Amy Lynn Chase

Sol Rune is the fifth small business in Chase’s retail portfolio, which includes Crompton Collective, a boutique marketplace in the Canal District, as well as three Massachusetts locations of The Haberdash, a women’s clothing and gift shop.

Worcester Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts is doubling in size.

While corporate profits have surged to near record levels, operators of prominent small businesses in Worcester have not seen the same growth.

The White Room, an event venue in Worcester’s Canal District, has been sold to Birgit Straehle and Luis Antonio Fraire, two prominent members of the arts community in Worcester. 

During an interview for the WBJ Podcast, entreprenuer Amy Lynn Chase detailed how she is thinking about slowly reopening her businesses in Worcester and Hudson once the coronavirus shutdown of non-essential business in Massachusetts is lifted.

As Massachusetts state and business officials gather to establish the plan to re-open the economy perhaps by May 18, Worcester entrepreneur Amy Lynn Chase joins The Weekly Business Report podcast to detail her businesses' struggles since the coronavirus pandemic became a reality in Central Massachusetts.