By Patrick Yeagle An addition to the Mill Creek Estates subdivision in Springfield is up for consideration by the Land Development Subdivision Planning Committee next week. The preliminary plans show 20 lots to be added to the subdivision, along with a large additional lot reserved for purchase as a public park. The site of the [...]
Katie Bohannon | Photo courtesy Resource One. Katie Bohannon joined Resource One Interior Solutions & Design last week as furniture project manager. Bohannon will manage large projects involving logistics planning, installation and other duties. She most recently worked at her family's business and previously in facility design at Horace Mann. "Her goal will [...]
By Patrick Yeagle The building at 2815 W. White Oaks Drive houses a State Farm insurance office and the future Meraki Salon and Spa. Photo courtesy Sangamon County. A new salon and spa is slated to open on West White Oaks Drive in Springfield. Jacqueline Cuffle of Sherman obtained a building permit from [...]
By Patrick Yeagle Timothy Holliday. | Photo by Terry Farmer. Springfield banker Timothy Holliday joined Carrollton Bank last month as vice president and home lending officer. Holliday previously worked 16 years at Town & Country Bank and started at Carrollton Bank in mid-June. "It presented an opportunity to work with people I’ve known [...]
Quorum Consulting Group purchased accounting and wealth management firm Bird Armour earlier this year, with the two Springfield-based companies joining offices this month. Don Wienhoff, owner of Quorum, says his company has practiced third-party pension administration for 24 years, but it more recently began offering accounting services. Wienhoff says he knew of Bird Armour, formerly [...]
By Patrick Yeagle Barney's Furniture in Springfield has completed a solar installation after receiving a building permit last week. The store at 1987 Wabash Ave. obtained a permit from the City of Springfield building and zoning division on July 11 to install 25 kilowatts of solar power. Barney's president Barry Seidman says it made sense [...]
White Oaks Mall in Springfield has a new general manager, and the mall is adding new stores. Clay Emerich takes over this month as general manager at White Oaks, as former general manager Nick Strause moves to another Simon Property Group mall in Indiana. The mall is also adding a handful of stores and relocating [...]
A proposed facility providing assisted living on Old Jacksonville Road in Springfield would be bordered by new homes, according to a zoning and annexation request filed with the city. The Springfield Planning and Zoning Commission will meet July 19 to consider a handful of zoning requests, including one which would clear the way for the [...]
A new retail strip center is planned for Liberty Drive in Springfield. RAM Innovations, LLC obtained a building permit June 29 to begin building Liberty Plaza, a 9,000-square-foot retail center at 3450 Liberty Dr. RAM Innovations is owned by Ramprasad Talluri, who also owns Sky Zone Springfield trampoline park. Liberty Plaza will be located on [...]
Chris Rowden at his shop, Electric Ave. Clothier By Patrick Yeagle Chris Rowden likes to point out that the American Revolution started with a boycott on imported goods. "They were taking our raw textiles to Europe, making goods and then selling them back to us," he said. Rowden's new shop, Electric Ave. Clothier, [...]
