Having been “friendly competitors” for over two decades, Larry Chiles, owner of Jordan-Chiles, Inc. acquired Meridian Communications, owned by Mary Ellen Slone on October 3, 2008. The area’s largest advertising/marketing agency became MERIDIAN-CHILES at the time of acquisition. MERIDIAN-CHILES is located in the offices of the former Jordan-Chiles, in Fortune Business Centre, off Fortune Drive, in Lexington.