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Buying Local Blooms in Floral Industry

Renee Beck Tuesday, May 15, 2012
You go to farmers' markets and dine at earthy farm-to-table restaurants. But what about your flowers? Local Color Flowers' Ellen Frost wants you to think about where your flowers come from. 

Q&A: Fed Hill's Jane Seebold Talks About Plans for Cross Street Market

Barbara Pash Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Federal Hill leaders are mulling changes to the historic Cross Street Market, including adding new vendors and incorporating new design elements. We chat with Federal Hill Main Street's Jane Seebold about what's in store. 

Swiss Tradition Inspires Baltimore Chocolate Makers

Jolene Carr Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Recently grabbing the No. 6 spot on a national ranking of top chocolate makers, Glarus Chocolatier relies on Swiss techniques to make the confections. See what has made the husband-and-wife duo a sweet success. 

Baltimore's Classic Restaurants Buck the Trends

Renee Beck Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Baltimore’s stalwart restaurants have to compete with modern, trendy wine bars and bistros. Few have made it through decades of roller coaster growth and recessions. But classics like the Prime Rib, Rusty Scupper, Sotto Sopra, the Black Olive and Tio Pepe are going by changing with the times -- yet staying true to what made them crowd favorites in the first place.

Step OUT: For the Launch of an Urban Culture Blog

Bmore Staff Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Baltimore's emerging hip hop and urban culture scene has gotten its own voice with True Laurels. Founder Lawrence Burney is hosting a free event with live local music and visual art April 6.

Catching More Business With Honey

Jolene Carr Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tracie and Cliff Spriggs moved into a new space in Randallstown this month to grow their catering business and rent out commercial kitchen space to aspiring chefs. Icedgems and Mallow Crunchies are some of Honey Biscuits' clients. 

Smoothie Sailing: B'more Organic Lands Wegmans as a Client

Barbara Pash Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Jennifer Buerger is a mother of two, a psychotherapist and an entrepreneur who sells smoothies blended with Icelandic-style skyr. Don't know what is skyr? You will soon as Wegmans Food Markets just agreed to sell the product in its mid-Atlantic stores. 

Cuban Heritage Inspires Cafe, Cuisine and Cooking Show

Barbara Pash Tuesday, March 13, 2012
After struggling to find a job during the recession, Marta Ines Quintana was forced to switch gears. She parlayed her culinary and marketing skills to form a food business that draws on her family's Cuban heritage. She started a prepared food business and opened a Towson cafe. Next on her agenda: a TV cooking show. 

Entrepreneur Sells Sweet Snack to Whole Foods

Jolene Carr Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Nikki Lewis drew on her childhood love of sticky marshmallow treats to found Mallow Munchies. Last month, she opened a Baltimore County cafe selling the Rice Krispies Treats and recently snagged a deal to sell the dessert in Whole Foods. 

Step OUT: To See Women of the World

Bmore Staff Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Mary Chapin Carpenter and Rain Pryor are among the guests at a three-day festival highlighting female achievement. The WOW Baltimore festival features performance, lectures and workshops at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. 

New Businesses Say "Buon Giorno" to Baltimore's Little Italy

John Frizzera Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sushi, wine-making and a contemporary bed and breakfast -- in Little Italy? They are among the new businesses calling the neighborhood home as more young people move to the area and more dollars flow into nearby Harbor East.

Q&A: Fells Point Main Street's Joy Giordano Talks About the Changing Tide

Amy McNeal Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Fells Point Main Street has a new executive director, Joy Giordano. She sits down with Bmore Media to talk about the challenges the area faces, how she plans to run the organization and a new marketing campaign that she hopes will bring more tourists to the area. 

Tech Council's Jason Hardebeck Says Baltimore Needs to Fail

Julekha Dash Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Baltimore's main networking group for the tech community shook things up last year when it appointed a new executive director, Jason Hardebeck. Now, he talks to Bmore Media about his plans to make the group relevant at a time when innovators are making connections on their own through social media. His ideas include giving members more of a say in where their money goes and providing mentoring opportunities for budding entrepreneurs. And he wants Baltimore to learn how to fail.

New Boutique Owners Design Their Future in Retail

Jolene Carr Tuesday, February 07, 2012
A handful of women entrepreneurs have opened trendy fashion boutiques in Baltimore within the past year. By keeping prices and expenses low, using social media to promote the stores and staying ahead of the fashion curve, they hope to hang on by more than a thread as they ride out the bumpy economy.

Baltimore City Kids Offer Lessons in Startup Success

Tricia Granata Eisner Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Do you have an elevator pitch? Kids participating in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship program do. The nonprofit's executive director says any budding business owner can learn from these students who learn how to craft a business plan and get money from investors.
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