This year the Harvard Square Business Association celebrates its 100th Anniversary of Caring for the Square from 1910 – 2010. Women Business owners have played a large part of the fabric of Harvard Square from the Square’s early beginnings to the current day. The most recent women-owned businesses to open in Harvard Square are:
Crema Café, Marley Brush and Liza Bayer-Kahn
Faron Salon, Faron
Passport Boutique, Jessica Good
Small Plates, Stephanie Rossi
Sweet, Courtney Forrester (opening soon!)
Ten Tables, Krista Kranyak
Tistik, Perla Brito Cuevas
and Topaz, Stephanie Dunn and Evelyn Levy.
Harvard Square is fortunate to have the following women business owners and organization directors.
Businesses currently owned or directed by women in Harvard Square:
A. Cahaly Inc, Janet Cahaly
Alice Darling Secretarial Services, Rosalie Prosser
A Taste of Culture, Carmen Heller
A Friendly Inn, Hong Liu
American Repertory Theatre, Director Diane Paulus
Andeb LLC, Debbie DeJesus
Black Ink, Susan Corcoran
Bettina Network Inc, Marceline Donaldson
Brattle Florist, Catie Zedros
The Brattle Theater, Ivy Moylan
Elissa Spellman, Breakthrough Cambridge
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, Donez Tavilla and Francesca Sibble
Cambridge Artists Cooperative
Cambridge Carnival International, Nicola Williams
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Susan Hartnett
Cambridge Forum, Pat Shurke
Cambridge Pet Center, Myrna Weiner
Citysprouts, Jane Hirschi
Clothware, Louise Ciampi
Charles River Conservancy, Renata Von Tscharner
Curious George, Donna Friedman
Cyclekids, Julianne Idlet
Dado Tea, Jennie Song
Digital Loom, Victoria Merriman
Dreams Beauty and Sun City Tanning, Nila Desai
Faron Salon, Faron
Fresh Pond Ballet, Nina Hathaway
Games People Play, Carol Monica
Gino, Antoniette Ruotolo
Glacier Blue Acupuncture, Tricia Beretz
Gnomon Copy, Michelle Skikne
The Globe Corner Bookstore, Harriet Carrier
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Director Elisabeth Werby
Harvard Square Shiatsu, Liz Vequist
Hempest, Kimberly Johnson
The Hong Kong, Mrs. Lee
The Irving House and the Harding House, Rachael Solem
James & Devon Gray, Devon Gray
Joie de Vivre, Linda Given
Lem Lem, Lem Lem McCrary
Longy School of Music, Director Karen Zorn
Lumen Eclipse, Jen Brzoza
MDF and Motto, Jude Silver
Mint Julep, Brooke Garber and Stephanie Nist
Mount Auburn Hospital, Jeanette Clough
Mr Bartley’s Burger Cottage, Mrs. Joan Bartley
Mulberry Studio, Connie Procaccinc
Mystic Rosa
New England Folk Music Archives, Betsy Siggins
New England School of English, Director Anna Shine
Patricia Mazza Real Estate, Patricia Mazza
Prellwitz and Chilinski, Wendy Prellwitz
Pyara, Christine Perkins
The Peabody Museum, Director Pamela Girardi
Resource Inc, Susan Schlossberg
Rialto, Jody Adams
Sabra Grill, Nada Rizkallah
Salon Bella Mar, Mari Kozelian
Sandrine’s Bistro, Gwen Trost
Silvia Glick Attorney at Law
Swiss Watchmaker, Susan Lelyveld
Sullivan Communications, Martha Sullivan
Tess, Tess Enright
UpStairs on the Square, Mary Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes
Via Vai, Marie Santamaria
Vision House, Nancy Gold and Donna Turner
William Henry Furniture, Jodi Robbins
Zipa Jewlery, Mitsu Ochoa-Meier
1134 Mass Ave LLC, Jinny Nathans