It’s Our Business My first week on the job concluded with the Light the Night Parade, and I was awestruck by the execution of the detailed plan put together for the parade! On that day, I was an apprentice, and I was humbled by Penny’s expertise in producing such a large event. Because everything wa...

Leadership class gets an education from Gillespie County schools The 2024 class of Leadership Gillespie County (LGC) met on Dec. 6 for its fourth session to focus on education. The class gathered at Lost Draw Cellars that morning with a breakfast donated by Twisted Sisters Bake Shop. Brian Heath, ow...

It’s Our Business There is one particular story about me that my mom always enjoyed telling (many years after the event) and my wife uses to sum up many of my life experiences. When I was a toddler, our family was living in Morrocco as part of a military assignment. I was the stereotypical blondehai...

MY 2 CENTS The Tooth Fairy once visited me the day after a parade. As a kid, we always watched the Gillespie County Fair Parade in the shade of the la...

MY 2 CENTS I opened a slim ivory box that had appeared overnight on my desk at work. Pretty little paper butterflies tumbled from layers of orange tis...

Jim Mikula, a Fredericksburg resident and global hospitality consultant, has been named the new Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. ...