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Courtesy photo
Local artist Darien Orr uses vintage
Barbie dolls to create her new line
called the Dentoning Doll.
Kim Phillips
COMMENTARY
Denton gets
all dolled up
little white dog dashes to the
window barking excitedly in re-
sponse to my knock at the front
door, beside which a welcome blessing
is written neatly on an old-fashioned
chalkboard. I see a woman’s hands
scoop up the pup as the doorknob
turns. She laughs, eyes dancing above a
casual, long-sleeved tee and well-loved
jeans. Comfortable, just like her.
It is the home of an artist. Pots and
pans hang from the axles of a
mid-20th-century child’s pedal car
bolted to the kitchen wall. A refur-
bished, full-sized library card catalog in
the den has neat handwritten labels
identifying what each drawer holds:
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Julie Jacobson/AP
Catherine Lajara, founder and CEO of Novel Research of New York, works Nov. 18 on a query from a pharmaceutical company in her office in New
York. Since starting the center four years ago, Lajara’s business has expanded enough that she will soon draw a salary, enabling her to quit her day
job as a mental health case manager to run the center full time.
RISKY REWARDS
Research: Small businesses that surpass five-year mark can improve income
By Sarah Skidmore Sell
AP Business Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. — Catherine Lajara had no
connections, no college degree and $4,000 in sav-
ings when she decided to start her own business in
2010.
It was daunting, but she felt passionate about her
plan to open a clinical research center in the Bronx.
The company runs trials for pharmaceutical compa-
nies looking to develop new treatments.
Novel Research of New York now has five clinical
studies and its revenue has grown several times over.
It has expanded enough that Lajara will soon
draw a salary, enabling her to quit her day job as a
mental health case manager to run the center full
time. She plans to use her added income to help pay
for classes to finish her undergraduate degree and
possibly graduate school. Lajara also hopes to sur-
prise her parents with a vacation.
“You work so hard, you are proud when that pay-
check comes in,” Lajara said.
But the odds are against fledgling business own-
ers: Only about half of new businesses survive be-
yond five years, according to U.S. Census data. But
research shows that those who are able to keep their
doors open for several years can improve their in-
come.
Self-employment increases household consump-
tion by 8 percent over a 10-year period, according to
University of Wisconsin assistant business professor
Sarada, who uses only one name.
There are broader implications. Small businesses
create two out of every three new private sector jobs
in the U.S., according to the Small Business Admin-
istration.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said in an Oc-
tober speech that business ownership is one of the
key building blocks of economic opportunity.
“It does change people’s lives,” said Fred Owens,
director of development for New York-based com-
munity financing group Project Enterprise, which
provided Lajara with training and loans for her busi-
ness.
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New bar and venue
coming to downtown
By Sarah Blaskovich
The Dallas Morning News
You could say Denton bar Harvest
House, which opens in 2015, started 10
years ago.
Part-owner Matt Arnold and his
friends have been throwing a party
called Harvest Fest since 2004. It start-
ed with “15 people, a bale of hay, a bottle
of whiskey and a bluegrass band,” Ar-
nold recalls.
The party grew to 50 people in
2005; 1,000 people in 2011. Since then,
Arnold and his business partners John
and Ian Lenz have been working on
opening a permanent establishment
where the Harvest Fest fun won’t be just
a once-a-year thing.
Harvest Fest was an annual party
put on by Denton’s Matt Arnold and his
friends. Arnold is now joined by two
partners and is working on opening a
bar called Harvest House, in honor of
that annual party.
The building they settled on was an
automotive shop for more than five de-
cades. Its former owner, now 91 years
old, hung out at the soon-to-be Harvest
House “every day until we took the roof
off of the building,” Arnold said.
“It’s been a lot of fun being at the
property because we get all these old
guys come in who tell all these stories,”
he said. They’re planning to have a spe-
cial chair in the bar for 91-year-old Jim-
my Normile. They also might name a
drink after him.
Harvest House is estimated to open
March 13, 2015. At that time, Arnold
hopes the backyard will be fully trans-
formed into a beer garden, with vegeta-
bles growing out back.
“Our friends have been helping im-
mensely,” Arnold said.
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