Written By: Jeff Shapiro, CRSS and Nikki Rashes Often, when we think about living in recovery as it relates to mental illness, we look at it as an elusive point at the end of a long road. With a combination of different types of treatment, recovery becomes a journey and that journey can take individuals … Read More
Author: Dan Mulka
Business Leaders Share Successful Strategies
The La Grange Business Association and Suburban Life Media are hosting an inaugural business strategy breakfast called “Sixty Ideas in Sixty Minutes” on Wednesday, November 15 at Via Bella Banquets, 5412 S. La Grange Road in Countryside. The event is designed to give attendees a wide range of collective knowledge from a panel of prominent … Read More
Recognizing Domestic Violence in Our Community
By Ann Kostyk, Outreach Coordinator/Community Educator at Pillars October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence created and observed the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October 1987. Just two years later, in 1989, the U.S. Congress formally designated October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. At Pillars, we recognize this important … Read More
Millennial Mart, the newest design by (r)evolution architecture is now open.
By Gioia Giannotti Millennial Mart, a one-of-a-kind, family-owned, modern convenience store opens its doors in River North. A high end convenience store with a focus on healthy living and an eye towards the future is now open for business and looking to attract the young, urban workers in the area. A contemporary warm space equipped with WIFI and a patron … Read More
Blogging 101: Steps to Show You How
By Nancy Cummings Does the fear of staring at an empty screen with a blinking cursor keep you from writing a regular blog? Never fear: here are 15 easy tips to get you blogging in no time. Your goal is to attract, engage and educate more readers and customers with a blog. It sounds like … Read More
Cybercurrency and the World We Live In
By Philip Fornaro If only I would have known the Internet was going to be so life changing…. Do not make the same mistake when it comes to the next significant revolution—Bitcoin, Cybercurrency and the Blockchain. Have you heard of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Dash? What about the Blockchain? If you have not heard … Read More
Want to be a great networker? Have a coffee.
By Philip Fornaro Do you characterize yourself as a poor or excellent networker? No matter how you rank in the networking world, there are simple things that you can do to improve your networking skills. For the first 11 years of my legal career, I did not drink coffee. Surprisingly, the best thing that I … Read More
New Board Members to Head Up La Grange Business Association
The La Grange Business Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathy Dierkes as the 2017 Board President and the appointment of several new board members. Serving with Kathy on the Executive Board is Joseph Kroc as Vice President, Sally Nauss as Treasurer, Bill Carney as Board Secretary, and Phil Fornaro as the Immediate … Read More
Dine out. Give back. And share the love.
Customers who dine at several of their favorite La Grange restaurants in February will be giving back to the local non-profit groups in their neighborhood at the same time. Eighteen local restaurants are partnering with nearly twenty local non-profit organizations from February 15-28, 2017 in a dining campaign called #LaGrangeGives, according to the La Grange … Read More
Small Businesses and College Interns Make Great Partners
By Nancy Cummings As college students head back to school for the next term, many of them will have summer internships on their minds and on their task lists. Let’s hope they consider some of the small and independent businesses in our community as their focus. Whether it’s writing press releases for a local boutique, … Read More