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Roecker Revival
Wed Sep 01 2010
With 75,000 square feet to play with, Studio 29 doesn't lack for space. Located at 6523 N. Galena Road, which also is Illinois Route 29, the home furnishings center occupies space that once served as the headquarters of the Foster & Gallagher mail-order empire that collapsed in bakruptcy in 2001.

Showrooms take up 18,000 square feet of the building with model kitchens that sport Roecker cabinets, granite countertops and double-decker dishwashers. read more

Masonry Projects Often Require Highly Skilled Craftsmen
Tue Jun 22 2010
Beth Akeson postponed for years chimney repair and tuckpointing on her 1938 home. Ron and Natalie Miller phased in over several years their expanded outdoor living area and kitchen.

The success of both masonry projects hinged on finding the right contractors.

It was two decades ago when Akeson and her husband, an orthopedic surgeon, first pondered buying their Peoria, Ill., home with European influences and elaborate masonry, but they were concerned about how to find a craftsman skilled in this type of repair. read more

Masonry Projects Often Require Highly Skilled Craftsmen (2nd)
Sun Jun 13 2010
Beth Akeson postponed for years chimney repair and tuckpointing on her 1938 home. Ron and Natalie Miller phased in over several years their expanded outdoor living area and kitchen.

The success of both masonry projects hinged on finding the right contractors.

It was two decades ago when Akeson and her husband, an orthopedic surgeon, first pondered buying their Peoria, Ill., home with European influences and elaborate masonry, but they were concerned about how to find a craftsman skilled in this type of repair. read more

Keep Peoria Beautiful's Iris Awards Applaud Homeowners
Wed Sep 01 2010
Beautification is contagious. That's why Keep Peoria Beautiful created the Iris Award, for homeowners who help their neighborhoods by taking extra effort in their own yards. Most years, about 40 nominations are received. Many recipients had no idea they were even nominated. All of them have neighbors who notice the care they take and appreciate it.

One Iris Award also goes to a neighborhood association that made an extra effort to restore a park or other area. read more

Tricorn Park Gets Second Life
Wed Sep 01 2010
It's a tiny little triangle of a park at the intersection of two streets on Moss Avenue.

But in its day, it added to the beauty of a neighborhood that already looked like a well manicured park with beautiful homes dotting it.

Tricorn Park is eye catching once more, thanks to the efforts of a group of Moss-Bradley residents and the donations of many neighbors in the area. read more

Skilled Craftsmen
Wed Jul 14 2010
Beth Acheson postponed for years chimney repair and tuck pointing on her 1938 home. Ron and Natalie Miller phased in over several years their expanded outdoor living area and kitchen. The success of both masonry projects hinged on finding the right contractors.

Fixing an eyesore It was two decades ago when Akeson and her husband, an orthopedic surgeon, first pondered buying their Peoria, Ill., home with European influences and elaborate masonry, but they were concerned about how to. read more

Letters to the Editor
Aug 26 2009
Good job To the editor: How often can the general public hire a company to complete a task and be totally blown away by the result? That is exactly what happened when we hired Tom Schureman of Stuber Land Design Inc. Tom met with us in our home to discuss the various aspects of our landscaping wants and needs.

Within a very short time, Tom met with us again to present designs to us. We knew in a matter of minutes which design to choose. Tom had taken into account our. read more

Turkey Festival Returns to Tremont for 44th Year
June 15, 2009
With attractions like bed races, strawberry shortcakes and turkey sandwiches, the Tremont Turkey Festival drew flocks of people over the weekend. More than 1,300 turkeys were cooked for the public to enjoy during the 44th annual event. Parking wasn't a problem for fairgoers this year.

There were plenty of parking spaces at Tremont High School, and a bus to shuttled patrons to and from the festival grounds. The buses held 12 to 15 patrons, but the wait wasn't long. read more

 

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