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8 | December 15, 2016 | The frankfort station news
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Business Briefs
Silver Strand Boutique opens
in former Fringe location
A new clothing and jewelry
boutique opened last
month in the space once occupied
by Fringe Boutique.
Silver Strand Boutique,
27 Ash Street in Frankfort,
opened Nov. 21 under owner
Pam Pivaronas and her
partner Bill Shanklin. The
shop offers artisan-made
adult jewelry and clothing,
Pivaronas said.
It’s an endeavor that has
always been on her bucket
list, and one that pays homage
to a beach in the San
Diego area that is one of her
favorite places, she said.
Pivaronas, who has lived
in the Frankfort area for
25 years, was previously a
banker who has also been
involved with the Frankfort
Chamber of Commerce.
It’s also a move that
happened quickly: Silver
Strand Boutique moved in
as Fringe exited, and made
its debut days later on
Small Business Saturday,
Nov. 26.
Finding vendors to fill orders
quickly was her biggest
challenge, she said. But her
goal is to support American
workers by purchasing from
other small businesses and
avoiding bulk purchases.
She said products will be
“nicer, but still affordable,”
targeted towards adults age
35 and older.
Silver Strand Boutique
is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Mondays; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesdays; 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Wednesdays-Fridays; 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays; and
11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, call
(815) 469-0607.
Frankfort movie theater set
to open
Frankfort’s new
75,000-square-foot luxury
movie theater is scheduled to
open some of its auditoriums
for holiday showings.
Six of Emagine Frankfort’s
10 screens will open
for the first time on Friday,
Dec. 23 to show three films.
The Michigan-based
Emagine Entertainment announced
its renovation of
an old Dominick’s grocery
store, at 19965 S. LaGrange
Road, earlier this year and
broke ground in August. The
Frankfort theater is the company’s
first in Illinois and
10th total. It will be the only
movie theater in the village.
Emagine Frankfort’s 10
auditoriums will be decked
with leather recliners and
seats that can be reserved in
advance online or through
a mobile application. Each
will hold between 80 and
200 guests, according to an
Emagine spokeswoman.
The theater will also include
a bar with local craft
beer and wine, with cocktail
service to patrons’ seats on
Fridays and Saturdays from
6 p.m. to close. Food will include
stone-oven pizza and
snacks such as nachos, olive
oil popcorn, quesadillas and
fries.
On Dec. 23, the theater
will screen “Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story,” “Sing!”
and “Passengers” beginning
in the afternoon. Tickets will
range in cost from $6-$12.
Emagine Frankfort will
open all 10 auditoriums Jan.
20.
Business Briefs are compiled
by Editor Kirsten Onsgard,
kirsten@FrankfortStation.com.
County
From Page 6
blueprint for transportation
spending, Will Connects
2040, early next year, in addition
to studying how the
county should respond to increased
freight traffic.
“While this increase in
traffic is a major factor in
our economic growth, we
must address the effects on
our county’s overall safety
and quality of life,” he said.
In addition to responding
to the burden of a population
expected to reach nearly 1.2
million residents by 2040,
Walsh emphasized job creation,
skills training and
resident health.
Several large-scale distribution
centers will soon call
Will County home, pointing
to what he said is its attractive
business environment.
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Amazon announced it will
open three new warehouses
in Romeoville, Monee and
a second Joliet location this
year. Other brands, such as
IKEA and grocery chain
Fresh Thyme have distribution
centers planned.
"Eighteen months ago,
Amazon did not have a presence
in Will County," Walsh
said. "Today, through its four
locations, Amazon has created
more than 6,000 jobs."
In the midst of an ongoing
opiate epidemic, Walsh
pushed for increased school
and community education
in response to a county with
the highest number of overdose
deaths outside of Cook
County in the state last year.
Students in Lincoln-Way
and Wilmington schools will
begin anti-drug education
following a pilot program
elsewhere in the county,
thanks to a federal grant.
“Research has shown that
kids are smart, and if we give
them the information we
need, they will make educated
choices,” he said. “It’s an extremely
wise investment to
keep our children away from
heroin and ensuing consequences,
both legal and fiscal,
that occur with drug abuse.”
The county began training
police in the administration of
the heroin antagonist Narcan
in 2015, which saved 19 people
from overdoses this year,
he said. Seventy-two people
died from overdoses this year,
he said, up from 53 last year,
according to data from the
Will County Coroner.
Looking forward, Walsh
acknowledged the work to
be done in public health, and
nodded towards the continuation
of ongoing and forthcoming
capital projects in 2017.
“Many of you have experienced
firsthand the effects
of the rapid growth that our
county has experienced over
the past decade,” he said.
“We have grown from a rural
farming community to
a significant player in the
global marketplace. We have
acknowledged many times:
with this growth comes substantial
challenges.”
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Wolf, a teacher in District
210 for three decades, was
able to see the first hand
how scholarship recipients
benefited from the organization.
“We just wanted to be a
little business organization
of women to do good in the
world,” Wolf said.
One the other end of the
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who joined last year after
her daughter, now attending
Augustana College in Rock
Island, received a LWAW-
BO scholarship in 2015.
“I think it’s a wonderful
organization," Miller said.
"Because she got the scholarship,
I then since joined."
"I’m trying to get money
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Items up for auction took
a decidedly holiday theme
with items and gift baskets
donated by members and
local businesses taking up
a whole corner of the room.
While it is not yet known
how much the group raised,
Kerfin said the turnout and
enthusiasm were encouraging,
though not unexpected.
“I think that’s how [we]
started from Day 1, how can
a group of women get together
and give back to the
community?” Kerfin said.
“And it’s powerful.”
Those interested in applying
for the scholarship can
find the application on the
LWAWBO website at www.
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will be announced in June.