Casa Real opens second location on Wabash
By Ginny Lee Jose Lopez, Jr. moved to Springfield from Jacksonville four years ago and opened Casa Real at 301 North Grand Ave. W. in the building that once housed longtime Springfield eatery Wayne’s Red Coach Inn. The popular Mexican restaurant has earned a faithful following since then. More recently, Lopez, 28, bought the building…
Escape Springfield
By Roberta Codemo Central Illinois now has access to the hottest game sensation sweeping the country. A longtime fan of escape room video games, Rebecca Henderson, founder of SMARTpath Education Services, first founded Escape Bloomington – a live interactive version of the popular video games – in Bloomington in 2014 as an offshoot of her…
Midwest Inland Port
By Colin Patrick Brady On Sept. 23 a group of journalists and other interested parties toured Decatur’s Midwest Inland Port (MIP). The tour, hosted by The Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County (EDC) was led by current EDC President Larry Altenbaumer. The goal of the tour was to promote current and future economic…
