Surrounded by pubs, pizza, and nail salons, Centre Street businesses long yearned for a stronger retail presence to bring outside business and increased foot traffic.
In the last 16 months, a new breed of shop has opened in answer to those hopes. What’s more, those shops Wicked Sharp Ski and Snowboard,GC Skate, and Busted Knuckle Bicycle have worked together to help each other and the Centre Street economy at-large.
“They complement each other very well,” saidWest Roxbury Main Streets Executive Director Kara O’Connor. “And they bring in a lot of business from outside [West Roxbury].”
“New business and new life,” said Wicked Sharp’s Aaron Thompson, “always helps the community.”
Wicked Sharp opened its doors at the start of September, 2010, just in time for snow sport season. They were followed in December by GC andBusted Knuckle in April. As the oldest of the three, Thompson said Wicked Sharp was able to offer advice to Sherike Morris at GC and Jay Devitt at Busted Knuckle as they prepared to open.
Read more: Wicked Sharp, GC, Busted Knuckle Represent a New Centre Street
Article author: Adam Vaccaro, Patch.com