CGM Management, LLC obtained a commercial remodel permit for a façade remodel from 421 E. Adams Street to 5 SW Old State Capitol. Colin McHale is the contractor and the project is valued at $39,000. Springfield Clinic, LLP obtained a commercial building permit for a new medical office building at 3501 Old Jacksonville Road. O’Shea […]
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Keefner’s closes after no buyer is found
Keefner’s has closed a week earlier than planned after a buyer for the restaurant couldn’t be found. The final day of operations was Sunday, July 24. Owner Angie Keefner-Grieser told SBJ earlier this month the restaurant would close at the end of July if she hadn’t identified a buyer by then. The business was listed […]
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Big Sharks Fish & Chicken coming to Springfield
Big Sharks Fish and Chicken is coming to Springfield. Sajed Qattoum, a Decatur native, opened his first location in Decatur in November 2019, just a few months before COVID took a toll on the restaurant industry. “The takeout business really boomed at that time; we’ve been busy from the start,” Qattoum said. Now he’s signed […]
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Sikich LLP relocates Springfield office
Sikich LLP is relocating its Springfield office, but the firm isn’t moving far. The company, which provides accounting, audit, tax, consulting and technology services, has been located at 3201 W. White Oaks Drive for the past 13 years. As of July 31, Sikich will be operating out of 3051 Hollis Drive, which is also home […]
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Building Permits – July 18 – July 24, 2022
Cedar Point Owner, LLC obtained a commercial roofing permit for 166 Seven Pines road, #1654-1656. Lauts Exteriors, LLC is the contractor and the project is valued at $21,840. A roofing permit was also obtained for 1666 Seven Pines Road, #1662-1664. Lauts Exteriors, LLC is the contractor and this project is valued at $23,400. Wesly Osvaldo […]
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Shake This Eat That opening July 30
David and Tiffany Simmons are taking physical health to the next level. The couple, who own four Snap Fitness franchises in the Springfield area, are now expanding into nutrition with the opening of Shake This Eat That. Scheduled to open July 30 in the former Grateful Coffee location at 1370 Toronto Road, Shake This Eat […]
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Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism hires project coordinator
The Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism (SCODR) has hired Robert Blackwell as the project coordinator for its antiracism work. Blackwell worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for 25 years, retiring in 2021. He was appointed chief of the Office of Racial Equity Practice in 2012, leading the department’s efforts to address […]
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Building Permits – July 11 – July 17, 2022
Kent Family, Inc. obtained a commercial roofing permit for 1301 Knotts St. Designed Roofing Systems, Inc. is the contractor and the project is valued at $128,830. Montessori Children’s House of Springfield obtained a commercial roofing permit for 4147 Sand Hill Road. Williams Roofing and Construction is the contractor and the project is valued at $32,444. […]
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Troxell Insurance hires Kyle Dyson as new COO
Troxell Insurance has named Kyle Dyson as the new chief operating officer, effective July 18. Since 1887, this is only the second time in the company’s history that a non-stakeholder will run the day-to-day operations of the agency, which is owned locally by six individuals and employs more 100 team members. In March, the agency […]
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Sonny and Parker Adams launch HuntCo Land Management
Sonny Adams, owner of Adams Pest Control, has launched a new business with his son, Parker Adams, at the helm. HuntCo Land Management is headquartered at 1550 Recreation Dr., the same location as the family’s pest control business, but has a very different focus. “We’re outdoors people; my kids have grown up in the outdoors,” […]
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Frank and Linda Vala donate $1 million to SIU School of Medicine
Local business owners and philanthropists Frank and Linda Vala have established an endowed chair to support research and training in urology at SIU School of Medicine. Memorial Health matched the Valas’ $1 million personal donation through the Springfield Memorial Foundation to create The Frank and Linda Vala Endowed Chair of Urology. The inaugural honoree is […]
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Dr. Sameer Vohra to lead Illinois Department of Public Health
Governor JB Pritzker has appointed Dr. Sameer Vohra, a pediatrician and health care policy expert, to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health beginning Aug 1. Vohra, the founding chair of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy, follows Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who stepped down in March after leading […]