Professional Services in Vernon Hills

For nearly a decade, the technicians at Fodeo have preserved grainy videos, film, slides, and photos from the effects of wear and age by transferring them onto more dependable and accessible digital formats. On a daily basis, celluloid formats spend their days aging inside drawers and on shelves, where they can fall victim to such hazards as water, dust, and snack time. Technicians work in-house to rescue captured images, ensuring treasured footage remains safe and in one place during its transformation.

In addition to preserving images, Fodeo has developed innovative methods for displaying them as well. Fraimz–durable adhesive photo frames that can stick on multiple suface types without causing damage to either the photo or surface–is the result of their nearly four years of research and development.

The cobblers at Sam the Shoe Doctor mend leather with a century of know-how, amassed since the first shop opened in 1898. Damaged footwear may be brought to one of six Chicago locations or sent in blue bags from across the country to a centralized repair center. The staff's handiness with footwear also extends to nearly all leather and some fabric goods, including tattered luggage and purses distressed by their own price tags.

Take a look at Ashland Addison's enormous delivery area, which covers all of Chicago and 150 suburbs, as well as the Forbidden Zone. Basically if your mom lives or works anywhere remotely close to Chicago, Ashland Addison will deliver her these affordable roses. They also have seven convenient store locations in and around Chicago if you prefer to pick up the arrangement.

For 27 years, the female-owned-and-operated Concept One Media has utilized state-of-the art equipment and boundless creativity to develop clients' ideas from concept to completion. Catering to everyone from large corporations to mom-and-pop businesses, the talented team can help write a script for a video, cast it with professional actors or Julliard-trained penguins, provide directing, lighting, and sound services, and edit the final outcome. They also convert old-school, analogue media to a digital format, and can duplicate CDs and DVDs, complete with color, on-disc prints, inserts, and shrink-wrap packaging.

In 1997 PAWS Chicago set out to halt the unnecessary killing of thousands of homeless cats and dogs in the region, establishing a no-kill shelter and organizing public-awareness campaigns. More than 20,000 adoptions later, team members still visit Chicago Animal Care and Control every day to take as many pets into their care as they have room for, providing necessary medical attention as well as spaying and neutering services. The Luerie spay and neuter clinic and GusMobile spay and neuter van serve the pets of low-income families and tackle the problem of animal overpopulation in city neighborhoods, catching, treating, and releasing more than 18,000 cats and dogs every year to prevent the unchecked growth of local animal colonies. Through the Adoption and Humane Center in Lincoln Park, PAWS also adopts out animals that enter its shelters. The center maintains a cage-free facility to ensure pets live in comfort and dignity until they can be matched with an adoptive family.

Representing the third generation of his family to operate Brooks Shoe Service, which opened in 1919, Mike Morelli has been servicing shoes for more than 25 years. He and his team not only repair minor footwear damage, such as torn linings, broken zippers, or faulty GPS systems, but can also completely rebuild shoes to original specifications and craft custom pairs for ultimate comfort. The crew offers convenient curbside service and pickup and delivery within the Loop and Gold Coast areas. Chicago magazine mentioned Morelli's shop in a 2009 feature, naming it a favorite of costumers at Goodman Theatre and Lyric Opera of Chicago.