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UNCLE NEAREST PREMIUM WHISKEY MAKES POWERFUL INC. 5000 LIST
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the most-awarded American Whiskey or Bourbon of 2019, 2020, and 2021, has been ranked among the top 1,000 companies honored on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. With growth of more than 3,000% since its first year, and nearly 700% during the capture period of this Inc. 5000 list, Uncle Nearest joins an illustrious group of honorees like Microsoft, Facebook, Under Armour, Chobani, Patagonia and many other behemoths who first gained national exposure on the Inc. 5000 list. Every year, Inc. releases the ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America, based on percentage of revenue growth. Uncle Nearest is one of few spirit brands to ever be featured on the list.
Chicago State Foundation Names New Executive Director
CHICAGO -- The Chicago State Foundation (CSF) and Chicago State University (CSU) is proud to announce Melanie Sillas as the Foundation’s new Executive Director. Sillas is a public services professional with more than 10 years of experience across the nonprofit, higher education, and government sectors.
PUMA Ambassador and Canadian Sprinter Andre De Grasse Shares His Motivation and Goals in PUMA’s “Only See Great” Campaign
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Having just won gold in the men’s 4x100 relay at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, De Grasse speaks about his motivation to keep performing at the highest level in a video interview with sports company PUMA.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES $450 MILLION NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT AS PART OF OPIOID MAKER ENDO’S BANKRUPTCY
Proposed Settlement Would Provide Cash to Address Opioid Crisis, Require Significant Document Disclosure, and Ban the Promotion of Endo’s Opioids
New Principal at Epic Academy wants students to be proud
Dr. Kyla Mathews’ grandfather sowed a seed when she was in seventh grade that is now fully blossomed. She told her grandfather that she wanted to be a teacher, a math teacher, and he told her that she would be a principal. Thirty years later, she is the new principal at Epic Academy.
American Girl Celebrates Literary Heritage & Harlem Renaissance With Best-Selling Novelist Brit Bennett
American Girl, a cornerstone in the Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) portfolio of purposeful brands, welcomes a new historical character—Claudie Wells—to its flagship line of dolls and books that give fans an understanding of important times in America’s past. Growing up in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood in 1922, Claudie™ and her family are living in a profound period of cultural growth that would become known as the Harlem Renaissance, the most influential movement of African American artistic and cultural expression in U.S. history. In her first foray into middle-grade fiction, New York Times best-selling author and childhood AmericanGirl fan Brit Bennett wrote Claudie’s story and takes readers on a journey to this extraordinary moment of Black artistic joy and expression, while also deftly exploring the challenges of the times.
ACTORS HOPE ‘MIZ MARTHA’ BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE
Melan Thomas participated in the Polished Pebbles’ Mommy & Me Entrepreneurship Program in 2020. She came up with the idea for her business Beauty Glam Nails, a service that would provide nail services to children in hospitals. Thomas presented her idea during Polished Pebbles’ and won capital to start her business.
AUBURN GRESHAM APARTMENTS BREAKS GROUND ON 79TH STREET
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined Ald. David Moore, City officials and local leaders on Wednesday, Aug. 24, to break ground on Auburn Gresham Apartments, a two-building, 58-unit, mixed-use complex in the heart of Auburn Gresham that represents the first of more than 10 major construction projects to move forward through the City’s INVEST South/West initiative.
ComEd Celebrates First Graduating Class of New Job Training Program
ComEd announced the first-ever cohort of the ComEd Craft Academy program has graduated, with nine participants demonstrating the knowledge and physical competencies required to enter the craft workforce, comprised of roles in the skilled trades, including entry-level positions such as line workers and construction workers. The Craft Academy launched earlier this year to expand training opportunities for prospective skilled trades workers, a key focus of ComEd’s plan to grow its workforce to meet the demands of the clean energy transition underway in Illinois.
Young entrepreneur gets boost to start business
Melan Thomas participated in the Polished Pebbles’ Mommy & Me Entrepreneurship Program in 2020. She came up with the idea for her business Beauty Glam Nails, a service that would provide nail services to children in hospitals. Thomas presented her idea during Polished Pebbles’ and won capital to start her business.
Olive-Harvey College prepares students for TDL industry
Dr. Kimberly Hollingsworth has been working in higher education for 27 years. She has worked in different capacities within the City Colleges of Chicago during the past 22 years, including stints at Harold Washington College, Malcom X College and Richard J. Daley College. Now, Dr. Hollingsworth is the president of Olive-Harvey, where she has been since 2019.
PROGRAM TEACHES YOUNG PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
During Jeremy Whistenton’s freshman year of high school he was charged with finding a summer experience that related to agriculture. He chose to participate in Friends of the Forest Preserve. He loved the experience so much, he ended up participating in that program every summer. Later on, when he was looking for leadership opportunities, he went back to the Friends of the Forest Preserve, this time to participate in the Forest Preserves Experience program.
ComEd to Hire Another 75 Entry-Level Trade Workers to Support Clean Energy Transition
ComEd is encouraging job seekers to apply for new entry-level positions that will play an important role in the clean energy transformation underway in Illinois. Over the next 10 days, ComEd is accepting applications for 75 entry-level overhead helper positions, which provide a path to a full-time union career as a line worker, and an essential part of the team powering communities across northern Illinois. Applicants can apply now on ComEd’s careers page.
Illinois Tollway Welcomes Cassaundra Rouse as Executive Director
The Illinois Tollway today announced the promotion of Cassaundra Rouse to Executive Director. Rouse is a longtime veteran of the agency, most recently serving as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer.