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Since 2010, Illinois has been processing a backlog of 4,000 untested rape kits, some dating back to 1978. But are survivors finding success in the system? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458519461494-LZV9FE2I2IOXOAEVV0UJ/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations JOLIET, Ill. (Reuters) - An Illinois woman who helped lure two men to a drinking session to rob them for money for cigarettes, gasoline and cocaine, was found guilty on Friday of six counts of first degree murder after her friends allegedly strangled the men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458516567398-YXLRLFF5S0JK8IPLTRNN/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations JOLIET, Ill. (Reuters) - An Illinois woman who helped plan a robbery that led to a double murder and who spent the stolen cash on cigarettes should be found guilty, the prosecution said on Tuesday in closing arguments at a trial in the Chicago suburb of Joliet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459531923545-X7A8RNW3W0CYXJWOUU97/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Tears streamed down the face of Patti Blagojevich as the recorded voice of her husband, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, echoed in the courtroom of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. "It's very important for me to make a lot of money," Blagojevich said to his chief of staff John Harris on an FBI tape. "I need independence. I need freedom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458751243714-ELSOWHTGIPWZ04JIATKL/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Broke this national news: The fund former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been using to pay his defense lawyers is officially gone. After his arrest on Dec. 9, 2008, the fund, originally established to support his campaign efforts, had approximately $2.6 million. He then began using the money to pay his legal fees. Now it is empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458751801861-KD1NW1F0LVW9GO5MZ8U0/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations How big is the news that Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago will not seek re­election for a seventh term in 2011? "It's huge," says U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, a former Cook County Commissioner who taught Chicago politics at Loyola and Roosevelt Universities for seven years. "Only in Chicago would this pre­empt an election for a governor, for a senator and for many other seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459533213317-BZGFABQ33CPQN0B7KEE4/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations During a break Thursday, July 8, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich turned around to talk to members of the public sitting in the courtroom on the 25th floor of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. He began to apologize. "I'm sorry about the language," Blagojevich said to a retired couple sitting on the bench who had driven in from the Chicago suburbs. "It's not like I haven't heard it before," one of the visitors told Blagojevich. "Well, I guess it's pretty clear my wife is a White Sox fan," Blagojevich responded as his wife, Patti Mell Blagojevich, tried to stifle a laugh and shot her husband a look. Just a few minutes earlier, during testimony, she had been heard swearing on tape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458779575972-Y069EIQAR8EMTM46BS1P/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Moments after announcing he wouldn't testify in his own defense, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich propped one foot up on a courtroom bench and began signing autographs. It lasted all of four spectators before the marshals stopped the fanfare in the courtroom on the 25th floor of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Leaning back in his chair, Blagojevich's co-defendant, his older brother Robert, looked on sternly from behind the table where he and his own lawyers sat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459533731738-RLL45QMDGWTGCGLITGCO/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Two weeks ago, as the prosecution made its final points in his corruption trial, a pale Rod Blagojevich listened nervously while his wife Patti looked on, sullen and indignant, from the bench, the arms of her brother around her. It was as if they could feel what was coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458787895161-CVHTELZNYZCRB4EGF8BH/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations The fanfare surrounding the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich seems more appropriate for a Hollywood red carpet than a federal prosecution case that includes 24 counts of racketeering, bribery and extortion charges practically out of a James Patterson novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581553610624-XL22K44L6ONQAF794BPS/Threat+Growing+Around+Garden_28+Oct+2009%2C++Chicago+Tribune+_Dawn+Reiss.png News, Crime & Investigations What’s taken root in the community garden at 61st Street and Dorchester Avenue is far more important than the crops harvest each year from the 143 plots, supporters say. It has served as a bridge between the University of Chicago and the nearby Woodlawn neighborhood, they say, and now that’s in jeopardy with the school’s decision to raze the garden next month for construction of a 78,000-square-foot Chicago Theological Seminary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458518848662-QNNUQVHK8F0QU91QI4MK/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Front page (1A) cover story related to long-term investigation into coach and allegations about her sexual relationship with students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589139769060-63RXYXYS3VLOQ3R83973/Dawn+Reiss_Shondaland_femicide_The+Day+Women+Marched_gender+violence.JPG News, Crime & Investigations Covered in fake blood and clothed in purple, thousands of women marched into the streets of Mexico City with chants of “Not one more, not one more murder.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1466472772249-OW1Y7DU46466LNKC0TUT/Chicago+Reader+Dawn+Reiss News, Crime & Investigations Ramon Gardenhire remembers being in law school at Wayne State University in Detroit and trying to give blood for the first time. He went with a group of friends and sat down with the screener. "She was going through all the list of questions when she asked, 'Have you had sex with any men since 1978?'" Gardenhire says. After joking about how that was the year he was born, Gardenhire told her yes, he had, publicly revealing his status as a gay man. With that admission he was denied the chance to give blood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459372040497-2FRU4H3MVOJ9G6LC0X8L/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Conversations with Frank Gehry, Denise Scott Brown and others about sexism, ego and social value when it comes to the Pritzker Prize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458743472240-YON87AD2IROVC321CLGP/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Narrative story that won a Peter Lisagor Award for "Best Breaking News Online." On the last day of jury deliberations in the trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. paced the courthouse cafeteria in his three­piece suit. Pausing near the trash bin, he began to pontificate. "This is what I went to law school for," he said. "This is what I signed up for as an American citizen ... This is bigger than Sam Adam Jr. This is bigger than Rod Blagojevich. This is a whole system, if you think about it. We are sending young American boys into the world, to Iraq, to die for this." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458512215754-PPRQATCIOA0P4VHO3X4M/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations In-depth investigative story into the deaths of two Race to Mackinac sailors. Earned exclusive interviews that bested the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459532775108-FH1WT86114UAUYANP9AB/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations At about 3:20 a.m. on Tuesday, the first person in a line of more than 60 people for the closing arguments in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial was Dan Bender, a 64-year-old Chicago retiree who once owned a trucking business on the South Side of Chicago and has been writing legal briefs as a researcher for the past 15 years. "I wanted to come see this," he says. "The courtroom is theater, and a high-profile case like this is about as theatrical as it gets. It's the seventh game of the World Series, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Or the Super Bowl. Only it's one hundred times more rare." In fact, only about 25 public tickets would be handed out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459531499735-UO0O1BG29LSWXHOPWIVG/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Court on Thursday, June 2, started in typical Rod Blagojevich style. The former Illinois governor arrived and signed autographs in front of the Dirksen Federal Building. The day, however, ended in blistering fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458751016508-PXFLVS62VYJSK1QCKUHE/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations Blinking back tears from her lilac-covered eyelids, Marsha Emanuel looks around at the crowd of 250 cheering for her son Rahm at Chicago's North Side John C. Coonley elementary school and says, "This is the moment I've been waiting for." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458513922510-PVVB3FISY77L3826R4G9/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations JOLIET, Ill. (Reuters) - The star witness in the trial of a grisly double murder that shocked veteran police officers in the Chicago suburb of Joliet testified on Thursday how she and friends planned to rob their male victims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458779154251-OC56SIHHRF1RDP04AMZP/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations The Wisconsin State Capitol had taken on an eerie quiet by late Friday. Gone were the throngs of protesters who had occupied its marble floors like it were a summer campground. The midnight honking of cars circling the white building had ceased. The chalk outlines around fake dead bodies etched with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's name remained in dismembered parts, not yet completely washed away by hoses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458751473511-CUEQ0FJMADDAQGK43RO6/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations It's 9 p.m. on Sunday night but the sound of beating drums, saxophones and maracas continue to reverberate against the Wisconsin State Capitol's stone walls. Hundreds of people are cheering and clapping from three levels above, peering down into the circular rotunda where an impromptu 50­person band plays. Black­clad Wisconsin state troopers keep watch. The siege of Madison, Wisconsin goes on, with the protesters—teachers, union organizers and their supporters—preparing for the long haul as they bring the weight of mass protests against Wisconsin's Republican governor budget slashing agenda. It is the third day of demonstrations in what may turn out to be long, cold campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458786311710-3U4VJNB9UO61MNFSE91Q/image-asset.jpeg News, Crime & Investigations "The rich have gotten much richer," bellowed Jesse Jackson Jr. amid the rumble of cheering voices, horns and maracas. 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It’s often hard to find balance and easy to lose focus. Mindfulness meditation can help. Anyone can practice mindfulness meditation — no app required. However, a quality meditation app can help people who are new to the practice reframe their mindset and build healthier habits. We talked to seven experts, researched 29 meditation apps, and tested 19 of them. We found that Insight Timer offers the best overall experience. With its expansive free library, this easy-to-navigate app includes guided meditations, podcast episodes, yoga instruction, and music tracks. A welcoming beginners course helps newcomers get started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601329396702-V5QS0R5ELNXHINGVEB9B/7+Ways+to+Compete+With+Private+Label+Brands_New+Hope+Network_Dawn+Reiss+2.JPG Business, Finance & Technology As more consumers and retailers shift their focus and shelf space, respectively, towards private-label products, plenty of small businesses have been left wondering how they can best compete and stay relevant. Any new food or startup is already an inherently better product line than a private label because the founders are trying to solve a problem they usually inherently understand, says Rob Lowe, co-founder of Hungry Harry’s, a Chicago-based company makes allergen-friendly line of baking mixes. “When a founder sells something it’s done with a passion that’s unmatched by larger companies so that’s something that puts you ahead of the game,” he says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1552496683227-LCFD7EDUNLNBV8BOXIJJ/New%2BYork%2BTimes%2BSmarter%2BLiving%2Bhed.