Over 30 years, HR Imaging Partners Inc. has become a trusted partner of school districts throughout the Midwest. When the pandemic closed schools, the effect struck HR Imaging as a perfect storm. Without the schools open, the primary mission of the company could not be fulfilled. School districts rely on the company for identification cards in the fall. In the spring, the company publishes the annual yearbooks. Parents purchase photography packages in the fall and spring. Wit

Courtney Jonsson discovered a distinct passion for personal training, however, she didn’t love the gym where she began her career. She began to imagine a gym where women could learn how to use weight training equipment with precision in perfect privacy. Jonsson loves coaching and working with coaches of her own, but where does a fitness coach find a business coach? Kayla Buchanan, an entrepreneurial baker in Streator, directed Jonsson to the Illinois Small Business Developmen

In December 2020, Weygand celebrated the second year anniversary of her gallery during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to a high positivity rating, restaurants and non-essential stores closed for a second time. However, a mural on her western wall bears the motto, “Keep On Going.” Open Space Art Gallery in downtown Ottawa, Illinois served as a lighthouse for the Starved Rock arts community until the vaccines went to work. Weygand cultivated a number of communiti