporate luncheon.

"People are my passion," Green said. "I love what I do."

Green's business, Parties to Remember, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Parties to Remember caters to private and corporate events, and has recently coordinated events for the Compaq Computers Convention and American Public Works Convention in Reno.

Green started her own business in 1986 and built a staff with friends who owned their own businesses at the time or have since branched out and own businesses today.

"All the people I use are my 'party family,'" Green said. "My bakers, caterers and florists are loyal and wonderful, and it's been a real adventure."

Green's anniversary also marks a special moment. She used her party planning experience to throw her son's 21st birthday last week. Those moments make her career fulfilling, she said.

"What a good feeling it is to stand at the end of setting up an event, and I'm there looking at the tables "» and knowing it all came into place," Green said.

Reno's party planners are increasingly being called upon for special commercial events. Green was hired by the Rose/Glenn Group of Reno to give out hot chocolate for 12,000 people to the crowds checking out Summit Sierra which held its grand opening last week.

But for Green, no event is too small or too large to handle.

"I try as hard as I can to make it work," Green said. "I try my best to facilitate a 'party to remember.'"

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