The ribbon-cutting at Fehr Graham's new Springfield location took place July 14. Photo courtesy of Fehr Graham. Engineering firm Fehr Graham opened its new office in Springfield this month after moving from its former location on South Grand Avenue West. The new office, located at 2060 W. Iles Ave., officially opened July 14. [...]
Jennifer Read. Image courtesy of Resource One. Springfield office design and furniture company Resource One announced this week that Jennifer Read has been named project manager for the company's Agile Resource division. Read has worked for Resource One for 14 years, most recently as a project manager. Her new project manager position in [...]
An Embraer 175 in use by American Airlines on its regional American Eagle flights. Image courtesy of American Airlines. About 1,600 more passengers used Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in the first half of 2017, compared with the same time frame last year. The boost in traffic comes as the airport prepares to [...]
Two Springfield CPAs have been named partner-in-charge at professional services firm Sikich LLP. Joe Kulek The firm announced on July 19 that Joe Kulek has been named partner-in-charge of agribusiness services, which offers services like audits, accounting and investments to businesses in the agriculture industry. “At a time when the entire agriculture supply [...]
Karen Davis announces her resignation at the July 18 city council meeting. By Patrick Yeagle Karen Davis is resigning as director of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Springfield. Davis made the announcement Tuesday at the Springfield City Council meeting. She has served in the position since June 2015, when she [...]
By Patrick Yeagle The Springfield City Council on Tuesday approved the use of $757,800 from the city's downtown TIF to pay for repair of the roof at Springfield's Municipal Center East. The TIF request was one of three forwarded to the city council by the Springfield Economic Development Commission (EDC) on Tuesday. At a special [...]
By Patrick Yeagle Delivery of groceries and other retail products is growing in Springfield, with San Francisco company Instacart the latest to launch delivery service here. Geared toward convenience, the nationwide trend is attracting both retailers and consumers. David Osborne, general manager of Instacart in Springfield, says the company started about five years ago when [...]
Jill Staunton of Springfield appears with Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. By Patrick Yeagle Jill Staunton of Springfield was always a curious child - so much so that her fourth grade teacher referred to her as a "walking encyclopedia." That love of learning has earned Staunton a [...]
Security Bank announced this month the promotions of two people to vice president. Morgan Beck was promoted to vice president of finance, while Todd Howe was promoted to vice president of commercial banking. Beck, a CPA, began her career at Security Bank 13 years ago as an administrative assistant, later gaining experience in loan servicing, [...]
By Patrick Yeagle Sean Bull Sean Bull has lived in Sherman his whole life, so it's especially meaningful to him that he was appointed president of the Sherman Area Chamber of Commerce this month. "This is the community I grew up in," he said. "I've got a lot of love for the community [...]
