The funding supports the planting of 200,000 trees in Canada.

Newsmakers in the areas of banking & finance, education, health care, hospitality, law, manufacturing and nonprofit.

Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.

With its third time appearing on the Dynamic Dozen list – Springfield Business Journal’s countdown of the fastest-growing companies in our community – Keep Supply took home the top honor.

The awards ceremony also includes a new Dynamo honor recognizing O'Reilly Automotive.

An employee since 2015, Joshua Best most recently served as museum affairs officer over audience development.

While officials with Moxy Springfield Downtown told me last month that a late April or early May opening was planned for the hotel, Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly Hospitality Management LLC, said recently the project looks to still be a couple more weeks away.

The owners of a Springfield catering business launched a new venture; indoor golfing venue franchise X-Golf Springfield swung into the Queen City; and CoxHealth Branson Hills opened.

Architecture firm earns nod among five finalists.

A new 330,000-square-foot building is in the works, CEO Pavel Bosovik tells SBJ. 

Columnist Bennet Bodenstein samples four products he says will go well with the holiday.

The Branson attraction is voted as the No. 1 theme park in the United States.

Joe Dull takes over for Mike Stevens, who led the nonprofit art house theater for 14 years.

The Caribbean is inspiration for the eatery, which anchors mixed-use development The Creek in south Springfield.

A mix of cardiovascular and strength-training exercises get the blood flowing for Carol McLeod as she tackles a one-hour workout at the Glenstone Avenue location of Orangetheory Fitness.

Evergreen Hair House opened; the Ozark Chamber of Commerce moved to a new home; and Dirk’s Tavern LLC got its start on C-Street.

City officials expect new turf fields will be economic driver.

Springfield Business Journal’s annual Day in the Life feature is back, this time taking you into the day of a health care leader, school district superintendent and brewery owner.

The Well Aquatic Center would front Sports Town along Chestnut Expressway.