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A Wild Rose grows downtown

Wild Rose Artisans Gallery and Boutique celebrates the talents of local artisans as they pour their hearts into creating their masterpieces. The store is at 115 North Sixth St., in downtown Springfield, just across from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. There you are invited to a shopping experience that embraces creativity and supports […]

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Welcome to heaven at the mall

HodgePodge Heaven is one of the newest establishments at White Oaks Mall, but it has a different business model from other retailers in the mall. It consists of a conglomerate of entrepreneurs who are not interested in establishing a brick-and-mortar store or found that path extremely difficult. In 2019 when COVID-19 hit, not only did […]

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