By Karen Ackerman Witter The Wardrobe has served many generations of women since 1963. On Sept. 30, Sami McElwee will turn 29 and become the fourth owner of this Springfield establishment featuring women’s clothing and accessories. Kim Dixon has owned The Wardrobe for nearly 20 years. She couldn’t be happier about the upcoming sale and [...]
In honor of the business’ 100-year anniversary, MJ Kellner Foodservice, 5700 International Parkway, is inviting the community to tour the 90,000 square-foot facility and enjoy food from three of their local food truck customers: Leo’s Pizza, Casa Real and Gilly’s BBQ. This open house event is free of charge and open to the public. The [...]
Bistro Verde, Lincoln Land Community College’s student-led café, has reopened for the fall 2021 semester as Bistro To Go on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 14-Nov. 18 (except Nov. 2). The public is invited to enjoy takeout soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods and coffee drinks prepared by LLCC culinary arts, baking [...]
Kekti Arya is a real estate agent with The Real Estate Group, but despite having a very busy year in 2020, she still decided to move forward with plans for launching her own retail business. When businesses began opening back up following the COVID-related shutdowns, she noticed that boutiques were doing well. “It seemed like [...]
Memorial Health Systems obtained a commercial permit for parking lot work at 320 E. Carpenter St. O’Shea Builders is the contractor and the project is valued at $609,000. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church obtained a commercial accessory structure permit at 1025 W. Edwards St. R. D. Lawrence Construction Co. Ltd. is the contractor and the project [...]
Bill and Heather Sherrell started out looking for showroom space for The Closet Guy, the storage solutions business they purchased from Brooke and Amy Peterson in 2016. Not only did they find a location to expand their business, the new location at 120 N. Main St. in Chatham will now be home to three additional [...]
In September 2020, Twyford BBQ& Catering ended operations in central Illinois and moved the business to Puerto Rico. Owner Randy Twyford said at the time that he had been pursuing an opportunity for the past year to relocate to Playa Jobos, Isabella, Puerto Rico. He cited “the current state of economic affairs in Illinois” as [...]
Bistro Verde, Lincoln Land Community College’s student-led café, will reopen for the fall 2021 semester as Bistro To Go on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 14-Nov. 18 (except Nov. 2). The public is invited to enjoy takeout soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods and coffee drinks prepared by LLCC culinary arts, baking [...]
By Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor’s office announced support for a new proposal. It’s the latest push for a legislative accomplishment that has eluded Gov. JB Pritzker in his three years [...]
Springfield Clinic, LLP obtained a commercial remodel permit for parking lot work at 1111 S. Eighth St., Lot 16. The contractor is O’Shea Builders and the project is valued at $505,465. BSEIDX2, LLC obtained a commercial accessory structure permit for 1987 Wabash Ave. The contractor is Birkel Electric and the project is valued at $15,000. [...]