People In Business

McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips has opened its eighth office across the Midwest in Springfield, Ill. The office is the second office opened in 2019 by MVP and follows the opening of the Des Moines, Iowa, office in August. MVP has served Illinois for more than 20 years out of the St. Louis office and…

U-Haul Company of Illinois Inc. announced that Jefferson Trailer Sales has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Jerseyville community. Jefferson Trailer Sales partners Jeremy and Kristen Hanold said they will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, moving supplies and in-store pick-up for boxes at the location at 1669 S. State St.…

Swansea-based independent wealth management firm, Archford Capital Strategies, is announcing that its philanthropic initiative “Archford Angels” has completed its third year. This program challenged the firm’s team members to impact a local charity of their choice. This year’s winners chosen by the Archford advisory board are: •       1st Place: Jacob Hong, Baskets of Hope received…

GRP Mechanical Co. Inc. and Wegman Electric Co. have jointly announced the relaunch of their firm. As of Dec. 9, it will be known as GRP|WEGMAN. “GRP|WEGMAN combines the strengths of GRP Mechanical and Wegman Electric Company,” the firm said in a letter to customers. “By bringing both names into one, we look to simplify…

Rewind just 18 months ago, and the old Franklin Apartments property at 4 N. 96th St. in Belleville was vacant, run down, and had squatters living in it.  “At first look, it was a mess,” said Vic Gilpin, co-owner of Tygracon Properties. “But, the building was solid, had great bones, and given that, we saw…

In November, nearly 300 people gathered at the Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon and celebrated the annual Elizabethan Gala Fundraiser, raising nearly $140,000 to benefit the new HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Radiation Oncology Center set to open in early 2020. The traditional fall event featured an evening of fellowship and fundraising accompanied by dinner and music.…

The O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce joined chamber member Art Gecko Studio as the celebrated their new 218 E. State St. location in O’Fallon’s Downtown District.  They celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony in November. Robin Springer and Cory Hollerbach, owners of Art Gecko Studio, recently moved to a bigger location, still in the heart of…

Renovations were recently completed at Olga’s Kitchen in Alton Square Mall. The Olga’s Kitchen story began in the mid-1960s, when founder, Olga Loizon returned to the Mediterranean to visit her family. She came back to Michigan to open her own business a few years later. In 1980 the restaurant opened its doors in Alton. The…

Penn National Gaming Inc., which operates three casinos in the greater St. Louis region, announced a new organizational structure for its executive management team, which includes the promotion of Todd George to executive vice president, Operations and a change of title for Chris Rogers to senior vice President, chief strategy officer. The planned changes, some…

When Corey Ragsdale, PhD, assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Anthropology, learned about the newly developed Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis on human migration, he jumped at the chance to participate. For the first time in the field of anthropology, this committee is bringing together a group of eminent scholars from around…