Geneva and Chamber of Commerce officials and the chief executive of developer Sho-Deen Inc. are to participate in a groundbreaking for Dodson Place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 3rd and Fulton Streets in Geneva. Eight buildings are planned for the commercial development on the former Geneva Community Hospital site. The historic Dodson Building is being fully rehabilitated.
Ad firm back in Naperville
Ross/Brown Integrated Marketing Communications Inc., has moved its headquarters from Chicago to the 5th Avenue Station in Naperville, the city where the firm originated as Brown Integrated Communications. The business-to-business advertising company has added a division devoted to Internet and interactive marketing communications and a dental marketing group.
Warehouse rehab begins
Oak Brook-based Krusinski Construction Co. has begun work on a $2.3 million renovation of a warehouse at 2020 S. Mannheim Rd. for Safeguard Self Storage. Completion is scheduled for December.
Brokerage hosts program
Economist Marie Ramirez will be featured in an Edward Jones Investments TV program, “Viewpoint: The Next Market Rebound,” to be shown over the firm’s satellite network at noon and 2 p.m. Sept. 18. To reserve a seat at the Edward Jones office at 6242 S. Main St., Downers Grove, call 630-971-0601.
Downsizing tips offered
Wessels & Pautsch PC in St. Charles will offer a free seminar, “Managing a Successful Termination Initiative, Downsizing with Sensitivity and Compassion,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 in the Hyatt Regency Oak Brook. For reservations, call 630-573-1234.
Lawmaker offers update
State Sen. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) is to discuss “What’s Happening in Springfield” at a Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Hyatt Lisle, 1400 Corporetum Drive. The cost is $18 for members, $23 for others. For reservations, call 630-964-0052.
Labor consultant to speak
Labor relations consultant Raymond Wyzguski will give tips on handling a federal regulatory audit in the free workshop “I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help You” at 8 a.m. Sept. 26 in Aurora University’s banquet hall in Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise Pl.. The university’s Dunham College of Business and Aurora-based Human Resource Management Systems LLC are co-sponsors.
Retirement seminar set
Retirement specialists John McCallion and Thomas Ramsden from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.’s Oak Brook office will present a free seminar, “Live the Good Life: Retire on Your Own Terms,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Holiday Inn Select, 1801 Naper Blvd., Naperville. For reservations, call Ingrid at 630-573-9670.
New tax laws explained
Tony Massaro, a partner at the Porte Brown LLC accounting firm, will discuss the new tax laws at the Sept. 27 noon luncheon of the Addison Association of Industry and Commerce at Alta Villa Banquets, 430 N. Addison Rd., Addison Admission is $18 for association members, $20 for others. Call 630-543-4300.
Geneva merchant on show
Madeline Roth, owner of Pariscope, a store in downtown Geneva, is to be featured on the HGTV cable channel show “The Good Life” on Sept. 20. Her collection of French antiques and treasures also are featured in the September issue of House Beautiful magazine.
Forum on estate planning
The Wolf Financial Group will conduct a forum, “In Matters of Life and Death,” from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 26 in Hamburger University at the McDonald’s campus in Oak Brook. Paul R. Pigman Jr. of Todd Organization Inc of Pittsburgh, an executive benefits plan firm, will discuss techniques to minimize or avoid family conflicts over ownership and control when a family member dies and and ways to reduce the estate tax. A continental breakfast will precede the program.
Shopping mart being built
Tucker Development Corp. of Highland Park recently broke ground for Yorkville Marketplace, a 225,000-square-foot shopping center on the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 34 and Illinois Highway 47 in Yorkville. A 64,000-square-foot Jewel-Osco grocery store will anchor the center, which is scheduled to open in April.
