Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Springfield Business Journal Publisher, Michelle Ownbey talks with Joey McLaughlin on the WTAX Morning NewsWatch about this week’s biggest business stories.

Seoul 4 Soul has closed less than nine months after opening, but one of the owners, Kimsimone Manning, is launching a new Korean fusion bistro in its place. A Taste of Seoul will hold its grand opening Saturday, Sept. 28.

Six businesses have been awarded $280,000 in grants by the Springfield City Council from the city’s share of sales taxes on adult-use cannabis sales. The allocations came more than two years after the first round of grants and after a September 2023 audit that pointed out numerous inconsistencies in the program and suggested reforms.

A proposal from a local developer to build tiny homes on the east side of Springfield for unhoused veterans is generating big controversy.