Javanah Barnes, the owner of The Artist Collab, a creative event production company, opened the Balloon Bar on Saturday, April 5, joining the many businesses in suites at 1056 Sterling Avenue in Flossmoor. The Balloon Bar offers customers latex and mylar balloons, party supplies, rentals, installations, helium services and grab-and-go[Read More…]
Author: Jamilah Lewis
Flossmoor Volunteers participate in the Southland Clean Up
The recent rainy weather didn’t stop the volunteers from picking up litter on the property at 3800 Vollmer Road in Flossmoor for the annual Southland Community Spring Clean Up. On Saturday, April 5, volunteers met at 9 a.m. in the Meijer parking lot with Community Engagement Manager Stephanie Wright who[Read More…]
Local LWV chapter celebrated Women’s History Month by learning the power of words
Words have power. Through words, “We have the power to change how someone understands and sees themselves. That’s a huge power,” Aisha El-Amin told the audience at a Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters program March 19 at the Flossmoor village hall. The program marked Women’s History Month. El-Amin outlined her[Read More…]
Flossmoor bonuses OK’d for newly hired PD officers
To attract new police officers, the Flossmoor village board and the Fraternal Order of Police union representing Flossmoor police agreed to offer bonuses for new hires and officers making lateral moves. The memo to the police contract was approved by both sides and then sent to Mayor Michelle Nelson and[Read More…]
Entrepreneurs propose barbecue smokehouse restaurant for Flossmoor
Ayom Siengo and Chef Won Kim of On the Fly Hospitality presented concept plans for The Flossmoor Smokehouse, a barbecue restaurant, at the March 3 Flossmoor village board meeting. The two proposed using village-owned vacant property on Governors Highway that previously housed the Sunnycrest Nursery. Siengo said they plan to[Read More…]
Pinki’s Beauty Salon opens new location in Flossmoor
Pinki’s Beauty Salon opened its suite in Flossmoor’s Shops on Sterling, 1056 Sterling Ave., to offer beauty services. Pinki Koli, owner of the salon, said she started the business in 2017 and now has three locations, including Tinley Park and Highland, Indiana. The salon’s services include eyebrow threading, shaping,[Read More…]
Yolanda Petty brings her sonography skills to Flossmoor
Flossmoor introduced Perception Plus Imaging Services LLC and its founder and owner Yolanda Petty to the community on Feb. 10 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Perception Plus opened its doors in Shops on Sterling to the community. Petty provides sonography and ultrasound services. Walking into the establishment, patrons can expect[Read More…]
Mayor of Flossmoor recognizes local Black owned organization
Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson declared February as Black History Month in the village and issued a proclamation shining a light on local Black owned businesses. The proclamation, presented at the Feb. 17 board of trustees meeting, outlines the values the village recognizes in its history and how Flossmoor thrives through its[Read More…]
Flossmoor board approves Estelle as police chief
Carl Estelle was appointed Flossmoor police chief Feb. 17 at the village’s Board of Trustees meeting on a 4-to-2 vote, making him Flossmoor’s second Black police chief. Trustees Rosalind Mustafa and Joni Bradley-Scott voted against the appointment of Estelle with trustees Brian Driscoll, Jim Mitros, George Lofton and Gary Daggett[Read More…]
Flossmoor leaders recap 10th annual MLK Day of Service results
Chair Phillipa Leon-Thompson and Vice Chair Jackie Riffice of the Community Relations Commission of Flossmoor gave a recap of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at the Flossmoor village board meeting Feb. 3. “We’ve been at this for 10 years, and over the last several years we’ve cast[Read More…]
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