Small Business

When Timothy Balensiefer founded TBIRD Design in 2000, his expectations for his design firm, he thought, were pretty high. He had a five-year and 10-year plan detailing lofty goals and a bright future for TBIRD.

Lafayette-based GLGraphix is enhancing the greatness of Greater Lafayette.

Owned by husband-and-wife team, Mark and Sandy Sweval, GLGraphics is a large-format graphics business that designs displays, banners and images that grab an audience’s attention.

Jody Bahler always dreamed of one day owning her own catering business.

That dream came to fruition 12 years ago when she opened The Homestead.

Jeanne Dudley’s people skills helped put Sparkletone Dry Cleaners on the map as the go-to place in town for dry cleaning.

One Indiana summer, after Chef Sarah McGregor-Ray experienced promising success at the Lafayette Farmer’s Market with her gourmet pastries, she found herself the co-owner of a bakery

Strolling into Great Harvest Bread Co. in Lafayette provides one with the experience that husband-and-wife founders, Jerry and Janet Lecy, had hoped to create nearly 17 years ago.

The HVAC business is booming in Greater Lafayette. If you have any doubts, just watch the advertising during local television newscasts.