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Hacked? Don’t just run around in a panic, consciously uncouple your email accounts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601329958806-WNFJEMDQMR6PCT9RF1YJ/Dawn+Reiss_New+Hope+Network_How+Can+B+Corps+Address+Racial+Inequities+in+the+Workplace.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Anthea Kelsick, Co-CEO of B Lab U.S. and Canada, knows how difficult it is to navigate workplaces where diversity isn’t valued or emphasized enough. “As a Black woman it has not been easy to be in predominantly white spaces for the entirety of my career,” says Kelsick, who has a BA in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “When that occurs, you are inherently in environments that are not inclusive of your experience.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484245102271-7D8DGGUBO9NDVSJ6P1TY/Three+Investment+Strategies+to+Tackle+Climate+Change Business, Finance & Technology Financial advisors say more investors want to make sustainable choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601348147180-K06HJQFTR1UA1MPY8TH5/What+business+can+do+to+prepare+for+lawsuit+2.jpg Business, Finance & Technology As coronavirus infections increase nationwide, many owners are still grappling with how to operate their businesses, keep their workers safe and comply with federal, state and local laws. There’s a lot to navigate. Eric Swan, an attorney with Lathrop GPM in Kansas City, Missouri, who handles civil litigation for personal injury defense claims for Fortune 500 companies, says businesses need to start preparing for more employee and third-party claims against their businesses. “For the most part it’s a hodge-podge list of city, county or state ordinances telling employers what they should do, some of which are based on industry or type of business,” says David Barron, a Houston-based labor and employment attorney at Cozen O’Connor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589294196694-JA9FY0WUNCORKWYUAX3Z/New+Hope+_veteran_covid+advice+.JPG Business, Finance & Technology With the natural food industry grappling on how to manage their businesses in the middle of coronavirus, many industry leaders gathered for a town hall webinar to collaborate on potential solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1505727507759-ZVFA7H4OEPA8BFB1EIJK/4+Ways+to+become+a+better+investor.JPG Business, Finance & Technology No one becomes a savvy investor overnight. The best investors are always learning about investing. What's more, these investors recognize that every investment comes with a built-in trade-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1505722478112-ZMW2MM0V0Q24FSGFQJE8/What+is+a+RIA.JPG Business, Finance & Technology A financial advisor who isn't earning commissions can help develop a strong investing future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467214912118-B190MSRVNT33H5B1FRBK/How+to+invest+in+water+ETFs Business, Finance & Technology Water. We drink it, we swim in it and it's vital to human life. Despite being the world's most precious resource, many people are only beginning to realize it's becoming scarce. Think back to Kevin Costner's 1995 post-apocalyptic film, "Waterworld," where the polar ice caps had melted and earth was covered by the rising seas. Drifter pirate-types searched for land and fresh water. Many laughed off the science fiction. According to a recent report by the United Nations, the world will only have 60 percent of the water it needs by 2030 without significant global policy change. Now as governments and businesses — even French wine investors — are seeking higher ground with a warming climate and rising sea levels, many still haven't considered investing in water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1461034282236-A1ZECCBUBEAZA1IQ39X1/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology As the conversion of big data and analytics continues to grow, business are ramping up their involvement in the Internet of Things to hyper-personalize and customize every aspect of their companies. At the same time, the growth of this nebulous network that connects anything digital is attracting investors who are increasingly aware of growing opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1464706477236-YJM4OWGOAP4MT7I2DAU7/image-asset.png Business, Finance & Technology Want to invest like the rich do? Now's your chance – to a point. The Securities and Exchange Commission is now allowing individuals to invest in companies via web-based crowdfunding portals, known as intermediaries, via the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484252075021-74KBQF4SAVH0BUOL40LA/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Options: most financial experts either love them or hate them. "Many certified financial planners would not touch options with a 15-foot pole," says Barbara Kay, who coaches financial experts around the country via her certified woman business enterprise in Wheaton, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1464705175418-NPND4TQFZVIFPP90JDZ3/How+to+invest+in+equity+crowdfunding+dawn+reiss Business, Finance & Technology As cities become more connected, there are more avenues for investing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463091566469-7SZLM1W15WGLZ0Y0B735/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Plenty of stories have circulated about NFL athletes who are bankrupted two years after they retire, or undergoing financial stress. There are plenty of similar tales of woe about how restaurant owners or tech startups fail in their first year. "Every athlete is essentially an entrepreneur," says former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones, who now owns a Cincinnati-based private equity company. "When you get out the league, you're making the transition into the real world, but ultimately you've just sold your last business." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459199995166-E9GMNC19E3QYHHXDPBSZ/Connect+Work-Life+Balance.JPG Business, Finance & Technology From juggling upcoming events and travel plans to managing housework, your spouse, children and pets, finding work-life balance can be a struggle. It can be equally difficult to find personal time or a moment to visit with friends. 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Local entrepreneurs offer a plan of attack to make your vision a reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601392874929-406JWQMQN64K4C4DRHI4/How+to+clean+your+warehouse+during+COVID.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Unlike many companies, Pure Synergy, a privately held, family-owned and operated organic supplement company headquartered in Moab, Utah, usually keeps a six-month supply of raw materials to fulfill orders. That’s in addition to a six- to nine-month supply of finished inventory. As a result, when COVID-19 hit, Pure Synergy was more prepared than most. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459358427043-4VUT11JPMQVQ781M45MC/image-asset.png Business, Finance & Technology Advice from the annual National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. Here are some of the inexpensive ways they suggested to improve a chain’s consumer research, real estate prowess, financial performance and other functions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459524496711-0ZZ8Y1BCJX26MLPX6REN/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Columbus Commons in Columbus, Ohio, is a 7-acre park with a carousel, bocce courts, gardens, a stage, life-size chess and Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion. It’s one of the abundant spaces in the the Great Lakes area attracting meetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601393909006-03NIKHEU6PKJ1YH0NN4E/New+Hope+Network_Dawn+Reiss_How+Ripple+was+Able+to+Get+into+Big+Box+Retailers+Like+Target_dr.jpg Business, Finance & Technology When Adam Lowry initially launched Ripple Foods in Target and Whole Foods Market in 2016 the pea-protein dairy alternative company only had four SKUs for its 48-ounce Ripple Milks. In three years, Ripple has expanded into eight product lines and 26 individual SKUs—half of all SKUs were launched in 2019—as the company has scaled into a brand available in over 13,000 retailers in the U.S. and Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459775238115-KWZ29JBMSVT00YKU90UY/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459522967107-14K57KCF5ENR50HGFO84/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology When he co-founded 37signals, a Chicago-based software firm in 1999, Jason Fried had no idea he’d become The New York Times bestselling co-author of “Rework,” a book about starting and running a “right-sized” business.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484942273518-3C5F3YJCX4JNDKR24R5P/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology The right planning couple with a robust database of content can turn a wine app into the perfect pour… Five years ago Rick Breslin, CEO and co-founder of the wine app Hello Vino, was running a small Web agency, Drive Thru Interactive, for wineries in Bristol, Calif. Based on what he learned from his clients, Breslin started purchasing wine at local grocery stores and wine shops. After noticing confused shoppers beside him, Breslin began giving out free wine pairing advice based on a few questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458667990596-TMSU6WOI9J3LU2HWBDGZ/Updated+Connect+Attendee+Data+2.jpg Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1587502452602-WO0AX0V4F5PLFSVOROQZ/Franchise+Economic+Trends+Dawn+Reiss Business, Finance & Technology Although weak consumer spending and a slow economic recovery have hampered growth for many American businesses in recent years, the franchise sector is gradually growing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458653547205-TPR4T8EEAOCX09GW0LYM/Creat+a+Cohesive+Brand+Experience+cover.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Design is communication, visual communication. The more you have going on, the harder it is to be understood. So how can businesses create a cohesive brand experience? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458672803423-J3Y6G0YN344VNGJQOJ7A/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Lost in front of the Web address bar? Search engines letting you down? We scoured the Web to find the sites that make the lives of Chicagoans better in the real world, winnowing the chaff from the wheat to give you the best real-estate search, the most active foodie forum, the top local news sources, and much, much more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458656993395-EBTL0KACEOY1314FOKHW/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology The holidays bring plenty of parties, family gatherings and work functions. That makes the final weeks of the year the perfect time to network, especially if you are looking for a job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458676296584-44RZYICQ5Q6O3I439RYR/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology More Americans than ever are clicking “Add to Cart.” Check this out: how much Chicago spends online and what all that cash buys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458677328521-DTJ6CZX5WH31EU0ZPC21/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Traditionally, book and magazine publishers are the last to convert to a new technology. Despite initial hesitations, Jason Patendaude, president and CEO of Chicago-based Carus Publishing, a children's magazine and book business, got creative and took a calculated risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459467667467-L7J8DE2ZEYGT54GY0N8F/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Do you think it's too hard to get a job in this economy? Are you holding our for your dream job? Think again. The economy isn't great but there are plenty of ways to get a good job if you are willing to change your perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1496655313858-QXPPUOGITKJTJ7YUZL2P/iPhone+Apps+2.jpg Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459372961919-MQ8X73UUTSJU13CTM1DV/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Finding an apartment in this city isn’t usually a competitive sport. That cutthroat stuff is for New York, where apartment seekers have been scrambling for a few hundred square feet in Manhattan for years, in many cases engaging in bidding wars with rival renters. But lately, Chicagoans like myself are seeing would-be neighbor turn against would-be neighbor in pursuit of nice rental digs. The increasingly dog-eat-dog market is no surprise to real estate experts. Eric Enloe, managing director of Chicago-based Integra Realty Resources—the largest valuation and consulting firm in North America; it conducts feasibility studies on residential and commercial real estate—says this is happening as foreclosures push people into a market already saturated by those who would be buyers in a better market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1471548706213-VIH6XX7P0JAY8QWZ33CQ/Fortune_Header+.