Rose Advanced Skin Care (d/b/a Advanced Beauty Lab) in Newtonville is one of 48 small businesses in Massachusetts to win a MassDevelopment Biz-M-Power Grant in the 2025 cycle. This award was for $50,000 toward the cost of a laser hair-removal system, which was delivered in January. MassDevelopment had intended to announce awards by September, but because of the high volume of applicants, awards were announced later in the year. This is the second time that the owner, Raquel Caceres, had applied for one of these grants, and she told Fig City News that she learned from her first attempt and her second application was much improved, with a better business plan. She added, “I am really, really happy with this award. The system is really good for me and my clients, and I could never get it without the help of this grant. This program is really great for small businesses.” MassDevelopment requires each recipient to co-invest at least 20% of the award in the capital project, and Caceres invested considerably more than that to acquire the Candela laser hair-removal system.
Charles River Food Co-op has reached a long-sought milestone: over 1,000 paid members.
Court 16, which has created indoor tennis and pickleball clubs in New York and Pennsylvania, will open a club in Newton at 300 Needham Street on March 10. Discounts are available for adults and kids through the membership pre-sale until March 10.
Wonder will open a food court at 170 Needham Street starting on March 5 (1PM – 6PM).
Crunch & Boba is planning to open at 1385 Washington Street, the site of the former Shogun restaurant in West Newton.
