SBJ interviews the soon-to-be new owner of Essential Yoga Studio.

The Flea owners say everyone’s welcome at their neighborhood bar, now celebrating 10 years in business.

For the first time in three years, the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Leadership Visit hit the road.

Zvia Schoenberg takes over the leadership post.

The governing body is scheduled to pick the discussion back up on Nov. 14.

The U.S. Bank Foundation contributes $30,000 to the Efactory and Missouri SBDC to start the initiative.

Newsmakers in the areas of advertising, architecture, education, industrial, law, municipal and nonprofit.

Paige Oxendine takes a job with Habitat Communication & Culture.

The candidates range in industry from health care, hair design and trucking to jewelry, egg production, banking and construction.

It's the second round of funding in the partnership involving multiple organizations.

A state law that went into effect Aug. 28 renders moot several portions of Springfield city code covering home-based businesses, including restrictions on short-term rentals.

H Design Group is among businesses also tapped to receive federal funds.

The business journal takes home eight first-place honors.

417 Cocktails LLC moved; 7 Brew Coffee added its first shop in Lebanon; and Branson outlet store for Baltimore, Maryland-based sports apparel retailer Under Armour relocated.

Two veterans in the wellness industry teamed up for their first ownership venture; Triple Diamond Real Estate LLC moved; and the Springfield-Greene County Library District opened Library Express East.

Business owners with cameras on site may add themselves to the registry, as can homeowners with doorbell or mounted security cameras.

The commission approves $785,000 for small businesses.

The newest marijuana-infused creation to come from a Springfield manufacturing lab is a collaboration with a local coffee company that officials say is the first such product in the state.