indiegainesville

Celebrating Independent Gainesville

Worth It

   Infographic reprinted with permission of the clever folks of CustomMade.

May 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Eat Local Challenge!

Happy May Day–and welcome to the SIXTH (–are we counting right, Stefanie?)  Annual Eat Local Challenge. You can register and officially accept the challenge here. Just email (HogtownHomeGrown@gmail.com) your: First Name Last … Continue reading

May 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

What’s Going On

Oh lovely Gainesville…we have missed writing here. It’s just, you know, life happens and we get distracted and are really busy. Time to get back to basics: Posting! What’s going … Continue reading

March 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Voting Year Round

Yes, you can vote year round. Sure, the elections are over, for better or worse . . . but where you opt to spend money on goods and who you … Continue reading

November 7, 2012 · 1 Comment

Helping Wild Iris stay Wild

Wild Iris Books first opened its doors in September 1992, and this month they celebrate their 20th anniversary. This celebration is bitter-sweet as they contemplate the reality that they may have … Continue reading

October 4, 2012 · 1 Comment

Whirlwind

Happy 20th Birthday to Wild Iris Books, one of few locally-owned independent book stores. Stop by and celebrate at their “Living History” event tonight, starting at 7:30. The guys from … Continue reading

September 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Indie businesses–by the numbers (or, why local?!)

Number of new independent bookstores that have opened since 2005:  437 Increase since 2002 in the number of small specialty food stores:  1,414 Increase since 2002 in the number of … Continue reading

September 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

We take photos

ArtWalk last Friday. Labor Daze on Sunday. Great times, even better people. For us, we were reminded that every Gainesvillian has talents galore.

September 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

What to Do? This, this, this, and this.

Happening this weekend (that you don’t want to miss!): Tonight is ArtWalk. We love ArtWalk. “The mission of Artwalk is to promote the arts as an active, vibrant, and essential … Continue reading

August 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

You asked, we answer

1. “How did you get started?” Indiegainesville was started when we saw the need to share the extraordinary independent businesses and supportive community in this city.  While we didn’t expect … Continue reading

August 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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