PM Springfield Interviews

Trent R. Nelson speaks with Ryan McCrady, CEO, and President Ryan McCrady, for their bi-weekly chat concerning the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• A New Logistics Center Possibly Coming To Town
• Progress Of Railway and Legacy Pointe Projects
• Local Small Businesses
• Liquor Licenses
• Economics
• So much more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Robert Kerr of the UIS Innovation Center in Downtown Springfield about what the organization does, what the future of downtown holds for the community, and so much more!

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Trent R. Nelson spoke with Buzz Bomb Brewing Company's Josh Flanders before the midweek fire on Adams Street; they talked about beer, working together as a downtown community, the Adam's Street Bar Crawl, and a whole lot more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Michelle Ownbey, publisher of the Springfield Business Journal and Illinois Times, about the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Small Business Awards Luncheon on June 18. The event recognized four outstanding community entrepreneurs in the following categories:

  • Not-For-Profit Director of the Year: Margaret Ann Jessup, Wooden It Be Lovely.
  • New & Emerging Business Owner of the Year: Ashley Striplin, Dabble
  • Small Business Owner of the Year: Fran Abbott & Shannon McAuley, Scoop Du Jour
  • Lifetime Award – Business Owner of the Year: Richard Levi, Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.

   

   

   

• Aunt Lou’s Soul Food is opening Friday, more than a year after Corey Dickerson first announced he was teaming up with Smarjesse Taylor to bring “modern soul food with a classy touch” to downtown.

   

• Springfield Clinic will hold a ribbon cutting at noon on Monday, June 24, to celebrate the relocation of the endocrinology and nephrology teams to a newly renovated facility at 401 E. Carpenter Street.

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On this episode of Full Disclosure - recorded earlier this week - Trent R. Nelson speaks with the President and CEO of the Better Government Association, David Greising, concerning Governor JB Pritzker's budget, partisan and bipartisan legislation, homeschooling, the future of the Democratic supermajority across the state of Illinois, updates on the Chicago Bears proposed stadium, and so much more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Steve Schoepfel - the managing director of the Sangamon Mass Transit District about what the organization does, their new buses, and so much more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Ryan McCrady, CEO, and President Ryan McCrady, for their bi-weekly chat concerning the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• A New Logistics Center Possibly Coming To Town
• Progress Of Railway and Legacy Pointe Projects
• Local Small Businesses
• Economics
• So much more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Michelle Ownbey, publisher of the Springfield Business Journal and Illinois Times, about the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• Saucy Rice Vietnamese Flavors has closed, but the space on Toronto Road won’t be vacant for long.

• The Feed Store, a downtown staple for decades, has closed again for the second time since 2020.

• The Grand Lodge of Illinois A.F. & A.M. has purchased a building on Wabash Avenue to serve as a new headquarters for freemasons statewide.

• A bill recently passed by the Illinois General Assembly increases the likelihood a proposed $93 million expansion of Springfield's convention center will become reality, according to state Rep. Mike Coffey, R-Springfield.

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Travis Blaney of Two Men and a Truck about what the organization does and so much more!

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Michelle Ownbey, publisher of the Springfield Business Journal and Illinois Times, about the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• Wednesday was the last day of operations for Twisted Fork, but not necessarily the last chance to enjoy its signature dishes. A food truck is already in the works, and the owners said they haven’t ruled out reopening down the road in a different location.

   

• Fairgrounds Café has opened at the site of the former Jungle Jim’s Café on Peoria Road.

   

• Indiya's Consignment Boutique is opening soon in the Capital City Shopping Center:

   

• Construction of a 136-unit, market-rate apartment complex in downtown Springfield will commence in the fall, according to the New York company spearheading the almost $29 million project.

   

• The June issue of SBJ is out now, featuring a Q&A with Bob Sibert, the third-generation president of Bound To Stay Bound Books.

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