News Release: Village Issues 1st Massage Business License to Palmgren Acupuncture
Palmgren Acupuncture
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Apr 27, 2018 12:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2018
Lynn Palmgren, LAc.
Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc.
(773) 915-3683
lynn@palmgrenacu.com
VILLAGE ISSUES 1ST MASSAGE BUSINESS LICENSE TO PALMGREN ACUPUNCTURE
Oak Park, Illinois – The Village of Oak Park issued its 1st business license for massage establishments under the new ordinance to Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc. Under the new ordinance, all businesses in Oak Park offering massage services must be in compliance by July 1, 2018. This requirement applies to businesses offering massage services exclusively or in addition to other services, like Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc.
When business licenses were renewing in March, the owners of Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc. decided to renew as a massage establishment. Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc. was opened in Oak Park in 2013 and recently started offering massage services in addition to acupuncture services. “We met with the Village to navigate the massage ordinance. They were great to work with and we got our license a couple weeks later,” said Lynn Palmgren, LAc., co-owner of Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc.
The new ordinance was passed by the Board of Trustees in January 2018 in response to prostitution charges at three massage establishments in Oak Park in 2017. Stricter language in the ordinance requires background checks and fingerprinting of all licensed massage therapists. It also requires specific signage regarding contact information for anti-trafficking. Furthermore, massage establishments must give massage clients written notice that states:
“State law prohibits soliciting another for the purpose of a sexual act. Solicitation is punishable as a Class 4 felony subjecting an offender to fines and imprisonment and impoundment of any vehicle used by the offender to commit the offense. We immediately report all offers or requests to buy sexual services to law enforcement.”
The ordinance also requires prices of services to be prominently posted in the massage establishment. Ms. Palmgren said, “I understand what the Trustees want to accomplish with this ordinance. However, as a community, we’ve got to keep our eyes and ears open because the massage businesses that are doing illegal things are probably not going to get a business license.”
ABOUT PALMGREN ACUPUNCTURE CENTER, INC.: Palmgren Acupuncture Center, Inc. is located at 115 North Marion Street, Suite 8 in Oak Park, Illinois. It is an integrative health center which helps people manage pain, reduce stress, and improve sleep. It offers acupuncture, massage, Chinese herbs, and cupping. For more information, please visit www.palmgrenacu.com.
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