People In Business

The proposed ice rink, teen center, track and recreational facility called TheCENTER has recently received naming rights sponsorships from The Korte Company and Contegra Construction Company. The Korte Company has signed on for scoreboard naming rights and Contegra Construction will be sponsoring the facility’s seating area for rink spectators. The City of Edwardsville’s new state-of-the-art…

 By DENNIS GRUBAUGH, Illinois Business Journal Two of Edwardsville’s newest and largest residential developments, both on Illinois Route 157, shared 2021 Business of the Year honors announced Tuesday by the city. Honored were Fireside Financial, which developed the Whispering Heights buildings near Woodland Elementary School, and Trace on the Parkway, a residential/retail development that continues…

Cork Tree Creative team members Jaci Rothe, account manager, left, and Amanda Juenger, designer and digital marketing strategist. Edwardsville-based public relations and marketing firm Cork Tree Creative Inc. has launched a philanthropic initiative, Cork Tree Cares, aimed at helping local nonprofits and community need-based events through volunteer work and service. The team’s first service project…

Vicki Thomas staffed ‘obscure but powerful’ rulemaking committee since 1992 By SARAH MANSUR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Vicki Thomas, who retired last week as head of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules , has occasionally been asked what it feels like being the most powerful person in Illinois state government. She’s heard of JCAR referred…

A local startup owned and operated Andrew Martinussen and business partner Andrew Mayhall, both of Edwardsville, is experiencing accelerated growth thanks to receipt of a competitive $50,000 Arch Grant. Their company, 3D Gloop!, now based in St. Louis after a start in Edwardsville, produces 3D printing adhesives designed to adhere the most common plastics in…

Swansea-based Holland Construction Services has begun work on the new Mill Creek Flats Luxury Apartments in historic Midtown St. Louis. The $25 million project is the third and final phase of the Steelcote Square development by Pier Property Group. The site is northeast of the intersection of Grand and Chouteau avenues. The six-story apartment building…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Pietro Sasso, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership’s College Student Personnel Administration program, has been named the inaugural faculty research fellow for the Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research and Reform at Penn State University. Sasso’s research exploring the fraternity/sorority experience spans more than a…

Steve Potter, who is semiretired after a career on local radio airwaves and other media, says he’s running for alderman in Alton’s 2nd Ward because he wants to be a voice at City Hall. “I will be the one who always calls you back and will do my best to figure out and resolve whatever…

Mary Norman began Jan. 18 as the new coordinator of Miss Eunice’s Hat Box, the Alton Memorial Hospital gift shop. Born and raised in Alton, she comes from a fashion retail background. She was with New York and Company for 15 years, working out of Alton, West County and the Galleria, then five years with…

In honor of its newest location, Edwardsville-based Scott Credit Union held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this month for its Affton, Mo., branch. Located at 9100 Gravois Road in Affton, the new branch is Scott Credit Union’s fifth location in Missouri and 20th location overall. Its drive-up opened to the public in December. “By opening this branch,…