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OCTOBER 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: CAMFLO HEATING & COOLING
When temperatures plunged below zero during a 2022 Christmastime cold snap, phones at Camflo Heating & Cooling didn’t stop ringing.
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KARA WEBB AND THE FORMULA FOR BUILDING A WORKFORCE
Kara Webb is the director of workforce development at GLC, where she helped design Career+ Pathways, one of the most comprehensive talent pipelines in the state.
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SEPTEMBER 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: GARICA INSURANCE AGENCY
In the summer sun of the 1980s, Diana Garcia learned what it meant to work. Her parents were migrant laborers from Mission, Texas, chasing the harvests across the country.
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AUGUST 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: GENERATION NA
When a festivalgoer at the inaugural Free Spirited Festival posted online that she no longer needed alcohol to have fun, Rob Theodorow knew he had built something special.
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JULY 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: COORS REMODELING
Coors Remodeling began in 1993, when Bart Coors saw an opportunity amid Greater Lafayette’s housing boom. He noticed a growing demand for skilled trades — and a chance to earn a little money for college.
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Let’s Talk About Growth Through Acquisition
Barbara Whitenight wasn’t expecting to find her next big idea when she walked into an axe-throwing venue on a summer trip to Kentucky. In fact, she wasn’t even sure she wanted to try throwing one.
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Greater Lafayette’s bold bet on future-ready graduatesÂ
This spring, more than 100 students from William Henry Harrison and McCutcheon High Schools earned their diplomas through a newly designed, locally created pathway aligned with Indiana’s new graduation seals.
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JUNE 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: THE SPINNING AXE
Barbara Whitenight wasn’t expecting to find her next big idea when she walked into an axe-throwing venue on a summer trip to Kentucky. In fact, she wasn’t even sure she wanted to try throwing one.
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MAY 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: THE OUTPOST
In the early 2000s, Doug Cooper saw a gap—and an opportunity—in Greater Lafayette’s event scene. At the time, Cooper was running Sgt. Preston’s of the North, a popular downtown bar and grill.
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APRIL 2025 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: GIBSON PAINTING
When Chadd Gibson was 18, he was hard at work priming drywall and staining doors in newly built homes, earning just $3.25 an hour.
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