Robin Watson, APMA, BFA, CRPC, financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Fredericksburg, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Five Star Wealth Manager award by Five Star Professional. This is the second award for Watson, who won last year. The award goes to less than seven percent of the weal...

Gillespie County and the city of Fredericksburg received $733,786.15 in monthly sales tax allocations from the Texas Comptroller’s Office for July, 0.6% less than in July 2023. These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly. The payment yield to date was $5,49...

It’s Our Business Abook I reference often is “Trillion Dollar Coach,” by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle. All were coached by Bill Campbell who played a key role in the development of Google, Apple and Intuit. The authors coined the term “Trillion Dollar Coach” as the value of the co...

Even though the economy is bucking some headwinds, business at the Gillespie County Airport has really taken off lately. “Traffic at the airport has s...

This past week we began working on two upcoming events. Next month will be the Leadership Gillespie County Retreat for the members of the Class of 202...

It’s Our Business Afew weeks ago marked six months for me on the job. By several metrics, the Chamber is doing well. Memberships are up year over year...