Comings & Goings

The Springfield branch of Farnsworth Group, a national full-service architecture, engineering and survey firm, has relocated to 3201 W. White Oaks Dr., Suite 1000. Farnsworth Group, based in Bloomington, acquired FWAI Architects in January 2020. The company has more than 500 employees working from offices throughout the U.S. The firm had been located in the […]

The former Family Video store at 1614 S. MacArthur Blvd. will soon be used to house a Gopuff micro-fulfillment center, pending approval by the Springfield City Council at the Aug. 17 meeting.  Gopuff, a delivery service based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently operates more than 450 sites nationwide, including 285 micro-fulfillment centers, according to Abigail […]

When one door closes, another door opens.  And that is exactly what happened to Dan Frachey, former program director of the Chiara Center in Springfield.  In February 2021, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis made the difficult decision to close the doors of their retreat center permanently after being shuttered for a year due to […]

Lonzerotti’s Italia Restaurant, a Jacksonville staple since 1987, has a new owner who plans to change the name and menu offerings when it reopens this fall. The original owners, Mike and Betty Goldasich, transformed the historic Chicago and Alton Railroad station building at 600 E. State St. into an Italian restaurant more than three decades […]

Corrine Campbell opened Corrine’s Closet in downtown Springfield in October 2018 and is now hoping to reach a new audience with a second location at White Oaks Mall. “The downtown crowd says they don’t go to the mall, and people on the west side have preconceived notions that there’s no parking or nothing going on […]

Although he’s spent more than two decades in the construction industry, Michael Wiest said opening an art gallery is a natural fit for him. “I’ve been an artist all of my life; that’s my first love,” he said. “I have a master’s degree in fine arts and architecture.” His wife, Mary, and Dr. Carmen Chase […]

Chatham Café is coming to Springfield. Lu Asani, who co-owns the restaurant along with her husband, Kevin, confirms that the couple has signed a three-year lease with an option to purchase for the former McDonalds restaurant at 1825 S. MacArthur Boulevard. Chatham Café has been located at 414 N. Main Plaza in Chatham since 2015, […]

Sonepar USA, a subsidiary of the privately held Sonepar Group, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Springfield Electric Supply Company, expanding its presence in the Midwest. Springfield Electric is a family-owned business headquartered in Springfield since 1912 that offers a full line of products and services to electrical contractor and commercial […]

Tony DelGiorno is starting his own law practice, after nearly two decades with Rammelkamp Bradney, P.C. “I’ll be focusing primarily on what I always have, which is elder law, estate planning, Medicaid protection for nursing home cases, guardianships, probate and trust cases,” said DelGiorno. “But this is a new opportunity to remarket myself in Springfield, […]