Local Business Shout Out: Suburban Music

Suburban Music is known for its private and group music lessons. Find out more about this locally owned business.

Name: Paul Rodriguez Company name: Suburban Music Title: Owner Location: Wheaton Founded: 1995 Suburban Music was opened in Wheaton by Carl Perri (founder of Perry's Music) in 1998. Paul Rodriguez began teaching guitar lessons at Suburban Music in September of 2000, teaching just 14 students each week, when the store had only five instructors. In April of 2012, Paul bought the store from Carl's daughter, Kim Morales. Suburban Music now has 11 instructors, teaching over 200 lessons each week. Suburban Music is conveniently located in downtown Wheaton, situated near the train, in the middle of the north & south sides of town. We are within walking/biking distance to several schools, making it easy for our music students to get to their …

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Holiday Gift Guide: Marcel's Culinary Experience

Still looking for that perfect gift? No worries. Patch has you covered.

Are you still searching for a gift to give the cook in the family? Head on over to Marcel's Culinary Experience in downtown Glen Ellyn. Longtime Glen Ellyn resident Jill Foucre recently opened her specialty store that offers cooking classes, fine cookware and specialty foods. In this video Foucre shows us some gift ideas for the chef in your home. 

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Holiday Gift Guide: Jeans & A Cute Top Shop

Still looking for that perfect gift? No worries. Patch has you covered.

You still have time to find a gift for the lady in your life. Today, Patch heads to Jeans & A Cute Top Shop in downtown Wheaton. Jill Card shows us the store's most popular items that would make for a great gift. Card gives us a rundown of numerous gift ideas that range in prices. Check out the video to see what's hot in her store. 

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Holiday Gift Guide: Paper House

Paper House has a few ideas for last minute gifts.

Paper House, 124 Hale Street in Wheaton sells everything from cards and scented candles to coveted collectibles. It's the perfect place to shop when you have a long list of hostess gifts, stocking stuffers and simple greetings to find.

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Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' Business Comments: Is He Wrong?

The president's small-business comments upset many people and gave Republican Mitt Romney a point of attack. But Barack Obama said the comments were taken out of context. What do you think? Take the Patch Poll.

President Barack Obama's recent comments about small business created a firestorm that could become a focus of the 2012 election — even as Obama and his supporters say his comments were taken out of context.  "Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own," he said during a July 13 speech in Virginia. "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help ... If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen." Take the Patch poll below: Who plays the most significant role in creating jobs and economic growth? That's not the entire speech, which you can read on the independent FactCheck.org. According to that post, the comments were taken out of context: "There’s no question …

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Dance Center to Open in Wheaton

Elite Feet Dance Center will open in fall 2012 at 206 ?, in the center at the intersection of Main Street and Geneva Road in Wheaton.

Elite Feet Dance Center, a dance center for children from toddlers to teens will open this fall at 246 Geneva Road in Wheaton, moving from its original location at 525 Crescent Boulevard in Glen Ellyn. Founder Christine Marcinkowski of Glen Ellyn started dancing at age three. She attended Glenbard West, where she danced on the school's team and performed in productions such as The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty with local ballet company, Ballet LaGere, according to the company website. Keep up with local news by following Wheaton Patch on Facebook, and signing up for our free daily newsletter! She attended Columbia College Chicago, where she majored in dance and minored in education, working toward a lifelong dream of teaching dance, …

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Aveda Salon Construction Begins in Downtown Wheaton

Construction begins in downtown Wheaton for Aveda Lifestyle Salon at 109 Main Street.

Construction began this week at 109 Main Street to prepare for an Aveda Lifestyle Salon in downtown Wheaton. Roy and Karen Millonzi, owners at Namasté in downtown Glen Ellyn, bought the City-owned property for $200,000 in February. The couple plans to open the salon and Aveda store in the summer. “The City is pleased to see this internationally respected brand choose downtown Wheaton for its newest location,” said James Kozik, Director of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Wheaton. “It also puts this property back on the tax rolls, which is good for the City and the entire community.” Roy Millonzi told City Council at a Nov. 7 meeting that Aveda identified downtown Wheaton as a desirable location for one of its Lifestyle …

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Harbor Express Café Celebrates One Year in Downtown Wheaton

The quick-service concept is the first of its kind for Hamco, Inc., the corporation the operates Egg Harbor Cafe and Harbor Express, 120 Liberty Drive, Wheaton. Managers say the business has seen "serious growth" in recent months.

Harbor Express Café, downtown Wheaton’s one-of-a-kind, quick service coffee shop and breakfast café, has celebrated its one-year anniversary After a year of experimenting ways to make a quick service version of a Wheaton staple for breakfast food, Harbor Express Café has celebrated its one-year anniversary after seeing “serious growth” in recent months, a manager told Patch. Hamco, Inc., the owner of Egg Harbor Café restaurants, opened its first quick service location last year, when a vacancy in the First Trust Bank building in downtown Wheaton presented an opportunity, Ryan McGuire, Harbor Express Café’s manager told Patch. Click to sign up for the free Wheaton Patch newsletter First Trust Bank does “a lot” of business with Egg Harbor, …

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