Arts and culture non-profits hit by stay-at-home order find flexibility from foundations
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports During the spring season, the Garfield Park Conservatory expected around 70,000 visitors to pass through its doors. But on March 17, two days before the first day of spring, the conservatory closed based on public health advice. Visitors stayed home, and revenue was lost. The free-to-visit conservatory, a botanical oasis […]
Optimistic outlook from analysts on Abbott Laboratories for 2021
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports Abbott Laboratories, a medical devices and health care company established in 1888, is one of the few companies equipped to face uncertainty. Now, Abbott may be facing its biggest challenge yet: an economic and health crisis combined. Over the last 132 years, Abbott, located in Lake Bluff, Illinois, has overcome […]
Lakeview garden center remains optimistic about summer business despite stay-at-home order
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports When the U.S. economy experienced the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009, Susan Brandstetter and her husband, Russell, felt the impact. The owner of a 25,000-square-foot garden center walked away from a commercial lease on their property. They were left with a garden center but with no one to run […]
The cost of not shopping around
By Kari Mcmahon Medill Reports Alyce Barry, a 68-year-old retiree from Evanston, stopped going to the grocery store in early March. As the coronavirus outbreak started to take hold in the U.S., she looked for alternate options. At first, Barry tried online grocery delivery but faced long wait times. Since her 73-year-old husband has chronic […]
Would you take a job without knowing how much you will make? Uber and Lyft drivers do.
By Kari Mcmahon Medill Reports Ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft provide their customers with an estimated cost of a journey before they order the ride. But their drivers only see an estimated duration, leaving them in the dark about how much they will make. In Chicago, the median wage for a ride-hail driver […]
Veo chief executive talks safety, regulation and Chicago’s second e-scooter pilot
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports In the summer of 2019, Chicago ran an electric scooter pilot program that examined whether scooters could be a viable alternative mode of transport for city residents. Out of the 10 companies that participated, only one was from Chicago. The three-year-old electric scooter company, Veo, serves over 50 cities with […]
Via no longer sees Uber and Lyft as direct competitors: Its operations chief discusses strategy and the future of transportation
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports Via, Chicago’s third largest ride-hailing service behind Uber and Lyft, expanded its reach in the city in August 2019 with novel strategies such as partnering with Northwestern University on a new and improved Safe Ride program, which provides free rides to students in the evening hours to prevent students walking […]
Chicago ride-hail and taxi drivers unite over regulation
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports Out-of-state drivers for ride-hail services such as Uber and Lyft could be banned from driving in Chicago if 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack’s proposal is passed in city hall. Waguespack’s proposal would amend the Transportation Network Provider ordinance, a Chicago law that was passed in September 2014, which provides a […]
PGA Tour newcomer, former Northwestern student takes on the Genesis Invitational
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — Matthew Fitzpatrick, the 25-year-old first-year PGA Tour member, returned quickly to the putting green after his first round at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday to work on his technique after a difficult start to the tournament. Fitzpatrick teed off from the 10th hole with Jhonattan Vegas and […]
South Bay Lakers’ strength and conditioning coach emphasizes moving away from the traditional mobility model
By Kari McMahon Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — Basketball players are known more for speed than physical power. However, in the heart of El Segundo, California, lies the Lakers training facility containing two gyms filled with a variety of strength equipment where the Lakers’ G League team, the South Bay Lakers, are breaking the stereotype […]
