Tag: business
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After fire, East Coast Divers recovery is fueled by community efforts
Signs of a recent fire linger in the boarded windows and scorched walls of a scuba shop on Boylston Street. Alongside the damage, newly spray-painted artwork is visible on the storefront: the business’s logo set ablaze, a phoenix-like image staff…
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Businesses urged to join city’s World Cup guide before Sunday deadline
Businesses still have time to join Boston’s FIFA World Cup Neighborhood Business Guide before Sunday’s deadline. City officials are urging local shops, restaurants and bars to sign up for a guide meant to steer soccer fans into Boston’s neighborhoods. The FIFA World…
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Five months after fire, Washington Square businesses still wrestling with insurance, electrical issues
Two businesses remain shuttered five months after an electrical fire broke out at a commercial building in Washington Square. Heat and smoke damage forced the Painted Burro, a Mexican restaurant formerly known as Burro Bar, and Vinodivino, a wine shop, to close…
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‘Legacy’ Boston businesses honored for staying rooted in neighborhood life
When Elizabeth Deveney Frazier walks through cemeteries across Boston, she can often recognize her family’s work before she sees the name. “I can walk around any cemetery in Boston, and I can pick out stones that we made,” said Frazier,…
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Local pharmacies adapt, push back against corporate stores
As the pharmacy business has shifted, smaller stores have closed and corporations like CVS and Walgreens have taken over. But Robert Skenderian, third-generation owner of Skenderian Apothecary, says these chains aren’t his biggest competitor: It’s benefit management companies, also known…