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RSS Feed for citybizJuly 16, 2025 — Blo Blow Dry Bar, North America’s original blow dry bar and blow dry bar franchise, opened its bar in Plano on April 11. Located at 1900 Preston Road, Suite 134, the bar offers guests five signature styles on its hair menu, a la carte options, a variety of hair treatments, plus five signature makeup looks and a brand-new section of customized looks to provide endless inspiration.
July 16, 2025 — Blo Blow Dry Bar, North America’s original blow dry bar and blow dry bar franchise, recently opened its newest bar in the Goodnight Ranch community. Located at 9021 Goodnight Ranch Blvd.
July 16, 2025 — Just in time for those midday cravings and post-workout snacks, Sweet Addison’s is launching their first-ever Protein Cookie with Texas-based wellness expert Taylor Dukes (332K IG). The cookie is packed with 17g of protein thanks to Taylor’s signature Unflavored Bone Broth Protein Powder and is free of grains, dairy, soy, refined sugars, preservatives, and more.
July 16, 2025 — Thompson Thrift, a full-service real estate company engaged in multifamily and mixed-use projects across the country, earned national recognition today as a 2025 Top Workplaces Industry winner in the real estate industry category. “We’re honored to be recognized as a 2025 Top Workplaces Industry winner,” said Dan Sink, president and CFO of Thompson Thrift Development.
July 16, 2025 — Capital Square, one of the nation’s leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and an active developer and manager of housing communities, announced today that its offering, Capital Square Glendale BFR, LLC, has been fully capitalized. The Regulation D private placement, consisting of a 320-unit build-for-rent community in Glendale, Arizona, raised over $43 million in equity from investors.
July 16, 2025 — Eton Solutions, the wealth management platform that the world’s wealthiest single and multi-family offices rely on to manage over $1 trillion in assets, today announced the finalization of its $58 Million Series C round, which unfolded in two tranches. The raise was led by repeat investor Navis Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on companies in high-growth markets with an edge in their industries.
July 16, 2025 — Susan Gallagher is President of ZRG’s Consulting Solutions, leading strategy and growth for the firm’s global consulting business. A seasoned professional services executive, she previously served as CEO of Bravanti, guiding it through a successful management buyout and sale to ZRG.
July 16, 2025 — Federal officials are calling on the state to reissue a permit for a wind farm planned off the Ocean City coast, to correct what they say is an error in the original document. In a July 7 letter to the Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.
July 16, 2025 — A potential first-in-class gene therapy blocking interleukin 1 (IL-1), GNSC-001 is designed to offer long-term, sustained IL-1 inhibition following a single injection into affected join IL-1 is a key mediator involved in pathogenesis of OA Genascence Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company revolutionizing the treatment of prevalent musculoskeletal diseases with gene therapy, today announced that the U. S.
July 16, 2025 — Woofie’s®, a premier provider of personalized mobile pet care services, has announced a new nationwide collaboration with the American Kennel Club (AKC) to provide standardized grooming safety training and certifications to its franchise teams through the AKC S. A.
July 16, 2025 — Globally recognized destination Ladew Topiary Gardens is proud to announce the naming of its Director of Horticulture and Facilities position in honor of Leith Symington Griswold, one of the Garden’s visionary founders, whose legacy has shaped the Ladew that visitors know and love today. Leith, who passed away in 2013, was the matriarch of Baltimore’s Symington and Griswold families, an accomplished equestrian, fox-hunting enthusiast, and passionate gardener.
July 16, 2025 — Advances Feasibility Study and Seeks to Boost Resource Estimate Ahead of Q4 2025 Milestones Positions Mine for Commercial Production, which is Expected in 2026, to Address Growing Demand in the West Critical Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: CRML), a leading critical minerals mining company, is today pleased to announce a 2000m resource diamond drilling program has commenced at the Tanbreez Rare Earth Project in Greenland.
July 16, 2025 — ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Gabriel Hasson as Global Head of Governance & Shareholder Advisory. In this role, he will lead the firm’s team advising company management and Boards of Directors across the full spectrum of strategic governance matters, including investment fund stewardship engagement, ESG and bylaw policy strategy and disclosure, shareholder activism, and proxy contest advisory.
July 16, 2025 — Pure Barre, the largest barre workout brand in the United States, will celebrate the opening of its first location in Mountain View on July 17. Located at 125B E El Camino Real, local residents will gain access to Pure Barre’s challenging and proprietary barre technique.
July 16, 2025 — TBC Uzbekistan, the leading digital banking ecosystem in Central Asia and part of London-listed TBC Bank Group, announces that it has been recognized as one the world’s top fintechs in the neobanking category. TBC Uzbekistan is the first and only business from Uzbekistan and the wider Central Asia region to receive this accolade.
July 16, 2025 — Dot Ai (Nasdaq: DAIC), an IoT and AI-based SaaS startup at the forefront of Asset Intelligence technology, today announced that a limited-production run of its patent-pending ZiM (Zero Infrastructure Mesh) Bridge is now available for exclusive ‘early-bird’ order. The highly-anticipated ZiM Bridge stands to eliminate outdated, manual inventory management tools—such as RFID hand-scanners—and transform asset and supply chain management through real-time, automated data collection.
July 16, 2025 — HOPE Hydration, the company which delivers free filtered water through its digitally connected water refill HydroStations, today announced the successful completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Pentair plc, with additional participation from Burnt Island Ventures. The new capital is expected to fuel the company’s growth into additional markets, scale manufacturing, accelerate product innovation, and strengthen strategic partnerships to help expand its impact worldwide.
July 16, 2025 — ICE ARRESTS IN MARYLAND HAVE DOUBLED: Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his campaign to deport thousands of immigrants has created headlines in Maryland after dispatching federal agents to sweep the streets, raiding worksites and, in one case, removing a mother from her vehicle. Now, government records reveals the scale of these efforts: Arrests by U.
July 16, 2025 — Sauce Labs, the leading platform for continuous quality, today announced it has been awarded a Bronze medal from EcoVadis, the global authority on business sustainability ratings. The recognition marks a major step forward in Sauce Labs’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) journey and affirms the company’s growing role as a responsible partner to enterprise customers around the world.
July 16, 2025 — For many retirees, finding the right balance of space, lifestyle, affordability, and convenience is key when selecting a new home. At Maris Grove, an Erickson Senior Living community in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania, one-bedroom residences offer ample space for at-home hobbies, worry-free living, value, and access to state-of-the-art amenities.