Melody Simmons - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/melody-simmons/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:05:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Melody Simmons - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/melody-simmons/ 32 32 103504436 Houston’s largest architecture firm expands with addition of East Coast firm https://houstonnewmedia.org/houstons-largest-architecture-firm-expands-with-addition-of-east-coast-firm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houstons-largest-architecture-firm-expands-with-addition-of-east-coast-firm Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:05:20 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b422f2c36fcdf74b66435588cc135526 The merger expands PBK's reach in the mid-Atlantic, joining the new office the firm added in Richmond, Virginia, in November 2024.

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]]> 904497 Atlas Restaurant Group raises minimum wage to $15 an hour https://houstonnewmedia.org/atlas-restaurant-group-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atlas-restaurant-group-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:14:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=45f353057fc5541f84cc4f4d69cc7186 The company owns 21 upscale restaurants and bars, including Ouzo Bay and Loch Bar in Houston's River Oaks District. The company will also open a brand-new concept in the mixed-use Montrose Collective development currently underway.

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]]> 158137 National study predicts up to 25,000 retailers could close this year https://houstonnewmedia.org/national-study-predicts-up-to-25000-retailers-could-close-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-study-predicts-up-to-25000-retailers-could-close-this-year Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:43:51 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e5233acfc77664fc52e7b7dc2ae2b84e A new national report predicts that a record of up to 25,000 retailers could close this year across the U.S. as Covid-19 continues to rattle the market.

The grim prediction by Coresight Research showed a coming tidal wave of retail failures compared ...

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