Gourmet Food for the Common Budget!

            The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Texas Tech University would like to announce a new and exciting choice for lunch in downtown Lubbock, targeting the local professionals who need good food, fast. Red Carpet Restaurant & Catering is a European, family-style restaurant and is a breath of fresh air to the lunch time rush. Customers are able to have a gourmet meal during their lunch hour, and the quality of the meal is not diminished by the lunch rush.

            This unique restaurant has an ever-changing menu because Chef Carlos Rangel uses only fresh, seasonally-available ingredients to ensure quality and flavor. He creates a new eye-pleasing and mouth watering entrée each day. A new menu is created two weeks in advance and posted online, so regulars know what to expect. Red Carpet is open weekdays from 11am to 2pm, and now on Saturday evenings from 5pm to 9pm. Red Carpet also offers Catering Services.

            Chef Carlos Rangel, a Lubbock native, was formally trained at Johnson & Wales University in Denver, Colorado. His specialties include Country Italian, Classic French, Mediterranean and Oriental Cuisines. Carlos honed his skills in West Coast eateries, satisfying the palettes of such celebrities as Aerosmith, Clint Black, Metallica, and Shania Twain.

            Carlos and his mother Kathy, who also works at the restaurant, came to the SBDC to seek advice on financial management and business planning and worked for several weeks with Senior Business Consultant Ray Laurent, in order to be ready for their opening.

AT SOUTHWEST GREENS, WE PLAY TO WIN!

            The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), at Lubbock, and Bodie Simpson, President of Southwest Greens of Lubbock, would like to announce the immediate availability of premium golf greens and other synthetic surfaces for Lubbock, Amarillo, and Wichita Falls area. Southwest Greens of Lubbock is associated with Southwest Putting Green Technologies, Inc. of Scottsdale, AZ. and joins the growing family of U.S. and international affiliates.

            Southwest Greens has over 30 PGA Pro endosements, including: Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Chris DiMarco, Hale Irwin, Mark Calcavecchia, and Sergio Garcia. All of these PGA players have a high quality 'tour rated' Southwest Green in their own back yards to practice on and they all agree that their Southwest Green is very realistic in every regard and is excellent practice that prepares them for the major events.

            According to Mr. Simpson, "Southwest Greens has perfected its own methods of installation technology that makes its golf greens, playing surfaces, and lawns look, feel, and perform like natural grass. Southwest Greens requires its installers to receive certification to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to provide the best workmanship possible."

            Bodie Simpson came to the Texas Tech University Small Business Development Center for assistance with producing a business play for Southwest Greens of Lubbock. The consultants, at the SBDC, assisted Bodie in completing his business and marketing plan along with required financial projections

Poster Quite the Caricature!

            The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Texas Tech University and Will Terrell of Will Terrell Art and Looney Lines Caricatures would like to announce the placement of a commissioned poster in the Texas Future Farmer’s of America (FFA) building in Austin.  This poster represents the 2007 FFA state graduating officers.  It will hang in this building permanently and will be commissioned yearly.  Will has been in business for three years and not only draws caricatures but does logos, ads, and participates in events and parties.  He also manages the Lubbock Sketch Club, creates comic books, does professional comic book coloring, and freelance art.  Will is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM and evening events by appointment.  For further information contact Will at 806-239-0196, by email at William_terrell@hotmail.com, or go to his websites at:  www.willterrellart.com and www.looneylinescaricatures.com. 

        Will came to the Texas Tech University Small Business Development Center - Lubbock for assistance with marketing strategies. Susan Hoke, Business Counselor at the SBDC, assisted Will with marketing ideas and building one, three, five, and ten year goals for both the business and the Lubbock Sketch Club. Will and Susan also utilized the SBDC Business and Industry Data Center and the SBDC National Research Network to provide him with critical research data.