Posted inBusiness Spotlight

There’s Something Fishy Here

by Kevin Flaherty

Kim Wall had been an accountant, banker, real estate agent, public-relations manager, and spice maker all by her early 40s. So perhaps it shouldn’t have surprised those that knew her that she jumped in — if not the deep end of the pool, then certainly the cold waters of the North Atlantic — and bought a business she knew little about at the time: pickled herring.

Posted inBusiness Briefs

December 2003

Riverwest Co-op is moving ahead on plans to convert its garage space to a cafe. The Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation (LNRC) and Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund have agreed to loan more than $50,000 to the co-op to fund the project. . . .

Posted inBusiness Spotlight

Natural Cleaners

by Peter Schmidtke

Frequenters of Outpost Foods on 1st and Capitol have undoubtedly noticed the purple and red neon signs announcing the arrival of Natural Cleaners to the Riverwest area.

This isn’t your ordinary dry cleaning shop.

Natural Cleaners uses environmentally-friendly ‘wetcleaning’ and dry cleaning methods to spiff up everything from suits and delicate lace to wedding dresses and living room rugs.

Posted inBusiness Spotlight

Fein Brothers

by Kevin Flaherty

Sale items are tagged with hand-written price tags, and the lack of bar coding and creaking wood floors can make you feel like you are in an antique mall. One gets the immediate impression that this is a company that prides itself on service.