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Getting your invention patented is important but navigating the process can be tricky. BC Krishna recently flew to Phoenix for a conference on payment solutions. He wasn’t just attending the event — as the founder of MineralTree, an accounts payable company that processes over $1 billion annually, he was scheduled to give a talk on how his startup securely initiates electronic payments without requiring the transfer of sensitive bank account information from either party. Before he shared this proprietary information with the crowd, however, he had to do one thing: file for a provisional patent. Thankfully, he’s not new to the patent game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1541608928612-0WBZDK45EFU2MFDEGYZ5/Crains+Farmland+REIT.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Access to capital is notoriously difficult for farmers. Growing and raising certified organic food is even more daunting. That's because the USDA requires organic farmers to work the soil for three years before allowing them to certify their crops as organic. What's more, yields are lower for a good five years after starting out while the soil becomes richer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601347197066-0PLORKNKT3ITLCEPET13/5+Things+to+think+about+VC+funding+-dr.jpg Business, Finance & Technology When it comes to seeking venture capital, Douglas Raggio, managing partner of Bias & Blind Spots, likes to decry its problems and pitfalls to founders. Even though Raggio says an infusion of venture capital has gone up by a factor of 10 since he entered the healthy food and beverage industry as an investor more than a decade ago, he’s quick to point out very few successful independent businesses have staying power: About half of all U.S. small businesses survive the first five years, yet only one in three make it 10 or more years according to a Small Business Administration report released in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601328501512-XBEDF3TLKXS6MRWCX8UI/How+to+find+production+talent_Dawn+Reiss_New+Hope+Network+2.JPG Business, Finance & Technology When Samy Kobrosly, co-founder and “chief snack bagger” of Snacklins was trying to launch his Washington-based food startup in 2016, he needed someone to run his production line. He hired Silvia Escoto, the sister of a line cook he worked with at a barbecue restaurant in Washington. Initially, he waited tables to pay her salary. “The biggest challenge most businesses face is finding good production talent,” says Kobrosly, who has 21 employees and manufacturers out of a 5,000-square-foot Rockville, Maryland, warehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601330485021-N5N90K5EBK8ZQYBE8308/New+Hope+Network+The+future+of+Foodservice_What+to+Expect_Dawn+Reiss.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Think salad bars and hot delis are gone for good? Not so fast, says Corinne Shindelar, the founder and former CEO and president of Independent Natural Food Retailers Association. “It’s all over the board, just like everything else,” Shindelar says. “But that is one part of the grocery experience that is going to totally remake itself.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1505724558057-UGLFB8I4K12CNXO7048Z/How+to+find+Roth+IRA+sweet+spot.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Timing is everything, especially when it comes to making the proper tax conversions for a retirement savings account. Knowing how and when to convert a 401(k) to a Roth 401(k) investments or transition a traditional individual retirement account – better known as an IRA – to a Roth IRA can have big tax implications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589295729447-1DBT5534Y0SE9OKPE8L8/New+Hope+Network_Dawn+Reiss_What+Businesses+Can+Do+During+Coronavirus.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Fred Neubauer, president and CEO of FDM Business Development, learned some key pieces of wisdom 20 years ago after his wife died of cancer. Suddenly Neubauer had to figure out how to run a business while being a father to a two- and three-year-old. The experience taught him three lessons that he recommends business owners use today to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. “Stay in the moment,” says Neubauer, who who lives in Bayside, Wisconsin, and has a condo in Chicago where his company of 24 employees is headquartered. “Eliminate negative thinking, you just can’t let it in. Third, and most importantly, focus on what you can do.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1505723194674-QCILI91M3UWUFVASHF8C/Debt+laden+millennials.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Time is an investor's most valuable asset, and that's one thing millennials have. By starting early, millennials can put their savings to work earning compounding interest. Of course, that same principle of compounding interest works against you with debt, especially as interest rates climb and make revolving credit card balances, for example, even more costly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601347849841-SQKLLPOCVWVCP87P1PCU/3+ways+to+sample-dr.jpg Business, Finance & Technology When RollinGreens co-founders Lindsey and Ryan “Chef Ko” Cunningham wanted to launch their business they took out a $25,000 loan to customize a food truck. Less than two months later it was operational and on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601349866401-7BJFE7UF3XKCHQ9G37UX/Dawn+Reiss_Power+Women_Stacy%27s+Rise+Project.jpg Business, Finance & Technology Juanita Flowers, the founder and CEO of Minneapolis-based Juanita’s Jar, was just starting to distribute her bite-sized, preservative-free cookies when COVID-19 hit. Flowers, a mother of two teenagers and a survivor of domestic abuse, wasn’t sure what she was going to do. “When COVID hit, I instantly lost 75% of my revenue,” she says. She applied for a job to bring in extra income, but didn’t get the position. In April, she sent an email to her customers on her distribution list asking them to buy more cookies. “I told them, ‘I need you guys to buy, we are in trouble and may have to close our doors,’” she says. “And my customers showed up.” Less than six weeks later, on Monday, May 25, George Floyd was murdered across the street from Flowers’ production kitchen. “We couldn’t operate with the civil unrest,” she says. “So it was one thing after another.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601392339249-CJNR44MBS9B9ZAAHA336/Spindrift+3+Lessons_Dawn+Reiss_New+Hope+Network_business+reporter.jpg Business, Finance & Technology On the white wall in the kitchen of Spindrift’s headquarters in Newton, Massachusetts, are six words painted in big block letters: ambition, respect, collaboration, agility, innovation and trust. Like a guiding North Star, Bill Creelman, founder and CEO of Spindrift, says these words serve as a daily reminder. “We all come from different backgrounds and experiences, but we must share these core values as a business,” says Creelman, who co-founded Stirrings which was sold to Diageo in 2009. “It’s made us open to change and not afraid to challenge ourselves.” Here’s his entrepreneurial advice to other founders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1565632338864-5DSWIW7OICLSVY84FOSE/New+Hope_Highest+Scoring+Certified+B+Corporations.JPG Business, Finance & Technology When it comes to natural body and skincare, the name Badger has become synonymous with being a socially and environmentally conscious company known for organic products like its infamous Badger Balm. Sixteen years after the family-owned and -operated company began in Gilsum, New Hampshire, W.S. Badger Co. opted to become a Certified B Corporation in 2011. Since then, Badger’s B Impact Score has gradually risen to the top 10%, earning a score of 141.2 in 2018 with “Best For the World” and “Best for the Environment” recognitions out of more than 2,000 Certified B corps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589294593734-U261C1R09BZ6LZS0923H/new+hope+food.JPG Business, Finance & Technology When Arno Hesse speaks, business leaders listen. Hesse, a co-leader and investor with Slow Money Northern California, knows everyone is concerned about how COVID-19 will change communities nationwide. Because it impacts everything else, Hesse argues that the most important question to answer right now is “How do we keep our local food sources alive and afloat over the next few weeks and months?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1479230954154-STZNCAGOJ1T82M7T5X2R/Connect+magazine+educational+programming Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484246862069-P2JCDTWN61YCEJNXAMIH/5+Questions+to+Ask+a+Fiduciary.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Understand how your advisor is being compensated to become a more informed investor.... There's a lot of confusion about who is and who isn't a fiduciary, and what the term really means for investors. "I come across many advisors that use this term quite loosely," Stephen Rischall, a fiduciary financial adviser and co-founder at 1080 Financial Group in Sherman Oaks, California. "The only way you are going to know is by directly asking how an advisor is being compensated." Almost half – 46 percent – of all Americans mistakenly believe that all financial advisors are already required to put their clients' interests first when it comes to retirement, according to a recent report by Financial Engines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467294897624-QJZWE45V3E0ZRO706FLF/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Working smarter, not harder, isn’t a dream, it’s a reality—especially for planners who have to budget time wisely. To maximize minutes, here are six clever ideas to consider adopting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484248730640-HE44EDHK5H2B2BNZP08Z/How+to+Buy+Tech+Security+Stocks Business, Finance & Technology As cybersecurity evolves, here's what investors should consider. From parking lot security cameras to a coffee pot in the breakroom or a printer that was recently upgraded with Wi-Fi capabilities, there are plenty of ways for hackers to infiltrate a digital network or remotely monitor activities within a business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1465418418479-ZAVUG0YL214XHJXG9158/6+Tips+to+Invest+Like+a+Venture+Capitalist+Dawn+Reiss Business, Finance & Technology For nearly two decades, John Dougery, managing director of Inventus Capital Partners, has been investing in the startup community in Silicon Valley and India. "Last year I reviewed 2,200 business plans," he says. "And I invested in six of them." That was after Dougery says he personally met with representatives of more than 600 startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463090159197-7O63US21NW42VVGKAGK6/U.S.