Last week, the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau ran another one of our ads from our LoveFBGTX stewardship campaign in the Fredericksburg Standard . The theme was “Love Fredericksburg Ranches and Farms.”  The advertisement asked for folks to join us in: •  supporting local food producers,...

Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th President of the United States when I was in fifth grade, and I was absolutely heartbroken because it meant I lost. A few weeks prior to the election, our teacher Mr. Alexander, asked for two volunteers to be campaign managers in a homeroom version of the election. ...

Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce kicked off its second century of service with its 2022 annual awards banquet last Thursday at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds Exhibition Hall. “It’s so good to be back with an in-person event,” Chamber President Penny C. McBride said, though the group has already...

Recently, I’ve had to made some big decisions. One that I know I got right. And one, maybe not entirely wrong, but probably harder than it needed to b...

A couple months ago, I shared information about two of the four key areas of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce’s program of work — housing and br...