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In February, I had the wonderful opportunity of going with a group of Grand Rapidians to visit Austin, Texas with the goal of learning about the city and exchanging ideas with its leaders. Perfect timing. It was cold and miserable in Grand Rapids while biking weather in Austin. But the...
We couldn’t go to Austin without visiting the Mecca for Foodies, Whole Foods. In 2005, the grocery store that changed the way America shops, built a new 80,000 square food flagship emporium on the outskirts of downtown Austin designed to show off everything that Whole Foods stands for....
My first clue that Austin, Texas was a different kind of place was arriving at the airport and seeing a colorful accumulation of guitars decorating the baggage claim area. Creative and lively, they mixed with a motley assortment of Christmas decor. Seemed to be just “plunked there.”