Joey McLaughlin talks with Michelle Ownbey with the Springfield Business Journal talks about this week’s big business stories including;

  • Firehouse Subs is returning to Springfield after a four-year absence.
  • Taco John’s is coming to Sangamon County with a location under construction at the Riverton Travel America truck stop.
  • Andrew Cornett is now the branch manager for DayOne Mortgage Group.
  • The Springfield City Council has twice voted down zoning approval for a New-York based developer to renovate the Wyndham City Centre hotel into market-rate apartments and hotel rooms. However, Mayor Jim Langfelder says he plans to ask the developer to tweak the proposal and come back to the council.