Earlier this year, The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), a government agency responsible for integrated facilities management and public construction, awarded the bid to rebuild the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse to developer Leggat McCall. This decision upset members of the East Cambridge Planning Team who criticized the state for failing to acknowledge […]
The first annual East Coast Caffeine Crawl will be taking place in Boston on Saturday. The crawl is a five hour tour of the area’s best independent coffee shops that is aimed at educating participants on the art of coffee consumption. “Coffee is such a morning ritual for everyone,” says founder Jason Burton. But there […]
JCPenney has decided to replace CEO Ron Johnson who joined the company a little over a year ago. Johnson is known for his extremely successful retail strategy for Apple but the strategy that he implemented for JCPenney didn’t go over so well. The company still experienced decreased sales and angry customers. He tried to revamp the […]
A new Whole Foods will be opening in Brookline on Thursday in the space that was once Johnnie’s Fresh Market. The new market will be the 22nd store to open in Massachusetts and it will be the smallest. Customers will still have the signature in-store experience, but the venue will only be 8,000 square feet […]
Facebook released their new commercial for Facebook Home and it is getting a lot of buzz, but it’s not all positive. The commercial features a man on a plane casually browsing his Facebook Home phone screen and each picture is acted out in real life around him. This includes drag queens, cats, and men sunbathing. […]
Kareer.me is a new start-up that allows people to find companies that fit their job qualifications, while also allowing recruiters to find people that are the perfect fit for their company. Companies create a page and design it in a way that displays the company culture through a slideshow of the office space, current employees, […]
Two start-ups with be opening pop-up shops on Newbury Street for the Boston Marathon. Each shop wants to take advantage of the large amounts of people that will be in the area for the weekend. Janji is a running apparel company that is based in Brookline, and Perfect Fuel Chocolate makes raw chocolate energy snacks […]
Mayor of Providence, Angel Taveras, released an action plan for economic development on March 27th, 2013. In an open letter to his constituents, Taveras discusses the economic challenges Providence was faced with when he assumed office in 2011. “Unemployment was too high, private sector investment was too scarce and our housing market continued to suffer […]
Google launched a new service called Google Shopping Express in San Francisco that allows consumers to order from nine retailers including Target, Walgreens, and Office Depot and have same day delivery service. The company is testing the service in hopes of expanding throughout the US. Those that signed up to be beta testers can order online […]
There are many reasons why recent graduates may leave Boston, but it turns out that many leave because of the job opportunities. Some believe the myth that students leave because of the high cost of housing, but when college grads do leave many go to cities with higher housing costs like New York and San […]
