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Austin Food & Wine Alliance names board members
The Austin Food & Wine Alliance has selected its first board of directors. The board members will lead the organization’s key initiatives including providing grants to community nonprofits, individuals and businesses based on culinary innovation. Dozens of applicants were vetted by a committee of former Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival board members and culinary professionals. The board of directors for the Austin Food Wine Alliance includes: •President: Cathy Cochran-Lewis, senior program leader, Global Marketing, Whole Foods Market •Vice-President: Paul Barnes, assistant director, Austin Convention Center •Treasurer: Jeff Christner, vice president, ABC Bank •Secretary: Gina Burchenal, owner and executive chef, Gina’s Kitchen Culinary Consulting •Past President: Chad Auler, founder and president, Savvy Vodka, vice president, Fall Creek Vineyards •Director: Linda Bebee, vice president of Domestic Marketing, Texas Beef Council •Director: Michael Aaron Bepko, global online community manager, Whole Foods Market •Director: Christian Bowers, owner, Bola Pizza, Austin Food Journal •Director: Sandra Spalding, retail community events manager, Twin Liquors •Director: Tom Thornton, food and drink editor, Austinist, associate broker, Realty Austin •Director: Marshall Wright, social media director, T3, Marshall Wright Photography The culinary nonprofit also announced that Makers Mark Bourbon has become a key supporter...
Cirque Du Soleil bringing show to Cedar Park
The traveling artists from Cirque Du Soleil are coming to Cedar Park to present Quidam, the story of a young girl who relies on her imagination to escape a mundane existence. Much is required to put on such a large performance, from hiring doctors and massage therapists to finding a hotel to bunk its cast, and area businesses are the main benefactors. Officials with Cirque Du Soleil have already sought out area businesses and individual people to fill many roles, including: •100 hotel rooms; •100 local technicians from the Austin area are hired to perform tasks such as rigging, lighting, sound and carpentry; •doctors, dentists and massage therapists; •a local gym; •dishwashers, wardrobe dressers, laundry and local public relations help; •ushers, concessions, fire, police and emergency management personnel; •and six chefs to cook lunch and dinner for Cirque employees and other workers...
2310 South Lamar has a new owner
A unknown buyer has purchased 2310 South Lamar, a 4,229-square-foot retail center in South Austin. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brad Bailey and Logan Reichle with The Weitzman Group handled negotiations on behalf of the landlord. The brokerage team received many offers on the property, officials with The Weitzman Group said. The tenant mix includes Casita Taco, Irie Bean Coffee Bar, and Diablo Rojo Piercing. Follow the latest commercial real estate news with the Breaking Ground email...
Austin real estate round-up: Feb. 22
Here is a round-up listing of recent deals and announcements in the Austin real estate market since last Wednesday: Saladworks leased 2,200 square feet in Northcross at 2525 W. Anderson Lane, its first Austin location. Lance Morris and Adam Zimel with the Commercial Retail Division of The Weitzman Group handled negotiations the landlord. The tenant was represented by Matthew Hanna with Clear Fork Management Co. How Do You Roll leased 1,800 square feet in the Plaza Volente shopping center at 11521 FM 620 North...
Survey: Baby Boomers don't plan to retire any time soon
In a nationally distributed survey of business owners, more than half of those owners who were born during the Baby Boomer generation said they are planning to work well beyond their retirement age. Of those who responded to MPN Inc.’s survey, a total of 62.8 percent, or almost two out of three, said they would retire from regular business activity in either "more than 10 years" or "never." Baby Boomers were born between 1945 and 1964. This age group makes up the largest generation of small business owners in history, according to MPN...