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#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: baked’nsconed

Tiffany Anders transformed a passion into a business when she launched baked’nsconed nearly a decade ago. Since 2012, the restaurant has been offering a variety of baked goods, scones, sandwiches, salads, coffee, cakes, desserts and more.

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#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Ideal Massage

Chelsey Luce set aside social norms and embarked on a new adventure when she opened her own small business in 2018. Ideal Massage provides therapeutic massages, skin care aesthetics, lash and brow services, and skin waxing.

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#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Hippo Café

Self-described “serial entrepreneurs” Scott and Stacie Feller risked it all when they ventured into a new industry and launched Hippo Café in 2019. The duo had owned and operated home improvement ventures for nearly 30 years...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: The Downtown Hall of Fame

Sean and Judi Smith believed they could help spark a new energy in Historic Downtown Hutto when they launched The Downtown Hall of Fame in 2011. The restaurant and bar offers a fun and family-friendly atmosphere with craft burgers and cocktails on the men...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: LaLa’s Kitchen

Laura Hughes founded her own small business, LaLa’s Kitchen, in 2015 with a dream of bringing an exciting new culture and line of cuisine to Hutto. The popular food truck serves up authentic Korean comfort food in the heart of Historic Downtown ...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Westphalia Market

Pat and Beth Rabroker could see that Hutto was primed for rapid growth when they decided to expand their small business, Westphalia Market, into the area in 2012. Primarily a butcher shop, Westphalia Market also offers dairy, produce, dry goods and frozen...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Creative Touch & Candy Corner

Matt Widmer followed in his mother Janet’s entrepreneurial footsteps when he took ownership of her small business after she retired in 2010. Creative Touch & Candy Corner is a gift and candy shop that offers toys, gourmet food, home accessor...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Finding Balance Yoga

A desire to own a business and create something of her own, combined with a background in accounting and years of training, led Sandra Moreland to open Finding Balance Yoga earlier this year. Offering group and private yoga classes and sessions as well as...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Bless This Nest

Most entrepreneurs must have excellent time management and prioritization skills to be successful. This was certainly true for Marci Wagner as she navigated her full-time job in real estate while also launching her own small business, Bless This Nest.&...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Happy Panini

Chris and Gina Auditore encountered more adversity than most entrepreneurs when they launched their small business, Happy Panini. The popular food truck located in Historic Downtown Hutto was born in the heart of the pandemic following an unexpected layof...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Dwell House Coffee and Tap

For Dawid Bednarek, entrepreneurship runs in the family. As his wife expanded her small business, Salt + Waves Salon, into Hutto, Bednarek saw his opportunity to launch Dwell House Coffee and Tap, a neighborhood craft coffee shop with a dozen ever-rotatin...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Hutto Flower Market

“Every beautiful town needs a beautiful flower shop!” It was with this motto in mind that Misty Faglie opened her own small business in November 2019. Hutto Flower Market provides the community with high quality florals, plants and gif...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Farmers Insurance – Doug Gaul Agency

Doug Gaul turned a hardship into a success story when he launched his own Farmers Insurance agency. Providing all types of insurance and financial services to individuals, families and businesses across the greater Hutto area, the Doug Gaul Agency has bee...

#SmallBusinessWeek Spotlight: Thig’s Diamond Kutz

When William Thigpen bet on himself in the spring of 2016, Thig’s Diamond Kutz was born. Located in Historic Downtown Hutto, Thig’s Diamond Kutz offers the community not only a place to come and get a great haircut, but also an environ...