indiegainesville

Celebrating Independent Gainesville

Home, sweet (local) home…

We recently met with K to discuss a fun community project. During our meeting, K was explaining how much Gainesville felt like home and couldn’t stop singing its praise. We … Continue reading

May 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Worth It

   Infographic reprinted with permission of the clever folks of CustomMade.

May 6, 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

Alachua County in National News: End Wage Theft!

Wage theft tends to be a silent issue, but it remains a terrible wrong that affects countless people. Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force is working diligently to get the … Continue reading

February 21, 2013 · 2 Comments

Dignity and Livelihood of Workers

On Tuesday, January 8th, the Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force, along with dozens of local business leaders, workers, religious leaders, and other members of the community will hold a … Continue reading

January 7, 2013 · 2 Comments

This, that, and more you should know. (Happy New Year!)

First of all, happy 2013! We hope you have a healthy, happy year. We look forward to growing with you and thank you whole-heartedly for your support. Because of you, … Continue reading

January 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Indie news

Great story about a retiring grocer who declined lucrative buy-out opportunities and sold the business to his employees instead.   The life of today’s chain retail workers. What the Wal-Mart strikers … Continue reading

November 29, 2012 · 1 Comment

What’s Sunday?

“If you make something up and enough people agree with you–it becomes reality.” (Stephen Colbert) Tomorrow has been deemed “Small Business Saturday.” (“SBS” from here on.) We guess today you go and spend … Continue reading

November 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Another reason to shop independent.

(Too darn good not to share, even if it’s a tad puzzling that a major credit card that’s teamed with a Mal-Wart supports this…but we’ll overlook it for now)

November 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Amazing Ramen–and links

If you are a gourmand, this may be the time to stop reading. But if you’re a student on a budget–or just curious, as we were–check out this infographic! (Via) … Continue reading

November 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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