+News+Dawn+Reiss+Investing+In+Startups Business, Finance & Technology Concerns about Silicon Valley unicorns have investors scrambling over the valuation of tech companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1478970501215-S21USMGNIET1IXH59TOH/6+Facts+to+Know+Before+Investing+in+a+Restaurant Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1465427389084-TC2CXOIKELEIIZULLF48/How+to+Invest+in+Co-Working+Spaces+US+News+Dawn+Reiss Business, Finance & Technology As the shared economy continues to evolve companies – both big and small – are managing their expense lines and testing new urban markets with co-working spaces. In the past, many co-working companies were targeted toward freelancers and startups. According to the CBRE Group's 2015/2016 Americas Occupier Survey of 226 Americas-based corporate real estate organizations, more than 40 percent of respondents are using or considering shared workplaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463090857443-M8WYEV1F613P86MC3C67/Dawn+Reiss+Tips+for+Saving+and+Investing+While+Owning+a+Business+US+News Business, Finance & Technology When it comes to saving and investing in his small business, Bill Hammer Jr. likes to joke he did what any good investor does – he sold at the top. That meant cashing in on his conducting career after earning two Grammy awards and re-engineering his father's business in 2008 into a boutique wealth management firm in New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458676693417-2D4ELCB77UEFXGNMA1LI/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460310298227-MKNWTPFZ3ED3PBQ2IS5C/FoodService+Director+Dawn+Reiss Business, Finance & Technology Created a 50-person Chefs' Council of industry subject matter experts. Interviewed foodservice professionals each month on one timely business trend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460311094483-U4B656204GT92I94K20U/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology How foodservice directors can steal business ideas from other industry experts. Led project redesign of FSD in 2015 that included the complete revamp of this final page in the monthly book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458836820018-AAXG3H4HIPRYVLR9PHGF/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology How Nancy Bigley Brought Wine/Art Parties to Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458825405337-AFG8VLGW043P5K1OVVP6/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology There are foolish gambles, and there are calculated risks. For hotel real estate and private equity investor John Rutledge, the founder and CEO of Chicago's Oxford Capital Group, avoid the former has made all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458667316489-C6M99A4Y0O5OD3N3QHPT/WiFi+Tech+cover.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Planning a conference or a convention takes a lot of work. But making sure there is the appropriate amount of Wi-Fi while trying to minimize costs can be particularly challenging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458654316463-KS0D0NR1KFAH2UW9FO9Z/AMEX+cover.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Break-ups are always difficult. Some are more amicable than others. When it comes to the legalities of a divorce, be it personal or a business relationship, most people run to an attorney and prepare for battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459524822584-TE5NW3FC7B3ZGO3CDFQ7/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Silicon Valley is known as the biggest technology haven in the U.S., but Chicago has rapidly grown in the past few years as a tech startup hot spot in the Midwest. Companies like Groupon, GrubHub and 37signals started in the Second City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459525253082-QKSJYBEW4PQUVQ6B3CHQ/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio, makes a lush setting for meetings during spring and summer months. The John F. Wolfe Palm House, shown here, has a double grand staircase descending into a tropical garden. Learn about more stand-out spaces in the Great Lakes region in the following pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458669245715-90WJ4RWKTD8XIPNOSZZE/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Cover story about convention, meeting and event planners who are using innovative technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458656053810-H8HBWRQ3UXL3L6GCU4T5/Iron+Butterflies+cover.JPG Business, Finance & Technology Iron Butterflies. Although some may think of the 1960’s psychedelic rock band, this concept is about women taking charge. At its core, its about making women great leaders and highlighting the many female negotiators who often get overlooked by upper management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459719846635-CSPLL2D54AWKQA6NKOF6/Chicago+Tribune+Entrepreneur+Throws+Hats+in+Ring+Jenny+Gerst Business, Finance & Technology Jenny Gerst knew this was her moment. But three minutes to sell hopes and dreams isn’t a lot of time. Hands sweating, cue cards ready, she clenched the stopwatch as she prepared for her sales pitch in a Navy Pier conference room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459370854610-IMJNHZ573R0J48KITNPB/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Frozen yogurt is back with new chains, new flavors, new style and ambitious plans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459780389311-PWXNAUQ4ICHN2CL1MK8T/Consulting-Specifying+Engineer+Magazine Business, Finance & Technology 40 interviews in less than four weeks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458673385760-F9QIRV9N9NHY59QFKWIK/image-asset.jpeg Business, Finance & Technology Many companies want to create an app. But where do you begin? There's so much to consider. 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The land here in Lodi, a small town less than 30 miles northwest of Madison, is a series of upward and inward twists and turns you don’t typically see in the Midwest. I’m exploring the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, one of just 11 trails in the United States that has been given the National Scenic Trail designation by the National Park Service. More than 12,000 years ago, receding glaciers carved out the rise-and-fall terrain that attracts hikers, runners and snowshoers. Across more than 1,000 miles of trail, there are easy 1.2-mile stretches, gruelingly rugged 14.5-milers and everything in between. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1617299644690-SDAX3E0N75UWZQCJ68L1/The+Takeout_How+to+Make+Gluten+Free+Dairy+Free+Baked+Goods+That+Dont+Taste+Like+Crap_Dawn+Reiss_Chicago+journalist.JPG Travel, Food & Dining I love baking. I grew up in a household where my mother was constantly making loaves of homemade raisin bread, pumpkin muffins, and decadent pancakes from my great-grandfather’s recipe (it still has a cult following among our friends and family). For most of my adult life, I’ve carried on those traditions. Unfortunately, my son, who is now a preschooler, has a lot of food allergies and sensitivities. The litany of problems includes dairy, gluten, quinoa (which is in a ton of gluten-free items), eggs, oats that aren’t organic and certified-gluten free, peanuts, some tree nuts, and other random things like mangoes, which are apparently the poison ivy of fruit because they contain urushiol, the oily sap also found in poison sumac, oak, and ivy. During the pandemic, my son’s allergies have become more problematic as many of his less-than-popular food options have vanished from grocery shelves. At the same time, products that didn’t previously bother him are now causing rashes. It’s the fallout of the FDA’s relaxed food labeling guidelines that allow food manufacturers the “flexibility” during COVID-19 to make “minor” ingredient changes without updating their labels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1588016622839-K09HHO8FJ0KKTVIP0DVD/Dawn+Reiss_How+to+Pick+a+Vacation_Drive+magazine_Travel+story.JPG Travel, Food & Dining Stuck in a travel rut? Start at the top of the chart with your usual go-to vacation spot and follow the questions to lead you to a new adventure, then turn the page to find more details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1565631403617-MKL6H3GU442T2SXYI7QV/Holland+Herald+magazine_Dawn+Reiss_travel_Chicago.JPG Travel, Food & Dining Want to feel like a local when you’re in Chicago? Embrace your inner urban explorer, soak up some culture, fit in some beach time and catch the vibe of this bustling city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1499348744134-9RX029KFFF0K0V1UNOJF/ABA+Journal+Dawn+Reiss+Traveling+2.0 Travel, Food & Dining Globe-trotting attorneys offer new-era strategies for efficient business travel. In this age of ever-changing rules and regulations, business travel can be more difficult than ever. The reality is that the more preparation and planning that go into a business trip, the more likely it will be a success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1464285448369-VP17B2J3GQDWCAB0H2YZ/Civil+Eats+Dawn+Reiss+Grocers Travel, Food & Dining This story was also picked up by NPR affiliate Bay Area Bites. At a time when the food retail business is controlled by a handful a large chains, independent grocers are few and far between. But that’s only part of what makes Sam Mogannam, founder of San Francisco’s Bi-Rite, a unicorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/88f88767-7566-44aa-8837-202e063b8fdb/Dawn+Reiss_Travel_Chicago+Parent+magazine+2022.jpg Travel, Food & Dining - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1576521841413-NB2O4HMQEU7JB39OAC10/Dawn+Reiss+Gluten+free+story.jpg Travel, Food & Dining Learning how to use gluten-free flours can be difficult. We talked to some experts to figure out how. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459638702435-GJ41DB9QDSZN57XSN5MV/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Growing up in Glen Ellyn, I spent every summer as I do now, driving three hours north into Sheboygan County for life on the lake. For nearly 60 years my family — first my grandparents, then my parents and I — have called Elkhart Lake a second home. Even though I’ve since traveled the world, some of the best sunsets I’ve seen have been here, in the land of clear starry nights and Sunday morning sailboat races. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457700552779-LDOF0I4W6MM2X0CEIFUF/Where+Chefs+Like+to+Eat+2.JPG Travel, Food & Dining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457655303367-M87P3ZEZPBU696SCFGNK/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining What it's really like to go dog sledding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457658983089-R0JRZPIXB340B2ENY2HA/Jacques+cover.jpg Travel, Food & Dining How "Mr. Chocolate" handles Valentine's Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458513294666-D55G6RARVJ0EMFBMZWIU/Dan+Van+Rite.png Travel, Food & Dining The bearded man quietly navigates the dimly lighted Hinterland restaurant to the corner table where my boyfriend and I sit. It's like the star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" has just appeared in this gastropub. "Does anyone ever ask you if you look like Chuck Norris?" I ask. "Every day," says Dan Van Rite, Hinterland's three-­time James Beard ­nominated chef. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457665745143-T7SZORQO0L1GZSI6RB29/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Since the days of bootlegging and Al Capone, Chicagoans have always liked their spirits and beer. Chicago has been right on trend, its craft breweries popping up as the movement has exploded across the country. There were 2,483 in 2013, up from 2,347 in 2012 and 1,521 in 2006 according to the Brewers Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458502304750-57UVYHSVFI5S1FXQ28XB/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Tips for the cruise season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/25c281e3-ecaa-4f31-8dc3-cefafd62fec8/Dawn+Reiss_Travel_Chicago+Parent_Evanston_Things+to+Do_Go+On+An+Adventure.jpg Travel, Food & Dining - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457654503980-RQ9B7C1FUQ28LTQ9A65E/R+%26+I+yogurt+pg+1.jpg Travel, Food & Dining The economic chill gripping much of foodservice—bringing less-ambitious forecasts for new-unit openings and sales growth—has so far skirted at least one corner of the industry. Proving that little luxuries can thrive even when basic necessities are scrutinized, the frozen-yogurt segment is expanding inward from the coasts and keeping warm the industry’s entrepreneurial spirit. This really is frozen yogurt’s second expansion wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457647663860-F6YEG0JPVVX00XPOYR17/Milwaukee+magazine Travel, Food & Dining From the parking lot, the lemon-colored ornamental building with scalloped windows and arched walkways looks more like a mosque rising out of the Wisconsin farmland than a winery. But a short walk to the main entrance of Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery reveals a Tuscan-styled patio overlooking nine breathtaking acres of vineyard – a little Napa Valley among the cornfields of Kewaunee, Wis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458832736421-5C57EJA12E0KETDAPMAM/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining It’s a balmy 80-degrees on a late January day in Montego Bay, Jamaica. I’m sitting in the open air lobby patio of the famous Round Hill Hotel overlooking the Caribbean Sea. During my stay in a private 6-bedroom villa, I had the chance to mingle with an Austrian ambassador and his wife, and a French woman and her husband of more than 50- years who escaped Paris days before the Nazis took over the city during WWII. This is where the rich and famous come to relax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457667331283-K37YAJF56O3NEYW0NT5Y/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Where to find the best chocolate tours while traveling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458502570418-H22JD7Z43RLPMD7CPWBK/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Where Chicagoans like to eat in this foodie city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581516103241-HK6GSA6VM9T46KCXWFEY/Dawn+Reiss+cave+diving+Devil%27s+Den_scuba+diving.JPG Travel, Food & Dining WILLISTON—There wasn’t a pitchfork or red-masked devil in the gateway as I entered Devil’s Den through a maze of bamboo and wood-planked paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457653999785-0QIUZ63Q5PAUYZTEVRFA/Chicago+REader+1.JPG Travel, Food & Dining How one man found the perfect place to eat in Chicago. David Friedman just wanted to go out to lunch. “For many, many years there hasn’t been anywhere downtown to eat kosher food,” says Friedman. Even Shallots Bistro in Lincoln Park, the city’s only kosher fine-dining restaurant, had moved to Skokie in 2004. “I’ve been in a position so many times where I wanted to meet with somebody, and they want to meet during lunch. There are only so many excuses you can use for not being able to meet during lunch.