Sangamon County employers are feeling optimistic about their own prospects, and about the health of the county economy.
An annual survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce finds nearly 40-percent of local employers expect improvement in the local economy this year, double the amount who expect declines.
And business owners feel even better about their personal prospects, close to 50-percent think their own firms will see growth this year, while just 16-percent think they’ll see contraction.
