Several home-grown businesses provide employment for area residents:

The problem was that existing business were not relocating and home-grown businesses were growing too slowly.

Some said the law merely cut state revenue because these were all home-grown businesses that would have expanded anyway.

And so is the Kovels' home-grown business.

There's an astonishing number of small home-grown businesses and manufacturers.

And having home-grown businesses move their headquarters overseas or be swallowed by foreign owners is becoming a political sore point.

Some of the company's home-grown businesses have also stumbled.

As Austin became known as a location for creative individuals, corporate retail branches also moved into town and displaced many "home-grown" businesses.

Experts say the government plan could also provide a boost to home-grown businesses.

However, there are a few home-grown businesses that employ area residents.