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457652759512-C768Q8946L54ZI4CQYS0/Our+family+2.JPG Travel, Food & Dining Where Chicago chefs find inspiration for the holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1465219439831-X6DWF7ITAVYC8X2LE1KL/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining We love all things Italian—including, of course, olive oil. Unfortunately, according to the American Olive Oil Producers Association, as much as 75 percent of the extra virgin olive oil that is imported from Italy to the United States is unpure. The Italian Mafia is to blame: the Mob takes pure olive oil and cuts it with cheaper oils, then sells it at the higher price and pockets the extra cash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457658369537-UT4A0GFGZO6R555RWLJ8/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining TURIN, ITALY -- For most foodies, it doesn't get much better than coffee and chocolate. In Italy, one of the best places to go for such a decadent mix is Torino. Located in the Piedmonte region known for its Barolo and Barbaresco wines, Turin is a northern Italian city with a decidedly French influence thanks to the House of Savoy, which ruled Italy from 1861 until 1946. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1539629033760-8BQS3OMWT6WXS96VT9DB/Dishing+with+Andrew+Zimmern.JPG Travel, Food & Dining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/fc137d11-323e-44e6-a8ba-26b67d88e00e/Bridgeport+Travel+Guide_Chicago+Parent+magazine_Dawn+Reiss.jpg Travel, Food & Dining - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601390847669-P0Y65QK01LVSG7E0C1T5/New+Hope+Network+The+future+of+Foodservice_What+to+Expect_Dawn+Reiss.jpg Travel, Food & Dining Think salad bars and hot delis are gone for good? Not so fast, says Corinne Shindelar, the founder and former CEO and president of Independent Natural Food Retailers Association. “It’s all over the board, just like everything else,” Shindelar says. “But that is one part of the grocery experience that is going to totally remake itself.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467287814540-HY2NJOHE6TE9WBQ5Q5Y6/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Planning to come to Chicago with your family? If you have kids under 16, here's what you need to know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467288419076-6ALZ0A8JIVEA124AL8SD/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Traveling with kids can be difficult. Finding the right hotel can make all the difference. Don't let the idea of a family vacation time intimidate you. It's important for the entire family to have fun, especially the parents. To make things easier, many hotels offer welcome bags to help keep kids entertained or offer discounts to local museums. More importantly, every family-friendly Chicago hotel on this list, except for Hotel Lincoln–which is near Lake Michigan and North Avenue Beach–has a pool to help tire the kids out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460153139019-Q8L2A15VWXEXI1JHVG0P/James+Beard+Awards+Dawn+Reiss Travel, Food & Dining Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel just couldn't resist. As nationally recognized chefs and restaurateurs patiently waited at The Publican restaurant in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood to hear who made the final list of nominees for the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards, Emanuel decided to joke. "I am a middle child," he said. "I used to joke, we wrote a book called War or Peace and you could do either one of them. I say that only because New York usually hosts the stars of the culinary industry, but here in Chicago we produce them." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467289584054-UW570M78T2F95M0CG3X1/image-asset.png Travel, Food & Dining New York City's Evan Levine has always been a "huge hockey fan," rooting for the New York Rangers and watching the college football games of his alma mater, Northwestern. For his job with Citibank, Levine typically travels two to three days a week all over the country, spending 85-100 days a year on the road. It's not always easy to find a place to watch a Rangers game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457650614299-Z8SG5X6Q0PN9NR6V4XSC/AAA+Living.JPG Travel, Food & Dining A multimedia piece about what life is like on the Amtrak California Zephyr and why people ride it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457651675892-JEZNEVD9AAYXEN3AOQBG/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining The AAA Living story included audio interviews with passengers who were riding the California Zephyr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458501751474-AHYY8IFNS5HNENLZ4TRO/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Boutique wine store owner Don Sritong brings his expertise to the restaurant world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457667753704-X3C2RAZSVP88V2H0BK1D/Chris+Pandel+cover.jpg Travel, Food & Dining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457639912366-WMTYAS7XJ1S3YFFWKXPN/Crunch+Time+2.JPG Travel, Food & Dining I’m not a fear factor kind of gal. Sure, I’ve been dogsledding in Alaska, and diving and zip-lining in various parts of the world. But the thought of bungee jumping or skydiving terrifies me. Nor have I ever harbored a desire to be like the Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern, the host of Bizarre Foods, who eats things like blood pudding and rotten shark. That’s why I’m utterly shocked to find myself on the verge of eating a cricket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457646477873-77G5TEVUF30WGZPUKAH3/Plate+Magazine+Seafood+with+Soul.jpg Travel, Food & Dining For people who love Cajun and Creole food, the holy trinity is a culinary journey paved with onions, bell peppers and celery. But just as important—and possibly as much of a spiritual experience—are the iconic seafood dishes, from downhome to elegant, that make the most of Gulf seafood and illustrate the many cultural footprints on these cuisines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457644912564-AOI2XC5USE3Q2VTOK3L4/Mangia+Mangia.jpg Travel, Food & Dining There is something about gathering together on a cold winter's night. What better way to gather friends and loved ones than around a dinner table talking and drinking for hours while eating delicious homemade ravioli? Made right, the dough is light and thin, not thick and chewy. It is filled with spinach, sausage and cheese, covered in a rich marinara sauce that marinated for hours, even days, with meatballs that add juicy flavors and make one's heart want to sing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457701039324-KYAHAW8VXYH7Y71RV10G/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining What the Girl and the Goat's chef really thinks about cooking and living in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457665205612-X9GUABALAFYO2TNFE8JC/Cheap+Eats+Chicago+_cover+2.jpg Travel, Food & Dining Where to eat cheaply in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458671659408-8ZNECA6EVY4LLKYI9AXJ/image-asset.jpeg Travel, Food & Dining Last year, Americans spent $15 billion on bottled water. Turns out, the joke’s on us: Not only are top sellers Aquafina and Dasani just bottled public water, but the wasteful plastic packaging will still be lingering in the year 3000. But do water snobs have a valid argument that private water tastes better than tap? Chicago asked four sommeliers to blindly taste, then rank,seven waters—five private labels, plus tap water from Chicago and Elmhurst. Sniffing, smelling, and occasionally swirling, they recalibrated their palates, then rated them best to worst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457657001518-DICU4487851ER3SAFZIX/USA+Today+chocolate+cover+2.jpg Travel, Food & Dining Some of the best chocolate cafes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1457650114699-IBSYP2MPCVIMHHNR0DYZ/Choo+Choo+Johnny%27s.JPG Travel, Food & Dining Where to go for train-themed restaurants in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1579636219084-Z15OXLIY9BMNXTYXV3QS/FoodService+Director_Dawn+Reiss_Soft+Cheese.JPG Travel, Food & Dining From aging soft cheeses on wooden boards to wash-brining fromage, Andy Kehler, co-owner of Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vt., knows a thing or two about soft cheeses. Although he started his career as a carpenter, Kehler, who co-owns the farm with his brother Mateo, says he got into the cheesemaking business to “find meaningful work” in a bucolic setting of rolling hills and shallow soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601390126531-QDLOPHDEMNSC2QNSQONB/Dawn+Reiss_New+Hope+Network_Gluten+free+trends+to+watch.jpg Travel, Food & Dining Whether it’s for health reasons or having a medical condition such as celiac disease, more Americans are going gluten-free. Because of this, the market for gluten-free foods is bound to increase–it’s just a matter of how much. Adroit Market Research projects a compound annual growth rate of 9.5% from 2019 to 2025 for a revenue of $6.43 billion by 2025, while Zion Market Research predicts the gluten-free product market will reach $7.6 billion by 2024. https://www.dawnreiss.com/sports daily 0.75 2020-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1539629967522-6FCP92RL0IF4XA9GEA60/Andrew+Zimmern_Dawn+Reiss+Connect+Sports+magazine.jpg Sports Talking with the Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern about places he likes to play disc golf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467223301014-ZKLRT153U7WV7SDD5NZ2/image-asset.jpeg Sports When it comes to sailing, Tod Reynolds, event director for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago event, says racing a hydrofoil—a sailboat that skims the surface—is like watching NASCAR on the water. The rocket ship-like sailboats will likely break speed records on Lake Michigan during the June 10-12 event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467222698400-E7H790WDRWGE1UBMC7TL/image-asset.jpeg Sports Although not new, the inequality between women and men in sports may have reached its tipping point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458578904805-3EW39QIUK1OZAQ2K29R4/image-asset.jpeg Sports Trends in sports tourism fluctuate based on weather patterns and the growth or decline of city populations. That means most members are in the Midwest and Southeast, says Don Schumacher, executive director of National Association of Sports Commissions. “That’s not going to change,” he says. “Most members are in the Midwest and people would rather see green than brown, which is why they prefer Georgia to Arizona.” To get a good pulse on what is happening across the United States, we polled a variety of industry experts. Here are 16 sports tourism trends to watch for in 2016 and beyond according to the pros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458575337340-SY6YQK1X5X3PVF4FJ6NH/image-asset.jpeg Sports Linda Logan, executive director for the Greater Columbus Sports Commission in Ohio, is considered at the top of her game in the sports tourism industry. That’s what makes it interesting when she points to another city as a shining example for using athletics to drive business. “Richmond is doing an excellent job of owning and operating its own events,” Logan says of the Virginia capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459352836972-X7HKYWM2H0XB6UL2UOFY/image-asset.jpeg Sports See that chiseled