The downtown Springfield staple is expanding to the neighboring city.

Blu Skies Studio relocates but music and art remain major themes in the life of owner Phillip Burmood.

Little Rock, Arkansas-based Encore Bank opened its first Springfield branch; Fitness ER LLC, which repairs, installs and sells used and refurbished commercial fitness equipment, relocated; and mattress manufacturer iSense relocated its Springfield headquarters.

Newsmakers in the areas of accounting, banking and finance, consulting, government and health care.

The funding helps disadvantaged businesses and communities.

A focus on community has allowed The Potter's House to thrive for two decades.

A couple with nearly two decades of combined experience in food service became first-time restaurant owners; Frisco, Texas-based Stonebriar Auto Services LLC opened its second Jiffy Lube store in Springfield; and Banter Brewing Co. opened.

Art Hurteau and Marty Prather of A&M Pizza plan to relocate their store on East Republic Road.

Nine people speak to an audience at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

Not every industry was crippled by the pandemic. Some managed to thrive despite the odds. One of these industries was tabletop gaming.

Alpha Social Media looks to triple revenue on a variety of multimedia services.

After getting its start as a food truck, Dani’s Flour Pot Bakery converted into a brick-and-mortar operation; Rogersville health care clinic Nourish’d Wellness Center and Spa opened; and the first brick-and-mortar headquarters for 8-year-old nonprofit On Angels’ Wings opened its doors.

Newsmakers in the areas of accounting, banking and finance, communications, education, law, nonprofit and outdoors.

Shelter Insurance and Community Outreach Ministries receive awards.

Smoked 417 takes over former home of Black Market Smokehouse.

Mochas and Meows is SWMO’s lone cat cafe.

The local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness moved; the newest clinic for Burrell Behavioral Health opened; and Prickly Cactus Coffee relocated.