Yellow Chair Makery
Mother and daughter fine artists
Kathie Ryan-Garcia and
Maggie Kaira started Yellow Chair Makery on Dec. 2 downtown at 314 E. McDaniel St. In 1,100 square feet, Yellow Chair Makery holds classes on sewing, weaving, fashion design drawing and basic painting, said Ryan-Garcia, who charges $10 an hour for teaching fees. A sewing class, for instance, is $25, including project supplies. Ryan-Garcia has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Missouri State University, and she operates J&K Home Innovations with her husband. She and her daughter, who has a bachelor’s in fashion design also from MSU, previously worked for the Head Start program at Ozarks Area Community Action Corp. They’ll also hold wine and paint nights, rent the space to makers to hold their own classes and sell supplies for sewing and felting. “There’s a big makery movement. They have stores like this in London and Paris,” Ryan-Garcia said. “It’s a little new for Springfield.”
Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and noon-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Phone: (417) 719-4300
Randy’s Donuts
Randy Gallaway added his third doughnut shop in the area, and the latest has his name on it. “It’s more personal,” he said of Randy’s Donuts’ March 7 opening at 1500 E. Sunshine St., Ste. 100. For seven years, Gallaway has operated a Daylight Donuts store and another known as Today’s Donuts in Nixa. The three stores buy product from the Daylight Donut Flour Co., he said, and he plans to change the name to Randy’s on all three. Randy’s Donuts is his largest investment to date, spending over $100,000 to open, and Gallaway signed a five-year lease for an undisclosed rate. With 12 employees, Randy’s Donuts sells traditional, glazed and fancy doughnuts, as well as cinnamon rolls, kolaches, and biscuits and gravy. The shop is in the newly renovated former Barker-Phillips-Jackson building and includes a drive-thru. Gallaway said his stores usually make 200-400 pounds of dough a day.
Hours: 24/7
Phone: (417) 755-7163
Staffing Plus of Springfield LLC
Erinn Johnson sold Springfield employment agency Staffing Plus of Springfield LLC on Aug. 21 to
Brian and
Shannon Singleton for about $200,000. Operating at 314 W. Commercial St., the company specializes in placing talent within the hospitality industry but also works in warehouse/production and light industrial industries in Springfield and Branson. Shannon Singleton said Staffing Plus offers three types of service agreements: temporary staffing, temp to hire and direct placement. The Singletons are native to Springfield, but Brian currently works as a terminal manager for Prime Inc. in Salt Lake City. The Springfield office also added Dianna Patterson as business manager. She brings 30 years of experience in manufacturing and previously worked as vice president of Falcon Door and Window in Malden. Staffing Plus employs five full-time in Springfield. Shannon Singleton said they lease the 1,500-square-foot office from Faith Stocker.
Hours: 9 a.m-4 p.m. Monday through Friday
Phone: (417) 849-6253
Web:
StaffingPlusSpringfield.com
