Last year, Walgreens closed their location at 1155 N. Ninth Street in Springfield, but a new location is now getting ready to open just a few blocks away. However, the new store, which will be located at 1150 N. Fifth Street in the Near North Crossing shopping center, is not a traditional Walgreens. Known as [...]
Building permit roundup – Oct. 24 BY STACIE LEWIS Mario Perrino obtained a commercial remodel permit for work at the Cookie Dough Factory at 214 S. 6th St. Ziyad Samara is the contractor and the project is valued at $30,000. Autozone #2659 obtained a commercial roofing permit for work at 2860 S. 6th St. Royalty [...]
Grab-A-Java, Springfield’s first drive-thru coffee shop, has been sold to new owners Bill and Vicky Legge. Long-time local residents Meg Evans and Peter Lazare founded the business, which will celebrate its 22 anniversary next month. The Legges say they both plan to keep their day jobs; Bill is the executive director for the Boys and [...]
Café Coco, which has been located at 3705 N. Dirksen Parkway for nearly six years, is now looking for a new location. Owner Connie DiCenso said that in March of this year, a health inspector questioned the adequacy of the kitchen hood. After an inspection by the county’s mechanical engineer, the property owner was issued [...]
In May of this year, Jamie Loftus announced that he had sold No Agenda 321, a bar and tapas restaurant located at 321 N. Main Street in Chatham, to Jose Lopez, who also owns and operates the Casa Real and Tacos Pepe restaurants in Springfield. However, the business has already changed hands again and is [...]
The Be Aware Women's Fair, hosted by Memorial Medical Center, will return to the Illinois State Fairgrounds for its ninth annual event on Saturday, Oct. 13. An estimated 2,000 people are expected to converge on the Orr Building for Memorial's Be Aware Women’s Fair, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A $5 [...]
A partnership between Passavant Area Hospital, SIU School of Medicine and MacMurray College aims to increase access to health care using a holistic approach for vulnerable or at-risk residents of Jacksonville. Healthy Jacksonville, modeled after a highly-successful and award-winning community health worker (CHW) program in the Enos Park neighborhood in Springfield, will initiate engagement with [...]
The Land of Lincoln Economic Development Corporation (LLEDC) is seeking to engage the community in a meaningful way to create an economic development plan for strategic action. Community members are invited to complete an online survey or by providing input at one of three open houses: Thursday, Sept. 27, 5-6:30 p.m. at the University of [...]
Joe Kulek is the new CFO/Executive of Henson Robinson Co., effective Sept. 4. He succeeds Steve Etheridge, who had served in that role for 23 years. “Steve is still with the company and will be phasing out over the coming year,” said Kulek. “The other change is that Brian Vogt, who is currently president of [...]
