Bloom Magazine
Category: Business/Finance
Profiles of local business owners, economic news, financial guidance, and stories covering commerce and entrepreneurship in Bloomington and Monroe County.
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B-town’s SpringHill Suites Ranks No. 1 in the Country
When Paul Pruitt and Mae Siffin surveyed Bloomington’s hotel landscape in 2011, they knew they could add something distinctive to…
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The Dog House: B-town’s Only Cage-Free Doggy Day Care
To a dog, The Dog House probably seems a lot more like home than a kennel. That’s because The Dog…
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levitabl: Two Locals Invent a Sustainable Standing Desk
While using a standing table at an airport, Prashanth Jayaraman knew he could design a better, more sustainable option. Not…
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Sterling Real Estate: A One-Woman Success Story
Trish Sterling, owner of Sterling Real Estate and a licensed real estate broker with the state of Indiana, founded her…
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Vance Music Center Celebrates 70 Years
After 70 years, Vance Music Center is still a local, family owned business—and still going strong.
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Loren Wood Builders: Where the Unusual Is Now Usual
Like a lot of people, Loren Wood, a native of Danville, Illinois, originally came to Bloomington to attend Indiana University,…
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Startup Ladies, A Place For Women Entrepreneurs
Kristen Cooper founded Startup Ladies—an organization that, according to its website, “identifies, educates, connects, and increases investment in women entrepreneurs…
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Long Leather Works A Quiet Success Story
Forty years ago, Mike Long walked into a Florida leather shop and asked for a job. The owner asked if…
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Fountain Square Mall Turns 30—How the Cooks Saved the Square
Fountain Square turns 30 on September 10. On Tuesday, September 4, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., CFC Properties, which…
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40-Year-Old Trojan Horse Has New Thirty-ish Owners
This spring, Kristen Shelley, 37, and her husband Michael, also 37, became the new owners of Bloomington’s iconic, 40-year-old Greek…
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