pitching arm? That—and a knack for strikeouts—makes Cat Osterman the most feared woman in Olympic softball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458596173456-R7D5BTTOVPM6RZ5QEWHK/image-asset.png Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458596983529-ADEUEU5A6NSVH4YD7SV9/image-asset.jpeg Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458580486118-RAVXHKKMY7CAWBZYJMYZ/image-asset.jpeg Sports HERNANDO —Dakota Shipp's right arm rotates. His wrist snaps quickly, deceivingly, for it is his forearm that truly controls the lasso above his head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1462992937890-S3D0KK4GZNF33N0TYSFK/Dawn+Reiss++football+Tampa+Bay+Times Sports Citrus football coach Rik Haines' loud voice bellows through the dark, muggy air. Despite it being nearly six in the morning, football players mill around the practice field. "You've got one minute to get out here," Haines yells towards the locker room. By his standards, it's late. Haines arrived around 4:30 a.m. It's his time to brood, to think, to ponder and plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458594386799-HOYOJHRNPTYABUXTGJAB/image-asset.jpeg Sports More than four months on the road driving to every NFL stadium in the country for the ultimate NFL reporting project--and road trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463072046546-77PM94S1LNB8J8P8PON0/The+Sporting+News+Stadiums+are+Side-by-side%2C+yet+a+mile+apart+Dawn+Reiss Sports DENVER — A controversy over naming rights for the Broncos’ new stadium is swirling like the snowstorm that blanked the Mile High City before the team’s Monday night game with Oakland. Just a few hundred yards apart, the old stadium and the new stand practically side-by-side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460309247854-JJDYN4LYFQKK3L4MIB9A/Dallas+Morning+News+Dawn+Reiss+Bob+Knight Sports Bob Knight is more than images of chair throwing and player confrontations. He is a father. He is a son. He is a husband. He is a Hall of Fame coach. He is arrogant, and he is passionate. He was my teacher. I was a senior in college when I took Knight’s final basketball coaching class during his last full season at Indiana University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458592791531-S0LBRG8XDZZMLU5FP0PT/image-asset.jpeg Sports DALLAS—Maybe this should be called the city of brotherly love. While NBA star Steve Nash has already made his mark in the big D, younger brother Martin Nash is trying to find his niche as a professional indoor soccer player for the Sidekicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463071519185-SGD7UAW0YQ0C1HG9698Z/Game+Day+49ers+fans+just+as+fanatical+as+other+side+of+the+Bay+Dawn+Reiss Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581520794360-F66JFOS4JBAUNM54QZ5D/Dawn+Reiss+Kentucky+Derby+Ocala+Trainer-04+May+2006%2C+23+-+Tampa+Bay+Times.png Sports LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The silver tufts on Marc Casse’s head contrast sharply in the early morning sun with his Pepto pink shirt and tanned skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581536164412-YOHY98MQ3SAFVCGJUDM7/Barbaro_Kentucky+Derby_Dawn+Reiss_St.+Petersburg+Times.png Sports LOUISVILLE, Ky.—It was a quiet Sunday morning at Churchill Downs. Barbaro, winner of the 132nd Kentucky Derby, nibbled on grass and tree leaves, oblivious to a steady stream of fans taking his photographs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581537359182-X7A8CUN0NGAWDUSEEON2/Covering+all+the+bases_Ted+Williams+Museum_Dawn+Reiss.png Sports CITRUS HILLS—Sunshine reflects off the Red Sox red tin roof and the cream stucco building. A human-sized red No.9 contrasts the background. Inlaid along the front sidewalk are two granite slabs, inscribed with Ted Williams’ Cooperstown Hall of Fame induction speech on one side and his lifetime statistics on the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581556468693-MTV9CJ1J7JNQF36RKZ87/Walt+Howard_Dawn+Reiss+16+May+2006%2C+56+-+Tampa+Bay+Times.png Sports INVERNESS—Flanked by two Citadel baseball camps, Walt Howard sits grinning at a Citrus High conference table. He is the first Division I basketball player in the school’s history, the second in Citrus County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581516475666-8MZNFI69XW3CKTLS3LRZ/Deep+Sea+Fishing+cover+Dawn+Reiss.JPG Sports CRYSTAL RIVER—Why don’t you join me on a fishing trip? I strained my ear in the telephone receiver to listen for more. An outdoors enthusiast? Yes. Fisherman? No. At least not yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458577945493-UXV1SQS3VOITTGWCESV4/image-asset.jpeg Sports Seventy-five years ago, coaching legend George Halas led the Chicago Bears to the most lopsided victory in NFL history--and changed the game of football as we know it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467223968975-XERXDK25WY29QLGQXPH8/12+Steps+to+Organize+a+Successful+Marathon Sports It’s one thing to run a marathon, and another to organize one as a race director. Many organizers say new planners have no idea what it takes—either in terms of money, time, talent or infrastructure—to pull off a major event like a 26.2-mile race that takes over a city. “The greatest skill set race directors can have is surrounding themselves with people who are more experienced than themselves,” says Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon for the past 29 years. “You have to think of yourself as more of a conductor than a race director, and your team is your orchestra.” We talked to several successful marathon organizers to get their tips on running an expert event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467224784987-P519LBTG2A8D46MFJTXN/image-asset.jpeg Sports Fat isn’t a word most athletes like to hear. But thanks to extra-wide tires that have revolutionized mountain bicycles into year-round vehicles, fat bikes are booming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1467225404610-IHQ5IZ7PARVKQUI8ZEU4/image-asset.jpeg Sports When the United States Snowshoe Association hosts its national championships Feb. 26-28 in and around Ogden, Utah, it will be the first time in the organization’s history it will offer a 26.2-mile marathon. It may also be the last time the association hosts a national championship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1529377677092-YF2L7X2Y18JIRA8TUBDI/Elizabeth+Brackett.JPG Sports Veteran Chicago journalist Elizabeth Brackett decided she needed to get in shape at the age of 49 when she started training for her first triathlon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460150705840-M18LN9VE6Q4F0HEHD1X9/espnW+sports+Summit+Dawn+Reiss Sports For women in sports, 2015 has been a good year. “If you look back at the year, from a sports perspective, it was about the Women’s World Cup. It was about Serena Williams. It was about Jessica Mendoza. It was about Jen Welter,” says Rachel Epstein, espnW’s director of business operations and strategy. “It was about real dominance by women.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459727845968-BTKWCWOZUW7964BOZS82/image-asset.jpeg Sports It may be baseball season, but Chicago sports fans have football on the brain this month, as the 2015 NFL Draft comes to the Windy City for the first time since 1963. As the executive director of the Chicago Sports Commission (a department of Choose Chicago), Kara Bachman was instrumental in sealing the deal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581555381565-XX7XU9VXCYPJB9HS5H8U/Wrestling_Dawn+Reiss_St.+Petersburg+Times_+26+Jun+2005%2C+112+-+Tampa+Bay+Times+.png Sports INVERNESS—Stale sweat permeates the air. Feet pound the black mat as heavy breathing steadily becomes louder. The drops of excessive energy drip down shirts as pools being to collect by the wrestlers’ feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458577670597-OPZJAKPJDXP8YDYMD2M8/What+it+takes+to+host+a+super+bowl.JPG Sports The Super Bowl is biggest sporting event in the United States. Everyone knows it’s practically a national holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581031946492-EG4JVQ9EW3VVIJHIL4M2/Dawn+Reiss+cave+diving+Devil%27s+Den_scuba+diving.JPG Sports WILLISTON —There wasn’t a pitchfork or red-masked devil in the gateway as I entered Devil’s Den through a maze of bamboo and wood-planked paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458573832678-ON20PMTYX65LI40TFQOV/Williams+icon+tries+to+keep+alive.JPG Sports CITRUS HILLS — Patient and precise, Ted Williams always waited at the plate util the ball reached a finite area in the strike zone. Operators of his public namesake, the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame, hope public donors who have been holding out will do the same, and start sending money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1460325604604-IDLW3HTVNA0DAO1SU58L/image-asset.jpeg Sports It is a balmy fall day just a few weeks post-Beijing Olympics. Inside the historic Hilton Hotel on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, guests and fans are swirling in a frantic frenzy like worker bees preparing the hive for its queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458593311279-9L0IYE0J19XCH6JZPX1P/image-asset.jpeg Sports INVERNESS —The sun slowly sinks beneath the backdrop of goal posts and a half-filled Citrus High stadium. Former San Francisco 49 er Kevin Fagan's well-defined 6-foot-3 frame is silhouetted on the sideline of a Citrus Springs Middle School football game. Every so often his deep voice bellows. "My Grandma Betty is faster than that." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459373409099-O6LKILB4ZJFI90I8FEN5/image-asset.jpeg Sports A.J. Woythaler paces Citrus' goal. Dressed in a lime green jersey that looks like a turtle shell with its black patches, he dribbles the soccer ball with quick flicks of his legs. His shaggy blond hair mimics his movements. Up, down. Up, down. He does this 30 or 40 times before every game. He isn't sure when he'll be here again. This night is the last time he'll play soccer this season, perhaps for a lifetime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463077322966-FZ8Q43MJDIV8YJML17TY/image-asset.jpeg Sports ST. LOUIS — Two weeks ago, kicker Scott Bentley was at home watching Monday Night Football. Now he is part of a star-studded Redskins team. Washington led 25-20 when Bentley recovered his own onside kick that helped changed the game's momentum. The trick? Not too far, not too short, just right. "If you hit any part of the ball the wrong way, it's not going to work," said Bentley. "If it doesn't go 10 yards, it's not going to work. If it goes 15 yards, it's not going to work. You have to hit in that 10- to 12-yard range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1463069358421-0HURYSJJ9BYFRGLYLDJ1/image-asset.jpeg Sports Thirty cities, 30 stadiums and 30 games. Track our Road Trippers' every move and find out what lies ahead for Brian, Dawn and Jeff as they cross the fruited plain and frozen tundra on the ultimate NFL experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581535013863-I6HO8ZTKFPHRUSXQS70Y/Dan+Hendricks+photo.png Sports LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Trainer Dan Hendricks peers up from this wheelchair, his eyes drooping from happy exhaustion. A horseshoe-shaped crowd has engulfed him. His blue-tinged lips are dry and cracked from talking, but he continues. Every so often his hands reach under the jeans that drape his thing frame and lift his left leg, swaying it in tree-branch-like fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1462993637141-KTYFW9Y2DWD9B5I75M9E/Tough+Times+Build+for+Running+Back+Dawn+Reiss+Sports Sports Crystal River High School running back Alginavon "Bam" Cleveland dropped out of school this year and will not be eligible to play football this fall, Crystal River athletic director Earl Bramlett said. But ineligibility on the gridiron is just one of Cleveland's problems. He also faces a felony drug charge, records showed, and is scheduled to be in court Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1496652684611-CYCWHQQ3LUP6PCYJHGKQ/Johnny+Sanders+No+Holding+Back+2.jpg Sports Johnny Sanders is sweating and anxious. 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Teachers who don’t show up for work Monday “will be deemed absent without leave and will not be eligible for pay,” said Janice Jackson, CEO of the nation’s third-largest school district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458683626864-T9RNKAZ0ZRJO1DGMWFZ2/US+NEWS_+CRIMINAL+JUSTICE+Cover.JPG Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458661082290-UEAQHX0CVE6GPTIHC34M/Updated_Civic+Engagement+cover.