New gas station, food trucks, hotel, tax service to open

A plethora of business owners have filled out licenses with the City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department recently.

• Rhodes Convenience Store No. 120 is scheduled to open soon at 2146 William St. The store is owned by Rhodes Convenience Stores Inc.; partners Jeffrey Maurer, James Maurer and Brent Anderson of Cape Girardeau and Paul Dirnberger of Jackson all hold shares. The group operates seven other Rhodes Convenience Stores and an Imo's Pizza in Cape Girardeau, as well as Rhodes stores in 14 other cities across three states.
• Cape Girardeau resident Billy Garner started Barbeque to the Rescue, a mobile barbecue food truck. Ashley Ervin of Sikeston started Waves Mini Donuts, a mini doughnut food truck. William Johnson Sr. of Cape Girardeau started Flava City, a restaurant at 401 S. West End Blvd. in Cape Girardeau.
• The Riverview, a 69-room hotel at 720 N. Main St., will open Thursday, April 4. The hotel is attached to Century Casino Cape Girardeau and two restaurants, Red Star Grill and Beacon 53.
• Chad Dickinson of Chicago and Michael Steadman of Fort Worth, Texas, have started Arch Tax Company at 1704 Broadway, Unit 105. The company will provide tax preparation, tax representation, payroll administration and bookkeeping services. Dickinson and Steadman acquired the business from Gary Ogborn, who operated it as Ogborn Tax Services and retired in 2023.

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