Downtown Sarasota business interests oppose parallel parking plan
23 people have signed a petition objecting to a plan to convert angled parking on lower Main Street into parallel spaces.
Entrepreneurial: Reading the market and shifting gears
A lot of small businesses fail. In a recession, it’s even worse. But there are some strategies small businesses can follow to not only stay afloat but also thrive during a tough economy.
Town Talk: Headmasters moves out of downtown; community orchard, other gardens planned on city land; Del Monte ...
News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
Parking plan could destroy Eaglescliffe business
A HAIRDRESSER fears new parking restrictions could spell the end for her salon.
Some not afraid to start businesses in tough climate
Hair stylist Amy McBride wasn’t concerned about opening a new business that depends on customers’ discretionary spending. After all, she raised the startup money for Posh Salon & Spa selling hair feathers at last year’s Illinois State Fair. She is one of a dozen entrepreneurs who filed paperwork to operate businesses last week in Sangamon County.
Romance readers and writers invited to Lady Jane’s Salon
Local romance writers Tracey Devlyn and Adrienne Giordano had long talked about going to Lady Jane's Salon, a Manhattan-based gathering in which writers read from their novels to a live audience. After visiting in 2010, the two writing buddies plan to replicate the experience with the launch of Lady Jane's Salon-Naperville, a bimonthly reading series.