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458682497636-664JRNCMSB94R4PBBT80/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484583407185-271ATJQW83OIGINP4MB0/image-asset.jpeg Education Visitor management programs and software are a growing trend in K12 schools, according to Chuck Hibbert, a national school security consultant and the retired director of security for Wayne Township Schools in Indianapolis. In some districts, schools are using additional software that checks visitors against sexual predator and/or criminal databases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458683795908-RD4XL4CVAEQ859COB9V8/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458688847376-ZONJCRO6MH2MO76FS4AI/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458661092113-XVYJ0RXJNM2HSZJHTUUW/Updated_Textbooks+to+Tablets+cover.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458687423822-PP5ICA02ECAFVHW2AOC1/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458681916263-CFUS2OFNRLI6YSL344SD/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1610649956321-OS0SOY1TIQOZVYAAZFHG/Coronavirus+Dawn+Reiss+Washington+Post+Teachers+locked+out.JPG Education CHICAGO — Chicago opened public school classrooms this week for the first time since the spring, but 18 percent of teachers and staffers required to return Monday did not do so, according to the school district, which is starting disciplinary procedures against some employees. On Monday night, Chicago Public Schools notified 145 employees that they were considered absent without leave and that their pay would be docked beginning Tuesday. Some teachers who spent Monday teaching virtually instead of returning for in-person instruction were also locked out of their Google Classroom accounts in the evening, according to a district email that many teachers received. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601324473437-2XI1F8E2G0QAZZ8G58EI/Metro_Detroit+Parent_cover_Dawn+Reiss+5.jpg Education Misty Kluck knows what it means to be a parent-advocate. After finding out her daughter Tessa had Down syndrome while in utero, Kluck was asked if she wanted to terminate her pregnancy. “I was heartbroken,” says Kluck, who also has a 26-year-old daughter. “It’s like going through the death of your child because of what you thought it was going to be and what you thought they were going to do.” Instead, Kluck moved from Louisiana to Michigan to be closer to her husband’s family and access better medical services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601908331979-Y83L12H25G8LZN2S7BFV/Chicago+Parent_Dawn+Reiss_Online+Learning.JPG Education Stressed. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Frustrated. Anxious. This describes just about every parent who is trying to prepare for a new school year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Let’s face it: Help can’t come fast enough. As many parents have realized, it’s up to us to muddle through to figure out how to make school work this year as teachers are trying to do the same, all while trying to stay healthy. Without a streamlined approach at a national level, the pandemic has left every city, state and school district interpreting their own options. Many are eyeing a hybrid school option, with time spent in school and at home learning. That’s not something any parent wants to face, particularly working parents, but it’s our new reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458684466545-S3XMNV1X80NKFI42YTS4/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458687748669-GF39SSQ5XQA5R4JZTCBN/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458661116655-82273EA8PW6ERKZKQQQW/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1458683247338-LSOSRYPO11883JLBAB5S/image-asset.jpeg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1484515385928-IXEJBQFJE7FTNGVF150K/Sucessful+Digital+Programs.JPG Education Five years ago, the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina went digital, with laptops and MacBook Air computers districtwide. The district has not purchased a textbook in over five years, with the exception of those required for high school Advanced Placement classes. https://www.dawnreiss.com/book daily 0.75 2019-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1541620237796-0VK571U0XTZLNBAYFVG9/Sausages.jpg Author + Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1531774545119-HR2MXN1W7NE5O91PPARU/How+to+Be+a+Happier+Parent.jpg Author + Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1536950246291-GKGAMX7XSNX5L5UVILVA/Acknowledgements+KJ.JPG Author + Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1536949823027-WPDKYLC9B8810YCRYRC2/Note+from+KJ+Dell+Antonia+to+Dawn+Reiss.JPG Author + Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1459346338960-7SWZH00DM3VKKKOI6KLZ/image-asset.jpeg Author + Books https://www.dawnreiss.com/healthcare-dawnreiss daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/77893fe5-dc36-410e-961d-7909328f0283/Chicago+Health+Magazine+-+The+Vital+Vagus+%28Nerve%29+-+Dawn+Reiss.jpg Health & Science - Make it stand out Have you heard of the vagus nerve? I certainly hadn’t — until my son, who has a host of food allergies and other health issues, experienced anaphylaxis this past spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1424728a-fcfd-46d9-a297-9d0acac2c5b1/Caregiver+Burnout+Caregiver+Magazine+Dawn+Reiss+Chicago.jpg Health & Science - Make it stand out Taking care of an aging loved one is incredibly demanding — physically, emotionally, and mentally. In Illinois alone, 1.3 million family caregivers provide an estimated 1.21 billion hours of unpaid care annually. Prolonged stress from caregiving can manifest with headaches, body aches, insomnia, or moodiness. It can also show up as a lack of interest in activities you previously enjoyed. “These are signs of burnout,” says Amy Brennan, executive director of the Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1571148763382-QPQN6GMR0UVBA68XJULH/Chicago+Health+magazine_chronic+pain_Dawn+Reiss_cover+story_healthcare+Summer+2019.JPG Health & Science Kari Wagner was walking home from the park with her dog and 10-year-old son when she was thrust onto the asphalt. After that, she has only a few memories: lying in the street, being transported in an ambulance and being in the hospital. A car had hit her from behind and sped off. The right side of her face took the brunt of the impact, causing a traumatic brain injury to her right frontal lobe. Fluid, swelling and clotting filled her forehead. But what happened afterward became more gruesome for Wagner than the car accident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1581552406952-R8UV5GHETZ5QRSRW2ZG4/Brain_Dawn+Reiss+18+Feb+2009%2C+Page+4-4+-+Chicago+Tribune.png Health & Science Vivian Moore loves to play the 2-cent slot machines at Aurora’s Hollywood Casino. Although she can’t seem to finish a book, Moore, 67, jokes she can finish an entire newspaper in one sitting and enjoys picking up the National Enquirer on occasion when some—like Patrick Swayze—is featured. The dove-haired grandmother also made history last week by becoming the first person in Chicago to undergo a highly confidential clinical trial for a device known as the Pipeline embolization device that is pending FDA approval and could potentially revolutionize treatment for brain aneurysms according to neurosurgeons and medical experts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1539802041627-H6JPIM1BYZ0D3BBAXP0V/Making+Medicines.jpg Health & Science Milton Brown, MD, PhD, Director, Inova Center for Drug Discovery and Development, searches for cancer cures Milton Brown, MD, PhD, a physician scientist, is one of only a handful of people in the United States who has a Doctor of Philosophy in synthetic chemistry and a Doctor of Medicine degree. After serving as the founding director of the Drug Discovery Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, he brought a team of scientists to Inova in 2017 to focus on finding cures for cancer. Their aim: Develop new drugs in-house and place those clinical therapies into practice quickly to benefit more patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1535040586781-2CUC3NIIX65QWKDO3TFZ/ROI+of+an+Advanced+Health+Care+Degree.JPG Health & Science As the Affordable Care Act reshapes the health care industry, a new set of roles and career opportunities are emerging in hospitals and health systems nationwide.i These new roles are not only helping to significantly transform the way health care is delivered – they are leading the transformations within health care organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1539801340583-D9SUFY4KKMLMMU6UD1A1/Chicago+Health+magazine_Dawn+Reiss_Plantar+Fasciitis.JPG Health & Science It had been a few weeks since Cathy Joyce had completed her first marathon. The 51-year-old North Center resident, who has been running since her college days, felt a sharp pain in the bottom of her foot as she was trying to get out of bed. “It took me by surprise,” she says. “I didn’t know what it was. I thought it was a random weird thing, but then I mentioned to someone that I had this terrible pain on the bottom of my foot, mostly my heel.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/3fd73d19-f296-419d-9d27-fe3172f0d8d2/Leaps+cover_dawn.JPG Health & Science - Make it stand out The world as we know it has forever changed. With a greater focus on science and technology than before, experts in the biotech and life sciences spaces are grappling with what comes next as SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 illness, has spread and mutated across the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1596565959545-EWTXD2KE81F18192VHDG/image-asset.jpeg Health & Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1571150375497-0Q0FALCAUSCDR1MXOTPB/Dawn+Reiss+lymphedema+Chicago+Tribune Health & Science I was seven months pregnant when a woman in a children’s toy store stopped me while I was browsing a few books. “I know what you have,” she said very loudly looking at my legs that were bandaged up to my knees in seven layers of gauze and blue medical boots on my feet. “You just had a bunionectomy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/200c3c2b-8913-4b2e-8c67-4cde029dd16b/Chicago+Health+magazine+-+Dawn+Reiss+-+Undoing+Medical+Debt+Cover+story.png Health & Science - Make it stand out Gloria Austin knew she had a problem when a red rash, a line around her stomach, appeared, as pain ramped up. The East Garfield Park resident was 62 at the time. After searching online, Austin realized she might have shingles. Without insurance or a primary care doctor, she turned to the emergency room at Rush University Medical Center. By the time she arrived in September 2020 and went into triage, the pain was excruciating, she recalls. “The first thing they want to know is if you have insurance,” Austin says. “I kept telling them on repeat, ‘I am uninsured. I can’t pay for this treatment, but I need help,’” Austin says. Her diagnosis came back as she expected: shingles. A $1,000 bill arrived in the mail. “I looked at it and shook my head because I knew I couldn’t do anything about it,” Austin says. “And bill collectors only want to know one thing,” she adds. “When are you going to pay the bill? They don’t want to hear about your hardship.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/67290bc8-64a1-4058-b5e4-30318271381e/New+Hope+Network_Dawn+Reiss_GMO+Rise+of+CRISPR+and+ODM_gene+editing.JPG Health & Science - Make it stand out GMO 2.0 is here. Even though more consumers are asking for non-GMO verified foods, businesses need to be aware of changes coming from within the supply chain as gene-editing technologies like CRISPR and TALENs rapidly change the food industry, especially in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1571682160217-FGEAC9QYACDFQSW5DR2E/Chicago+Health+Food+Allergy+cover+2.jpg Health & Science As a parent, it can be overwhelming to see your child’s face become red and botchy within minutes of eating a meal. Trying to diagnose and determine exactly what foods or ingredients are causing a food allergy can feel like a medical treasure hunt. The process is full of twists, but the reward is keeping a child healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1571148383862-T0I6BQ01LD8LMCMLN58N/Chicago+Health+magazine+cover+Fall+2019-Winter+2020+Decoding+Genetics+Dawn+Reiss+Healthcare.JPG Health & Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/cbfbbca0-b748-4e85-95b2-63cff1405cba/New+Hope+Network_Dawn+Reiss_What+businesses+and+consumers+need+to+know+about+genetically+modified+animals_marketplace.JPG Health & Science - Make it stand out The safety of gene-edited animals produced for food and who will regulate the industry has been hotly debated. Many from within the organic and natural food industry would like more regulation, stronger oversight and testing coupled with greater safety measures, including more transparent labeling so consumers (and those managing the supply chain) can better understand what is genetically modified and what isn’t. A potential shift in regulatory authority and oversight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the USDA over genetically modified animals could dramatically change the industry. For nearly two more weeks, businesses and consumers have a chance to voice their opinion about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed regulation and oversight of genetically engineered animals of "amenable species," which includes farm animals and catfish. An FDA spokesperson told New Hope Network that the public comment period is intended to gather input on a potential proposed rule, because the USDA has not proposed a draft rule at this time. “It’s is the USDA’s way to ask the public, ‘We are kind of thinking about this, what do you think?'” says Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the Center for Food Safety. “This is the USDA lobbying for industry support to be regulators of the agriculture industry. Regardless of the administration, the USDA favors big agriculture and big agriculture favors genetic engineering because it allows the industry to raise more animals in a cheaper fashion.