People In Business

Justine Petersen welcomed Associated Bank as the latest investor into its Emerging Markets Loan Fund.  With a $250,000 commitment, Associated Bank’s participation helps ensure the availability of deployable small-business capital for under-resourced businesses located throughout the bank’s footprint, which includes Metro East and Central Illinois. The Emerging Markets Loan Fund is a special purpose vehicle…

Gears, a new bar in O’Fallon, Ill., has opened in the heart of downtown at 201 E. State St. Located within the Bike Surgeon bike shop, Gears offers a selection of more than 30 local microbrews, locally bottled sodas, a variety of sandwiches, and more. “We couldn’t have done it without you,” said Jon Greenstreet,…

Miss Jay’s Cafeteria, of Cahokia, has been awarded first place in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s inaugural East St. Louis food industry business plan competition, the Café of Champions Challenge. Miss Jay’s Cafeteria representatives Cynthia Richardson, Jere Richardson and Shay Jones edged out the other finalists during the final round of competition which included a taste…

Although Alton Memorial Hospital was unable to hold its annual Employee Awards Banquet this year because of the pandemic, the hospital was still able to honor several of its top staff members during the recent Health Care Week. Amy Schuler, manager of Performance Improvement, won the 2020 Leadership Award, as voted on by AMH senior…

Illinois American Water has named Angie Bell as director of rates and regulatory. Bell will succeed Rich Kerckhove who retires next month after more than 14 years of service. In her new role, Bell is responsible for the successful administration of rate reviews, rate mechanism compliance filings and other key rate and regulatory matters for…

By DENNIS GRUBAUGH The past year has brought no shortage of fires for Steve Cooper. In his off hours, he’s fire chief of the Holiday Shores Fire Protection District. But during the weekday, he’s senior vice president of First Mid Bank & Trust in Edwardsville, where he’s been helping customers steer around a pandemic. “It’s…

Memorial’s Center for Advanced Wound Healing at Memorial Hospital Belleville recently named Dr. Hans Moosa as its medical director. In addition, Susan Litteken and Jennifer Steiner, RN have been selected as program manager and clinical nurse manager respectively. Located at 4600 Memorial Drive, Medical Office Center – Two, Suite 160, the Center for Advanced Healing…

CC Food Mart, a Shell branded and family-owned convenience store chain, has opened in the McKendree MetroRecPlex development at 203 Scott Troy Road.  The 6,600-square-foot store opened on May 19 after having started construction in mid-September 2020. This is CC Food Mart’s 12th store in the Metro East, with plans to employ up to 15…

Ten doctors from Urology of St. Louis were recently recognized on a list of the Best Doctors in St. Louis, including the Metro East. The list was created by Castle Connolly, an independent health-care research and information company that compiles information to help people find the best and most qualified medical practitioners in their area.…

First Bankers Trust Co., N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bankers Trustshares Inc., announced the appointment of Joe Davis as chief credit officer effective on or about July 6. Davis has been serving as the senior vice president, regional credit officer for Heartland Financial in Denver, Colo.. Prior to then, he spent over a decade…