Crain’s Chicago Business reports McHenry, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties have 3 million square feet of empty retail space.
The big empty lots in shopping centers throughout McHenry and Kane counties are hard to ignore, sitting ready for a population boom that has not materialized. Empty retail space increased 45 percent in the last five years, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.
A senior care provider that does it all.
This week, Cary Patch puts In Home Personal Services in the business spotlight. Local editor Quincy Hodges sits down with Michael Collura, President and CEO of In Home Personal Services, for a Q&A session. What does In-home personal services do? We are a senior home-care provider. We provide medical and non-medical services to seniors in the comfort of their own home. We do this through Medicare as well as through private-pay. We’re one of the largest agencies in the area that can provide a complete continuum of care to a senior. We work from Chicago to Rockford and all over the state of Illinois to do that. The care is safe and affective and necessary to many seniors, who want to gain independence. How does the contact process work…
LITH store offers retro fashions.
With tie-dyed pants, a crochet vest and feather extensions in her hair, Funky Munky sales associate Peggy Galle understands the allure of the retro fashions and accessories sold in her daughter’s store. With peace signs on everything from moccasins to purses and jewelry and tie-dyed baby onesies, dresses, hats, T-shirts and more filling the store, located at 323 N. Randall Road, styles of the ‘60s prevail at Funky Munky. Owner Jodi Galle started the store on a cart at Randhurst Mall, Peggy Galle said, eventually renting space in Spring Hill Mall and then moving the shop to Lake in the Hills in 2002. Other unique items in the shop include skirts made entirely of ties, car seatbelts made into wearable belts, wallets, headbands, and a …
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2:39 am on Saturday, September 10, 2011
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