Although Karen Shaulis and her husband, Joe, opened Tad’s Westfield Shoppes in January 2019, Karen didn’t begin working there regularly until the pandemic when she was laid off from her job. As it turns out, getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened as she found her true calling in running Tad’s...

Dreams have a way of ebbing & flowing, shifting & evolving, and, in some cases, growing & flourishing. Such was the case for Brandon Baltz, who as a kid had planned to pursue a livelihood that was somehow connected to sports. He watched his father, an NFL official, be called every four-letter name under the sun, so officiating didn’t appeal to him. Nevertheless, he adored sports so he chose to major in journalism/marketing at Indiana University, ultimately eyeing a career in sports journalism...

It may not always come down to a matter of preference, however. According to Schaaf, there are certain life complications that Turbo Tax or H&R Block will not be able to handle. Those complications include being self-employed, having a child currently enrolled in college, moving from one state to another, or approaching retirement...

With more than a decade of public finance experience under his belt, in 2019 Oscar Gutierrez founded Bondry Consulting, the only minority-owned and veteran-owned municipal advisory firm in the state...

A decade ago, a seed was planted in their minds when Andy Arrendale and his wife, Nicole, stumbled upon a made-to-order donut shop in Florida. Both nurses, the pair loved the made-to-order concept and thought how great it would be if they could one day bring it back to Indiana. At the time, they had one young child with another on the way, so the timing wasn’t right to launch a new business...

Last year, the Westfield Chamber of Commerce was in search of just the right banking partner. They wanted to select a partner who was as committed as they were engaged to community members and impacted the community at large. Therefore, they held an extensive RFP process in which they looked at Chamber members who had physical locations within Westfield and sent out a bank RFP to each of them...

Everyone had a different response to the pandemic. While some people baked bread and others binge-watched television shows, Andy Durnell took an idea that had been percolating in his mind for some time and made it come to fruition. A financial advisor for over two decades, he is a wine connoisseur. Moreover, he has a passion for educating others about wine. So in December 2020, he opened the Westfield Wine Vault in the old bank building on the northeast corner of downtown Westfield...

Steve Rupp has always been community-minded and people-focused. Call him what you will—a jack of all trades, man of many interests, person with an extensive skillset—but Rupp has had a number of careers, all of which center around people. With a background in entrepreneurial studies, Rupp was first a banker before switching gears and working with a friend at a commercial-grade kitchen equipment manufacturing company...

On September 26, STAR Bank celebrated a new branch opening in Westfield. Staff members are excited to partner with the community, bringing a location closer to home for current clients and welcoming new residents as well...

Orthopedics is a branch of medicine that focuses on the care of the musculoskeletal system, which is made up of bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and spine. Ortholndy, the largest orthopedic practice in the state of Indiana with twelve locations, employs more than 150 healthcare providers, including 51 orthopedic surgeons covering the entire spectrum of specialties and eight physiatrists for non-operative care...