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Judy Burgess of St. Charles (left), founder of the Friends of TriCity Family Services and longtime volunteer with the organization, talks with Hallie Hudson of TriCity Family Services during a recent multi-chamber business after-hours mixer at its Geneva facility.

ST. CHARLES – The city soon could offer tax revenue to help another car dealership expand and improve its facilities.

BATAVIA – By the end of October, downtown Batavia could have a new McDonald’s restaurant with a double drive-thru.

CAMPTON HILLS – Construction of the village's first gas station could begin sometime this summer.

GENEVA – Jim Nicolaou has been in the restaurant business his whole life, so it would stand to reason that one day he would have his own.

St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte (center) cuts the ribbon for the city’s new water treatment facility with (from left) Stephen Dennison, Ed Bessner, Jim Martin, Ray Rogina, John Lamb, Rita Payleitner and Cliff Carrignan.

(From left to right) John Morley, CeCe Hodgson, Ron Ahlman, Judi Donovan, Gerald McGinnis, Doris McGinnis, Stephen Yenchek, Bud Ostrand, Steve Johnson, Tricia Mackin and Donald Hemmesch cut the ribbon to officially open GreenFields of Geneva. GreenFields is located at 0N801 Friendship Way.

ELBURN – The window well in Michael McGuire’s Elburn basement is exotic, featuring a miniature, 10-year-old Chinese bonsai and a miniature waterfall with blue lighting against a brick wall.

GENEVA – Gibby’s Wine Den owner Jan Gibson welcomed guests to try smoked sausage and sirloin steak samples from Ream’s Elburn Market during a recent wine tasting at her store in Geneva.

Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns (fourth from left) and LivingWell Executive Director Nancy Vance (center) cut the ribbon to the new LivingWell Cancer Resource Center along with Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke (third from right) and founding members of the LivingWell organization. The new facility is located at 442 Williamsburg Ave. in Geneva.

Micheal V. Vivoda has been appointed as the chief executive offer of Cadence Health, the health system that was created through the merger of Central DuPage Health and Delnor Community Health System, according to a news release issued by Cadence.

GENEVA – Though Saturday was cold and dreary, intrepid cash mob shoppers turned out to support the Pure Gardener in downtown Geneva.

BATAVIA – Pal Joey’s, a staple in West Chicago for almost 40 years, plans by this summer to open a second restaurant in the building that formerly housed the Fox’s on the River restaurant on North River Street in downtown Batavia.

ST. CHARLES – Chord on Blues, which opened in 1996 as a premier blues club, has a new name – River Rockhouse – to reflect its current musical direction.

Rebecca Grunke of Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (left) talks with Penny Anderson of Dancer’s Dream during a Geneva Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event at the Geneva Public Library Tuesday. New chamber members had the opportunity to promote their businesses in a trade show environment.