Do you love where you work? Nominate your company for Best Places to Work, sponsored by United Community Bank and Springfield Business Journal. The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, January 6. The winning companies will be profiled in the March issue of SBJ and all the employees will be invited to a reception and awards ceremony. Criteria […]
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15 Under Fifteen
This is the 21st year that Springfield Business Journal has partnered with United Community Bank to recognize 15 outstanding small businesses in the local area. To qualify, a business must be located in Sangamon or Morgan county, have been open for at least two years and have 15 or fewer full-time employees. A business is […]
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Nothing Bundt Cakes
Established: 2020 Owners: Theo and Kristin Spilman Employees: 15 Services: Bakery Theo and Kristin Spilman opened Nothing Bundt Cakes in August of 2020. The couple wanted to create an opportunity for community growth in their hometown. The business is a from-scratch bakery, as they bake and frost all cakes onsite, which delivers high-impact results. Joy […]
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The Missy Grady Home Team – The Real Estate Group
Established: 2016 Owners: Missy Grady Employees: 5 Services: Real estate In 2001, Missy Grady left her teaching career to become a full-time real estate broker. She initially joined her family firm, Grady Realtors Inc., which was established in 1969. In 2016, the firm merged with The Real Estate Group Inc., which had been in business […]
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TNS Detailing and Restoration
Established: 2019 Owner: Nicole Woods-Malcom and Timothy Stanfield Employees: 5 Services: automotive TNS Detailing & Restoration was formed in October 2019 when Tim Stanfield and Nicole Woods-Malcom decided to draw on their years of auto detailing experience. “Nicole had a major battle with metastatic cancer in 2018 that placed a strain on the family budget,” […]
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Tom Day Business Machines
Established: 1981 Owners: Dale and Debbie Smith Employees: 9 Services: Business equipment Tom Day began his business in 1981 and kept it running in Springfield for three decades. In 2011, Dale and Debbie Smith purchased Tom Day Business Machines and still operate it today. “Tom Day Business Machines is a premier provider of a complete […]
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Village Tea Room & Gift Shoppes
Established: 2016 Owners: Jennifer and Wayne Friday Employees: 6 Services: Restaurant and gift shop “We would visit tea rooms and my husband, who is my biggest supporter, encouraged me and helped me to open the business,” said Jennifer. The tea room is a fun place to have lunch or host a party. Each room is […]
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Wooden It Be Lovely
Established: 2016 Executive director: Rev. Margaret Ann Jessup Employees: 5 Services: Nonprofit Wooden It Be Lovely was founded in 2016 to help meet a need in the community. “There are women who want to heal from hard lives but faced numerous barriers to success, which included finding employers that would or could hire them,” said […]
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Ace Mechanical
Established: 2017 Owners: John and Lisa Mikuleza Employees: 6 Services: HVAC John and Lisa Mikuleza opened Ace Mechanical in October 2017. “I decided to open the business because I came from an entrepreneurial family and always saw myself owning my own business,” John said. “I also wanted to create an HVAC business that was honest […]
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ACTS, Inc.
Established: 1991 Owners: Tom Dickey and Tyler Mullen Employees: 3 Services: Construction In 1990, Tom Dickey was managing a heavy-equipment dealership when two men came to his office to discuss a newly invented horizontal-directional drill. “After seeing what this equipment could do, I knew from my experience and contacts in sales that this was the […]