Meet Allison Paul
New executive director for HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services By Scott Faingold Allison Paul always felt the call to serve others. “My father is a dentist and my mother is a dental assistant,” she explains. “They have their own private practice and so I grew up spending a lot of time there,…
New Business Listings March 2015
Redneck Mobile Repair 1145 W Monroe St. 816-8465 Business Owner: Ronald Beckner Anything Pipes 406 N. Dirksen Pkwy. 210-2028 Business Owner: Carrie Doom Lawn & Order Lawn Care Service 2104 S Pasfield 553-5092 Business Owner: James L. Bice Prime Coat Painting 2337 E Converse 741-4105 Business Owner: Caitlyn Creel High Egg Spectations 41 Powell, Riverton…
Illini basketball and Illini dollars come to the capital city
By David A. Kelm At the end of October 2014, the Prairie Capital Convention Center and the University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that the Fighting Illini men’s basketball team would play five games at the Convention Center in November 2015. This announcement heralded perhaps the second most important event in the city’s…
A Springfield company with worldwide outreach
By Gabe House Lothar Soliwon wasn’t prepared to idly watch time pass by when he retired from the state of Illinois a couple years ago. The former marketing manager decided to utilize his extensive experience working with companies and municipalities – both large and small – by opening an international consulting firm. And with that,…
Franchise a dream come true for DreamMakers
By Mark Thoma Taking an already successful business and building on the success of others: that was the reason Curt and Deb Trampe hooked up with DreamMaker Bath and Kitchen about eight years ago. The Waco, Texas-based franchise offered a successful business model that the Trampes couldn’t pass up when the Sangamon and Menard county…
