New Business Listings – December 2016
Chavours Media 70 Providence Lane 415-0525 Owner: Dennis Z. Chavours It’s The Simple Life 400 Lexington Drive, Rochester 416-0302 Owner: Christan N. Neff Kennedy Sue 4834 Longfellow Dr. 502-3775 Owner: Rebecca Knobloch Elite Cleaning 2056 Skipton Road 816-8892 Owner: Denika D. Johnson Crazy Fox Trucking 2229 S. Martin Luther King Dr. 220-9791 Owner: Dale W.…
A treasured career helping others
By Eric Woods Freelance contributor Born in Gifford, Michael Frerichs dabbled in numerous livelihoods before he reached the state treasurer’s office. From humble beginnings doing farm-related work in Illinois, he studied German in college, taught English in Taiwan, worked as a paralegal, taught at his former high school and started his own engineering company –…
Norm Sims has a plan for 2037
By Dave Kelm Contributor Earlier this year, Norm Sims, executive director of the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission announced he would be retiring. Sims has headed the commission for nearly nine years and been involved with city and state government for a number of years prior to his county service. Much like other superstars, though,…
Paul Ellis means business for Jacksonville
By Colin Patrick Brady Freelance contributor . . “Our business is to build business,” says Paul Ellis, who assumed the post of president of the Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation in August. Ellis was born on the West Coast and spent many of his formative years in the Seattle-Tacoma region, where he found work as a…
