from the Houston Business Journal
Barry Goldware thinks now is the time to open their first new stores since 2001. Even though retail stores in general are suffering through the current slowdown the real estate market is attractive. The new stores are at Plaza at the Parks in South Arlington and the Park Area.
Sun & Ski Sports supports many aspects in the bicycling arena.
from the Temple Daily Telegram
by Fred Afflerbach Telegram Staff Writer
Forget the spandex shorts, yellow jersey and colorful helmet. This blue-collar biker on his daily commute does just fine wearing cotton and a cap. Dodging dogs, broken glass and sometimes road kill, he travels 26 miles, four days a week, riding a plain, black mountain bike.
Sometime last spring, Thomas Hill pledged to his co-workers he would buy a bicycle and ride it to work when gas hit $3.50 per gallon. That day soon came, and he shunned his Ford Ranger pickup for a two-wheeler.
Read more about Thomas and the other rider at the Temple Daily Telegram
This rider must get the award for traveling the farthest to ride in the Hotter’n Hell Hundred later this month in Wichita Falls. According to the story in the Wichita Falls Times Record News, “Jay Hightower, an American geologist living in Egypt, will test how the training he does with the Cairo Cycling Club amid the pyramids stands up to the Hotter’N Hell Hundred this year.”
link to the full article at the Wichita Falls Times Record News
“Bike Around the Bay” is a fun two day, 150 mile bicycle ride around Galveston Bay showcasing the natural beauty of Galveston Bay and benefitting the Galveston Bay Foundation. The ride will once again start in Anahuac, Texas and continue along a scenic route that includes many fascinating sights and highlights. Riders will spend the night in Galveston. Day 2 will bring the riders along the west side of Galveston Bay where they will ultimately finish outside of Baytown, Texas.