<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=19LU6Q_0wEk0dgb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=19LU6Q_0wEk0dgb00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Joanna Barba</figcaption></figure><p>Video rental stores may be a (nostalgic) thing of the past, but one Texas video store is refusing to let the magic of renting movies die!</p><p><b>We Luv Video in Austin, Texas is keeping the old school magic of renting videos alive- and they're proving that people still love the movie rental experience!</b></p><p>We Luv Video, Austin’s first nonprofit video rental library, screening space, and film-lover cultural center, formerly known as "I Luv Video", <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2023-05-05/nonprofit-we-luv-video-establishes-new-hub-on-north-loop/?fbclid=IwAR1Wad7vlWeCyJP2yHfWwFBJQz8o_Mu4oDGbqeubjmUxOjd4LgbrBmvoiSU">is the passion project of Macy Cotton and her husband, Ryan Teel</a>. Together, they began a grassroots movement to bring back I Luv Video after it closed down in 2020.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=46lOgo_0wEk0dgb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=46lOgo_0wEk0dgb00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Google Maps</figcaption></figure><p>That's right, even through the rise of streaming platforms, I Luv Video held on all the way to 2020, however it couldn't survive the blow that the pandemic gave a lot of businesses. Original owner Conrad Bejarano <a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2023-05-05/nonprofit-we-luv-video-establishes-new-hub-on-north-loop/?fbclid=IwAR1Wad7vlWeCyJP2yHfWwFBJQz8o_Mu4oDGbqeubjmUxOjd4LgbrBmvoiSU">eventually met up with Cotton</a> and her husband who shared the idea of bringing back the beloved video store.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=39LmN8_0wEk0dgb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=39LmN8_0wEk0dgb00" width="1250" height="833" ><figcaption>Delaney Van via Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Bejarano agreed to lend the couple his collection of an estimated 130,000 movies after Cotton and Teel raised enough money through crowdfunding. Evidently I Luv Video was a major staple in the lives of Austenite's because Cotton and Teel were able to find enough volunteers to help build and catalog all the movies! Cotton and Teel decided to name the revival "WE Luv Video" <a href="https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2023-05-10/i-luv-video-austin-we-love-video-movie-rental">explaining to Austin's NPR Station</a>:</p><blockquote><p>It's about the We.</p></blockquote><p>We Luv Video is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. They host tons of different events that are great for bringing the community together!</p><p>We Luv Video will be locate at 100 N. Loop Blvd in east Austin. You can follow the adventures of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weluvvideo">We Luv Video here</a>.</p><h2>7 Businesses Founded In Deep East Texas </h2><p>There have been many different types of businesses founded in the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area. Though these are not all, here are 7 examples that stand out as notable favorites from the past and present.</p><h2>New Austin Super Tower Will Be The Tallest Building in Texas by 20 Feet</h2><p>Currently, the title of the tallest building in Austin goes to The Independent, and the tallest in the state is the JPMorgan Chase Tower in downtown Houston.</p><p>This new structure will better those by 300 feet and 20 feet respectively -- and bring the title of "Texas' Tallest Building" to the Capital of the Lone Star State.</p></div></body>

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One Video Store in Texas is Keeping the Magic Alive

Video rental stores may be a (nostalgic) thing of the past, but one Texas video store is refusing to let the magic of renting movies die!. We Luv Video in Austin, Texas is keeping the old school magic of renting videos alive- and they're proving that people still love the movie rental experience!