Fertile Ground for Foodies

Austin's artisanal food makers bring home the bacon, perhaps

"...story, but Claros is only one of about 100 small local food producers with products in various stages of..."

June 3, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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"...Austin Chronicle: Your first business is a building-products recycling supplier?..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column

Ho-Ho-Homegrown Holidays

Austin's independent "iconic" businesses hope we'll all put them on our list

"...That's the motto of the Austin Independent Business Alliance, an especially timely message this holiday season. The..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Saying It Over and Over Again Doesn't Make It True

"...said it had awarded $25 billion in contracts to small business. It said that was the figure for the..."

Aug. 15, 2006 Postmarks

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"...that a quarter of the SBA's contracts went to small business. Not so fast, slick! The SBA report said..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Washington Against Hightower

"...that a quarter of the SBA's contracts went to small business. Not so fast, slick! The SBA report said..."

Aug. 8, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

"...• The National Federation of Independent Business released last Thursday its quarterly "Texas Small-Business Conditions" report,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Bank Shot

Is Bigger Better?

"...Norwest), says that larger banks have "definite advantages" over smaller banks in terms of convenience, their capacity to make..."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Common Law

COVID and paid time off to watch kids not in school

"...because their school is closed. The company is a small start-up. My boss told me the company doesn't have..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

Cottage Industries

Eating locally never tasted so sweet

"...an entrepreneurial baker wanted to start a legal baked-goods business without opening a brick-and-mortar shop, she had to rent..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: Hi Sign and St. Elmo Brewing

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 5)

"...have benefited with an additional means to float their businesses and whatever skeleton crew remains on staff...."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Common Law

COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 3)

"...package, I've heard that the government will give my small business money with no requirement for repayment. Is that..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

South Indian and East Texas Cuisine Come Together at Puli-Ra

Chef Deepa Shridhar revamps her model but stays true to her vision

"...work, allowing us behind the scenes of a maverick small business providing a boldly experimental synthesis of South Indian..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Alex Detmar

Mega Chains H Mart and 99 Ranch Market Come to Austin

What’s at stake for local Asian markets?

"...biggest, with over 60 stores, and both began as small grocery stores in the early Eighties.) Though their arrival..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Food Feature by Beth Sullivan

Beside the Point: Game Over

How to win friends and influence budgets

"...rhymes with, uh, Toby Futrell. And then there's the Small Business Group...."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...the tears welled not for the fictionalized demise of small-town life, but for its real-life counterpart. They fell for..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...Capital of the World, and the city's M/WBE ("minority/women's business enterprise") program -- focusing as it does all of..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...Romero, Spector adds, is "unbelievably powerful in the business," having developed two of the most popular computer games..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Co-Op Conversions "Best Bet for Cultural Preservation"

Local businesses find strength in cooperation

"...to the demise of some of Austin's most beloved businesses. The Austin Cooperative Business Association responded with a report..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: Congress CARES About You

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

"...need it. Direct payments to individuals, forgivable loans to businesses to cover payroll, unemployment insurance for freelancers – these..."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...loved ones and saving those holiday gift-buying dollars for Small Business Saturday. We talked to six Austin designers and..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Riley and Tovo Join the Mix

Incumbents enter and 10-1 Races Begin to Take Shape

"...Sam Osemene, Austin Community College Assoc. prof. of government, small business owner, and 2008 Place 6 candidate said he’s..."

April 7, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Pushing for shared prosperity; and Bush's Iraq oil law

"...right-wing apologists for this injustice, raising workers' pay hurts small business. But wait, I'm a small-business owner, and it..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Frederick "Rick" Patterson was born in the small Southeast Texas city of Edna, seat of Jackson Co...."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

If you support the smoking ban, don't pretend you want to keep Austin weird

"...argument, as it ignores working-class economic realities and music business strategies). The argument goes on to assert that, even..."

April 8, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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"...Health Before Business..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Status of the Original

"...and four years later, with the help of two business partners in Massachusetts, opened BookLab, a much larger facility..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Local Businesses Warn Lege on Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Discriminatory laws not just morally corrupt but financially damaging

"...as being so binary," says League. "We hope other businesses follow suit."..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...I’d been running on the edges of the music business but couldn’t fathom any way in. Going to concerts..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Page Two: Budgetary Fantasies

Those who think budget-cutting is easy will soon learn otherwise

"...that it was a demand for lower taxes and smaller government ... and so on...."

Nov. 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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