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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Registered Nurse Samantha Markelz checks in on a patient last week. Delnor is launching a new pilot program to hire licensed practical nurses to address nursing shortages.

Geneva hospital launches new pilot program to address nursing shortages

In an attempt to combat existing workforce shortages, Northwestern Delnor Hospital in Geneva is piloting a program that brings back a familiar staffer to health care life: A licensed practical nurse.
The husband-and-wife team of Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux found their franchising opportunity with Motto Mortgage, a branch of which they opened in Oakbrook Terrace.

'Quasi-preneurs' see opportunity, challenges in franchising, in all kinds of businesses

In the months after the pandemic hit, many people with corporate jobs decided to strike out on their own, in what's referred to as the "Great Resignation." They looked for alternatives, including opening up a franchise with an established brand. Two "quasi-preneurs" opened a mortgage service branch in Oakbrook Terrace.
Attendees wait in line for a drag show brunch Sunday at UpRising Bakery and Café in Lake in the Hills. The event finally took place after weeks of controversy and national media attention.
After weeks of controversy, drag show brunch finally takes place at Lake in the Hills bakery
After a whirlwind couple of weeks at UpRising Bakery and Café -- which saw vandalism, a dispute with the village, a visit by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and national media attention -- an all-ages drag show brunch finally took place Sunday at the Lake in the Hills business.
Photo courtesy of Tek Pak Inc. Tek Pak President and Founder Tony Beyer on the shop room floor in Batavia.
Made in the Suburbs: Tek Pak Inc.
Tek Pak, Inc. is a global manufacturing company providing light gauge thermoform, molded fiber and packaging solutions for electronic, food, health care and industrial customers from design concept through prototype and production.
Dan Seals
Reality check: Illinois didn't get this big on accident
Illinois is a great place to do business. It has the fifth-largest economy in the U.S. and the 18th-largest economy in the world. You don't reach those heights by being a bad place to do business.
Caterpillar's problems not limited to big businesses in Illinois
Big companies that don't have roots as deep as the corner baker can be assigned a variety of motives for being lured by other states -- even when they clearly warned a decade earlier what changes they needed. But when small business owners decide their kids need to change schools and Illinois is no longer worth the business struggles, somebody better listen.
Orrin Scwartz

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Pioneer Garden and Feed in Villa Park closing its doors after 100-plus years

Pioneer Garden and Feed will serve its last customer and close its doors permanently this August.
SparrowHawk, an industrial real estate management and investment firm, leverages strong market conditions and unique opportunities to complete transactions totaling 32,101 square feet of space at 1026–1100 National Parkway in Schaumburg. With this leasing activity, the 147,752-square-foot property is now 95.5% leased and has one remaining space available for immediate occupancy.

SparrowHawk completes leasing activity at National Parkway in Schaumburg

SparrowHawk, an industrial real estate management and investment firm, leverages strong market conditions and unique opportunities to complete transactions totaling 32,101 square feet of space at 1026--1100 National Parkway in Schaumburg. With this leasing activity, the 147,752-square-foot property is now 95.5% leased and has one remaining space available for immediate occupancy.
A joint venture partnership between Oak Brook-based real estate investor Clear Height Properties and Harbert US Real Estate, an investment strategy sponsored by Harbert Management Corporation, has purchased a 49,954 square-foot industrial building located at 2244 Corporate Lane in Naperville.
Clear Height Properties/Harbert U.S. Real Estate announce purchase of industrial building in Naperville
A joint venture partnership between Oak Brook-based real estate investor Clear Height Properties and Harbert US Real Estate, an investment strategy sponsored by Harbert Management Corporation, has purchased a 49,954 square-foot industrial building located at 2244 Corporate Lane in Naperville.
The Biz Week That Was: Group says Bears should pay for their own stadium; Original Rainbow Cone opening soon
A political advocacy group is gathering signatures to petition Arlington Heights to ban taxpayers funds from being used to build a new Chicago Bears stadium.
Courtesy of Corinna Bendel-Sac Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves his mark on a boarded-up window at UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills during a surprise visit Friday.
Pritzker visits Lake in the Hills bakery, where drag show brunch is back on
A drag show brunch at a Lake in the Hills bakery that was scuttled last month after the store was vandalized the night before is back on for Sunday, the business announced on Facebook.
A plan to construct a Range USA indoor shooting range and gun store in Long Grove has prompted significant opposition. The company already has stores in Naperville, shown here, and other suburbs.
'We do not want this in Long Grove': Gun shop proposal prompts opposition email campaign
A plan to construct an indoor shooting range and gun store in Long Grove has prompted opponents to flood village officials with emails.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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