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553797055809-BHZOWX89E9CVXTGWGH7K/Michigan+Avenue_Dawn+Reiss_Wellness_Chicago Health & Science There’s no shortage of star power when it comes to the celebs and athletes who rely on chef Shauna Shaik, founder of Fit Foodie Kitchen, and husband Dr. Jason Jared, DC, founder of Old Town sports physical therapy Trifactive Sports Injury + Performance Clinic. https://www.dawnreiss.com/realestate daily 0.75 2021-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1537285073273-RZAK8SSF6OVCVUP4LJB5/Crains+Farmland+Header.jpg Real Estate Access to capital is notoriously difficult for farmers. Growing and raising certified organic food is even more daunting. That's because the USDA requires organic farmers to work the soil for three years before allowing them to certify their crops as organic. What's more, yields are lower for a good five years after starting out while the soil becomes richer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1537290671465-FQYSFFMDRATXS4RY15C1/Politico+Focus+header.JPG Real Estate Aaron Mallory, 30, remembers driving back from college at Southern Illinois University and seeing blocks filled with abandoned and boarded up homes, blighted by poverty, gangs and violence on the city’s south and west sides. “It always bothered me,” Mallory said, especially what he saw in Roseland, the far South Side neighborhood where he was born. Photography by Alyssa Schukar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1611169117806-XDP11O5IJOD5OV0LSL7E/Dawn+Reiss_Consulting+Specifying+Engineer.JPG Real Estate A home brewer. Motorcycle enthusiasts. Deep-sea and fly fishers. A cello player. A new father. A budding DJ. Adrenaline junkies. World travelers. A spider hater. What do all of these people have in common? They’re among this year’s 40 Under 40 award winners, a group of young professionals that our engineering community will be proud to work with. The 40 Under 40 awards are bestowed on the best and the brightest—40 years old or younger—who are engaged in the building and construction industry. These individuals are fire protection, mechanical, lighting, environmental, electrical, and civil engineers, among other things. They spend their days streamlining engineering offices, designing fire protection systems, saving clients money, creating award-winning systems, designing innovative engineering solutions, and building bridges (literal and figurative). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1520610774338-1F3QDD7GXXHD8QB74LJY/Residential+Specialist.JPG Real Estate For years, door knocking has been a staple of many REALTORS® who want to make face-to-face contact with prospective buyers and sellers. As digital marketing has taken over, knocking on doors is both loved and loathed by CRSs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1537286045822-5YIYROWJDK2LMRXYHEN5/REaltor+Dawn+Reiss+byline.jpg Real Estate REALTOR® Necia Freeman remembers the first time she tried talking to a heroin-addicted prostitute in Huntington, W.V. It was November 2011. The city was just beginning to get noticed for its growing opioid addiction and heroin crisis. By 2015, the death rate tied to the drugs would become 10 times the national average, earning Huntington the moniker of “overdose capital of the United States.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1542771715023-PIVAF66B96FYGBZOMDNB/Apartment+header+2.JPG Real Estate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1611170804819-J2RQ5FU8Q546K2U1WPMN/Dawn+Reiss_Consulting+Specifying+Engineer+40+under+40.JPG Real Estate https://www.dawnreiss.com/parenting daily 0.75 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589231243807-D49TG8W2XICUA1P9YEGE/Dawn+Reiss+Chicago+Tribune+split+shifting+hacks+while+working+from+home+coronavirus Parenting Laura Ott, 36, and her husband Greg Ott, 35, have three kids under age 4, including an 11-month-old baby and a bulldog named Kevin. With the coronavirus spreading and their day care closed, the Mundelein family began self-isolating, working remotely from home by split-shifting hours to juggle Laura’s job as a senior talent acquisition partner for Zebra Technologies, Greg’s position as a senior sales executive at United Healthcare and child care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589232079108-Y91GFTP2YVOURBWIYMUD/Chicago%2BParent_The%2BSecret%2BMany%2BMoms%2BKeep_Dawn%2BReiss.jpg Parenting Pelvic health is not a topic most moms typically discuss. But there can be plenty of problems “down there," such as bladder leakage, that are the direct result of going through pregnancy and childbirth. Missy Lavender, the executive director and founder of the Chicago-based non-profit Women’s Health Foundation, was one of those moms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589234447297-96E14BJDDPVNHXR9A84K/Chicago+Parent+Baby+hacks_Dawn+Reiss.JPG Parenting For those of us who mostly have DINK—Dual Income, No Kids—friends, it can be a difficult transition when baby comes along. You’ve got one foot in the carefree, do-what-I-want old world while still trying to make time for mom friends, work, a significant other, the baby and maybe, just maybe, an hour for yourself here and there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589233844959-1SNW3OAWMDQXNUARC47A/Chicago%2BParent%2B%2BBaby%2BBorn%2BDawn%2BReiss%2Bstory.jpg Parenting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1577742691829-4ROXGTNFR8X66IQT10Q5/Dawn+Reiss_Chicago+Tribune_New+Moms+Group.jpg Parenting Kim Greenberg knew something wasn’t quite right. Last year, she had just given birth to twins and had a daughter who hadn’t yet turned 2. She knew things would be tough, but this was more difficult than she had ever imagined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1601326283401-DYE0I5NGYF8BJXK0R93S/Chicago+Parent+IEP+story_Dawn+Reiss+3.JPG Parenting Kimi Matsumura remembers the first time she attempted to get an Individual Education Plan for her daughter, Mei. Mei, then 3, had recently aged out of Early Intervention, a federal program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act geared towards infants and toddlers who have or have a high probability of developmental delays. Matsumura, the founder and president of Chicago Autism Network, approached Chicago Public Schools and was told her daughter would need a diagnostic test to see if she qualified for Illinois’ Early Childhood Special Education services, which helps children ages 3 to 5. If she qualified, she would receive an IEP, a written legal document used for school-aged children (up through the age of 22 in Illinois) to define and address a child’s specific disabilities and how needs for learning will be addressed. “CPS told me my daughter literally scored one point too high to qualify,” says Matsumura, who eventually got her daughter the services she needs, but not without a lot of work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1589233243715-JLPL7EMKH160YH3XTH4N/Dawn%2BReiss%2BChicago%2Bmagazine%2BName%2BGame.jpg Parenting An increasingly popular reference tool for soon-to-be parents, a nameologist suggests baby names based on everything from family history to numerology. With the help of two local couples, Chicago tested out one of the country’s most-sought-after practitioners, Maryanna Korwitts of Naperville, author of Name Power 101, and two of her competitors, a California couple and a Cleveland-area mother of two. https://www.dawnreiss.com/art-architecture daily 0.75 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1587501600153-4WW4JY5AGT9H6SSYJTPV/Tallgrass+Rehab+_Dawn+Reiss_Landscape+Architecture+Magazine Art & Architecture It is just after 8:00 a.m. on an unseasonably warm day in April with the kind of overcast muggy weather that ratchets up into a scorching midday sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553795713413-OV2URZ12CCZG9QVV7A7X/Michigan+Avenue_Millennium+Park+_Dawn+Reiss.JPG Art & Architecture It’s an unseasonably warm spring day at Millennium Park. At the Crown Fountain, a group of boisterous teenage boys pick up one of their own by all four limbs and carry him into the shallow water. Backlit by one of the fountain’s massive glowing towers, the boy surfs on his backside, letting out a gleeful cry, as the group races to the opposite side. Nearby, couples lounge in the grass at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, while families and individuals cluster on a wooden boardwalk, some with their bare feet in a creek in the Lurie Garden. Even as a storm approaches, a security guard has a hard time convincing people to leave as they take selfies in front of the Bean… Cover story about the 10th Anniversary of Millennium Park which included exclusive interviews with Frank Gehry, Anish Kapor and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553809031409-T8OFCM1PJMUPPBC9YYZA/Bucket+feet_Michigan+Avenue+magazine_Dawn+Reiss.JPG Art & Architecture Lounging in his West Loop office, Raaja Nemani is the picture of casual cool: a backward baseball cap, V-neck T-shirt, and half-buttoned plaid shirt. He’s a former investment banker and private equity investor who once worked in Abu Dhabi, but he doesn’t look the part. Laughs Nemani, “When people see me, they don’t believe I have a business background.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553796225196-SQZG1IP0WND5QMGE3JST/St.+Louis+Monthly_Jack+Scharr_Dawn+Reiss_Art+dealer+in+St.+Louis.JPG Art & Architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/8dbcb48c-fb17-4d05-bfd1-1dd37db568b7/Foreground_Landscape+Architecture+Magazine_Ice+Age+Trail_Dawn+Reiss_Image.jpg Art & Architecture - Make it stand out Hardly anyone outside the state realizes there are more than 1,000 miles of glacial trail in Wisconsin. For more than 60 years, conservationists, landscape architects, and politicians have tried to get a trail built to highlight Wisconsin’s stunning glacial features, and unless something changes drastically, it is still decades away from completion. Despite their best efforts and a spike in hiking during the pandemic, the Ice Age National Scenic Trail remains little known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553796416785-JDZJPH9RNPSBPCJHYOMI/The+Art+of+Architecture_Dawn+Reiss_Chicago+Architect+magazine Art & Architecture Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize vividly remembers the phone call she made to Alejandro Aravena telling him the eight-person jury had selected him as the 2016 prizewinner. “He literally could not speak,” Thorne said. “The first thing he said to me was ‘Martha, don’t joke about these things.’ I said ‘But I’m not.’” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1553795289967-XDXHZG49AUVXNKWV4DM0/Making+of+Moholy_Nagy_Dawn+Reiss_Chicago+Architect.JPG Art & Architecture Sumner M. Fineberg, a 94-year-old World War II veteran, remembers the first time he arrived in Chicago at what was then called the Institute of Design, after just having finished serving in the U.S. Army infantry in October 1945. After spending months writing the school asking them to delay his acceptance, it was László Moholy-Nagy who greeted him at the school’s front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c66a0d45bf21b27e0f628a/1587501235447-K2OE7JF9G330V32TEZIU/Lowes+for+Pros+the+New+American+Home Art & Architecture There’s a reason The New American Home is always one of the biggest attractions to the International Builders’ Show. This year’s show in Las Vegas was no exception.