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Bicycle Doctor owner Robert LaBonte joins Community Voices to update a growing trend in cycling, electric bikes. He also discusses the Springfield bike path network.
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Pontiac residents and community leaders are worried. The Illinois Department of Corrections moved 171 medium-security inmates from the Pontiac Correctional Center to other prisons early this year, and the fear is the rest of the prison built in the 1870s will shut down, too.
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Kevin Wasmer is the owner and inventor of Pedal Python. He spoke to Community Voices about his product which helps musicians organize their guitar pedal cords. He also shared his experiences in the band Enamel.
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Tara Allbritton is the owner of She Got the Nerve Coaching and Consulting. She spoke to Community Voices about her journey from selling women's clothing to motivational speaking. She also gave advice on how to create positive self-image.
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Chatham native Kurtis Minder started out in Springfield tech during the 90s. He is now one of the top ransomware negotiators in the world with and chief executive officer of GroupSense. He warns Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts businesses data at risk.
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The electric automaker Rivian has already hired over 5,000 people in Normal, making it McLean County’s second-largest employer almost overnight. But now comes the hard part: Keeping them. And then growing again when the supply chain allows for the plant to increase production capacity.
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Mike Murphy is the president & CEO of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, along with a former restauranteur and state representative. He discusses what makes Springfield a great place to live.
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Kathryn Harris has been on the 157-year-old college's board of trustees since 2018.
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The announced closure of Lincoln College is an example of a challenging time in higher education, says the president of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Georgia Nugent used to work at the Council of Independent Colleges, a group of about 700 mostly smaller and liberal arts institutions that has tracked a half century of issues facing largely private liberal arts colleges.
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Renovations on the long-vacant State Armory Building in downtown Springfield will finally begin in July, Gov. JB Pritzker and other local officials announced Wednesday.
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David Gerlach has been at the helm of the 157-year-old institution since 2015.
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Troxell president Michael Aiello discusses how Springfield has the attributes to grow and how its training capacity fosters the thriving medical community.