The Abraham Lincoln Council, Scouting America presented its prestigious Trailblazer Award to Rich Solomon, chair of the board and CEO of Solomon Colors, at a Sept. 8 dinner at Erin’s Pavilion at Southwind Park. The Trailblazer Award was established in 2010 to honor a member of the central Illinois community who exemplifies the attributes the […]
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Career Connections
The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce is looking for area professionals to join its new Career Connections program to work with high school students exploring their future opportunities. Career Connections is a database hosted on the Chamber’s website where area students and counselors can find a local professional to interview about their career and educational path. Students will be able […]
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Beer, Brats & Beginnings to highlight brewery’s connection to medical district
The closure of Reisch Brewery in 1966 ultimately helped facilitate the creation of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine a few years later, an unusual connection that will be highlighted at a Beer, Brats & Beginnings event on Thursday, Sept. 10. The Reisch Brewery opened in 1849 and for 117 years operated on the exact […]
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Bistro Verde at LLCC reopens
Bistro Verde, Lincoln Land Community College’s student-led café, will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 8, and will serve customers Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The café will be open as Bistro To Go, a counter service concept, from Sept. 8-Oct. 8, offering soups, salads, sandwiches, weekly student chef specials, baked goods, coffees […]
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Doris Turner joins Mid-Illinois Medical District
The Mid-Illinois Medical District has a new, but familiar, member in state Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield. She was nominated to serve on the commission by Mayor Misty Buscher and approved unanimously at the Aug. 5 Springfield City Council meeting. Turner tried and failed, through a total of five separate bills in the current General Assembly, […]
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Recent graduates, new arrivals seek opportunities at semi-annual career fair
Job seekers navigated through rows of prospective employers stationed at tables with pamphlets, listings of job openings and candy at the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s Fall Job Fair. Kenneth Nwume took a pause near the entrance of the fair held Aug. 25 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. “I’m just surveying and looking around,” he […]
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FitClub acquires members from closure of LA Fitness
When Springfield’s only LA Fitness location abruptly closed last month, locally owned gym FitClub added about 1,700 new members to its books. FitClub acquired LA Fitness’ membership base and equipment when the national fitness chain closed its gym in the White Oaks Mall on July 31. Local LA Fitness memberships transfered to FitClub as of […]
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Memorial gets approval to develop west-side property
The Springfield City Council has approved the reclassification of 40 acres of vacant farmland on the southwest side of the city, clearing the way for future development by Memorial Health System. The property will now be zoned as a highway business service district meant for commercial establishments. The property is located near the intersection of […]
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Garret Moffett
Originally from Macomb, Illinois, Garret Moffett was an international tour guide for more than 20 years, having not only given tours throughout the Midwest but also Britain and Western Europe. With a never-ending love of history and a wealth of historical knowledge, Moffett used his storytelling skills and his experience as a tour guide to […]
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Legends Entertainment to open
A new entertainment complex in Legacy Pointe, Legends Entertainment, is slated to open on Friday. The 46,000-square-foot complex at 1250 Lincolnshire Boulevard has a food court with five local restaurants, three bars, a 12-lane bowling alley and gaming for both kids and adults. The food court has a mix of seating such as long tables, […]
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Businesses should consider cyber insurance
Cybersecurity threats are one of the fastest-growing areas of concerns for businesses across almost every industry and in companies of almost every size, according to Nicholas Koch of Troxell, a Springfield-based insurance company.“You only hear about the large companies, but the regular person would be shocked at how often cyber incidents are happening in every […]
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Growth Alliance chosen for pilot research program
The Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance will be one of eight organizations in Illinois to partner with the Illinois Economic Development Corporation’s Economic Research Center in the inaugural cohort of the Regional Research Pilot Program (R2P2). The program will give the Growth Alliance access to the databases, and experts in analyzing these databases, used by site […]