2 large insurance providers join Aetna in offering plans that cover same-sex partners to businesses with fewer than 50 employees DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer Small businesses in the Lone Star State now have more options for offering health insurance to employees’ domestic partners in Texas, after both Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Humana [...]
Greene returns to Aspen, says she doesn’t know what led to eatery’s demise; ilume’s Luke Crosland says space shouldn’t be difficult to lease From staff reports Monica Greene said she doesn’t know what led to the closure of her new Cedar Springs restaurant after only four months. “I have no comment,” she wrote to Dallas [...]
From staff reports The board of directors of the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce has elected Ron Watterson to serve as its chairman. Watterson replaces Lorie Burch, who has served since January 2011. Burch stepped down as board chair to focus on her law practice and her duties on the national board of the [...]
Lesbian couple’s Eco 7 Trading Co. in downtown Carrollton ‘upcycles’ used materials into furnishings, art DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer ………………………. Cinco de Eco Eco 7 Trading Co. will host Cinco de Eco — a night of art, furniture, food and fun — from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, at 1028 Elm [...]
Kroger has not only taken over the old Elliott’s Hardware location on Maple Avenue, but expanded the building. The new store will cover 75,000 square feet, 30,000 feet larger than Kroger’s nearby store on Cedar Springs Road. Success of the Cedar Springs Road store prompted Kroger to put a second store in the neighborhood. A [...]
Gay-owned UPS store on Lemmon Avenue branches out into printing while delivering community service to earn Business of the Year honor ANNA WAUGH | Staff Writer Jamie Sloan always wanted to own his own business. Now he co-owns the UPS Store on Lemmon Avenue, selected as Business of the Year by the North Texas GLBT Chamber of [...]
AssociaTitle announced it appointed Mark J. Sadlek director of business development.
Gay-owned shop anchors W. Dallas development boom as area awaits opening of Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer When Nick Troilo opened The Workroom on Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas, he did what many gay people have done before him: He became an urban pioneer opening a business in an area most [...]
The generosity of Bert Gallagher and Hudson Ferus Vodka is paying off for the new company and for the LGBT community Tammye Nash | Senior Editor nash@dallasvoice.com Gay Realtor Brian Bleeker knows how difficult it can be to raise money for a cause. And he knows how difficult it is for someone planning a small-scale [...]
New owners say they plan to update the interior but keep the Buli name and format. DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Scott Whittall sold his Cedar Springs Road coffee shop, Buli, to new owners this week and will resign as president of the Cedar Springs Merchants Association. New owners Robert Clawson and Rob Auman [...]
