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Walls are being erected for the building of Pier 1 Imports at Canyon West Shopping Center in Southwest Lubbock.

Commercial construction booms in Southwest Lubbock

Population rise, strong economy fuel boom in building projects

By DENISE MARQUEZ

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Marquez: New restaurants, plastic surgery center in the works for Lubbock

There are several businesses that have recently opened in Lubbock, including a couple of restaurants and a new plastic surgery institute.

By DENISE MARQUEZ

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Business Profile: Elbia Galo promoting Breedlove Foods local, global humanitarian aid

Name: Elbia Galo I am from: I was born in Managua, Nicaragua Occupation: Breedlove Foods, Inc. Business development and quality assurance director. My job is to identify business opportunities and ...

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Diversified Lenders hires Mann as CEO

Diversified Lenders recently hired Keith Mann as CEO. Mann will take over management of the company under the leadership of Donald Roberts, Diversified Lender owner and chairman.

Agriculture

Blackberries on the South Plains: High tunnels, fun experiment

Texas A&M AgriLife researcher experimenting with blackberries in tent-like high tunnels that saw strawberry success

Local foods conference to provide small-farm education

Program set for April 2; registration is $35

High failure rate dogs organic farm program

BOULDER, Colo. - There's not much happening on the northeast corner of Jay and Spine. The fields are full of weeds and strewn with the remnants of plastic sheeting. A retention pond sits empty.

Craft beer boom spurs demand for close-to-home barley malt

GERMANTOWN, N.Y. - Dennis Nesel converts barley to malt the way it was done hundreds of years ago, spreading the water-soaked grain on his malt house floor and turning it with a shovel as it germinates to release the sugar needed for fermentation.