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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More Local Businesses Filling College Mall Since Expansion
In 1965, when College Mall opened, Sears was its first anchor. That’s why the announcement in early 2016 that the…
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One World KitchenShare: Where Small Food Enterprises Prep & Cook
With the opening of One World KitchenShare—three professional-grade rental kitchens complete with prep tables, ranges, ovens, slicers, mixers, fryers, and…
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Whippoorwill Hill—An Event Venue With a History Dating Back to 1856
Driving south of Bloomington one evening in 2015, Anne Fields and her future husband, Jeff, stopped to check out a…
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New Owners Take on ‘Stewardship’ of 44-year-Old Goods for Cooks
Samantha Eibling and her brother, George Huntington, along with Eibling’s husband, Doug, may be the most recent owners of Goods…
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Ivy Tech Helps Local Workers Achieve Degrees—Debt Free!
When Roy McRoberts, 60, graduated from high school, he went into the military instead of going to college. After serving…
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It Takes More Than a Small Fire To Keep the Book Corner Down
When owner Margaret Taylor opened the doors to the Book Corner on November 15, 2016, she knew something was amiss.…
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Master Rental: Supplying Tents for Events Is Big Business in B-town
For Indiana University’s football game against Ohio State two years ago, Master Rental Center set up 52 tents. That number…
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Local Luthier Helps Players Keep Guitars Fit as Fiddles
David Winslow-Edmonson, 33, has been repairing guitars since he was 12. “My dad has a background in lutherie as well,”…
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What is Living Earth Television And What’s Bloomington’s Role?
Living Earth Television (LETV) is a nonprofit organization that looks to discover important documentary films anywhere in the world, prepare…
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