Country Lane Memory Care
Small town assisted living By Scott Faingold “When I was 16 years old, my grandma was very sick, and she was unable to speak,” says Cari Claussen, founder of Country Lane Memory Care in Riverton. “She was in a Springfield nursing home and the care was not good. I always said that if I ever…
IWIL puts accent on influence at symposium
By Haley Wilson Since 2004, Illinois Women in Leadership (IWIL) has promoted its mission through education, mentoring, networking, participation and community involvement. IWIL celebrated this program with the fifth annual IWIL symposium at the Wyndham Hotel in downtown Springfield on Sept. 7. Each year, the symposium brings together professionals from across the state, ranging from…
15 Under Fifteen 2016
By Michelle Higginbotham, associate publisher While our state often gets a bad reputation for both its politics and business climate, a study released last year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Illinois was one of the states with the greatest increase in the number of new business startups, second only to Massachusetts. While…
