Articles

By Sara L. Lieber There is an indirect effect of senior care on their adult children.  Longer lives mean longer periods of disability for seniors requiring family care. We have added a new stage to life’s progression, from parenthood to senior caregiving.  Caregiving in the US states the average caregiver is a woman age 49 […]

Springfield Business Journal presents LEGACY AWARDS 2015 To benefit the Historic Preservation Fund, Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln The Legacy Awards is the most recent annual award program from the Springfield Business Journal. Awards are presented to businesses for longevity and community service along with a lifetime achievement award for Preservation Advocate of […]

By David A. Kelm Let’s get this out of the way: medical cannabis is not the joint you found in your older brother’s car and smoked behind the garage with your buddy Tim. It’s not the real “after prom” party. It’s not your “youthful indiscretion” in Panama City during senior year spring break. It’s neither […]

By Roberta Codemo According to the recent 2015 Sangamon County Citizens Survey, bus ridership in Sangamon County is low. Only five percent of the 576 respondents surveyed report using the Springfield Mass Transit District at least once or twice a week while 85 percent report “never” using the system. A small percentage of respondents report […]

By Colin Patrick Brady A mutual benefit arises when a company offers its employees access to affordable health care in the form of insurance. Preventative measures and medical intervention can mean fewer lost work days and greater productivity from a workforce. Lately local businesses have taken to fostering the well-being of their workers a step […]

By Roberta Codemo A family business is defined as a business where one or more family members have significant ownership interest and commitment to the overall well-being of the business. Bruce Sommer at the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Businesses estimates that about 4,000 Sangamon County businesses could be categorized as […]

Southtown Construction Training Program lays a foundation for further success By Gabe House Calvin Pitts clearly remembers losing his nephew nearly 20 years ago. The young man, nicknamed Bone, was killed in 1997 during a drug deal when he was just 22 years old. Pitts said it was a dark time for him personally, but […]

High-speed rail development continues in Springfield By Gabe House The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) held a series of informal meetings from late April through late May throughout the state. This “listening tour” was all about infrastructure: its current state, the ever-present need to improve it and what the future may hold. Springfield, in the […]

The Corporate Review 2015 On Monday, May 11, the Springfield Business Journal invited a small group to a business luncheon for the purpose of discussing the state of the tourism industry in Springfield. It was held at the Inn at 835 from noon until 2 p.m. The panelists included Justin Blandford, superintendent of state historic […]

Illinois’ inmates make everything from grills to boxer shorts in a program designed to train offenders for post-release work By Zach Baliva If you received glasses in Illinois through Medicaid, a prison inmate fabricated your eyewear at the Dixon Correctional Facility. And that’s not all. More than 900 offenders, managed by 120 state employees in […]

By Gabe House Dr. Josh Renken is a busy man. In addition to the dental practice he founded in 2003 – aptly named Renken Dentistry – he owns Schön Dental, Renken Properties and Practice Water, which seeks to help dental practices develop without the need for a corporate takeover. As if all this were not […]

By David Blanchette The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum “redefines what is possible in a history museum,” said BRC Imagination Arts founder and CEO Bob Rogers, the museum’s designer. “There really is something different going on here. Instead of visitors touching it, it touches them.” Rogers was in Springfield recently as part of the Presidential Museum’s […]