Saturday, August 26, 2017

Martha Rollins: Caring and Commerce

The Library of Virginia recently honored eight distinguished Virginians with its Virginia Women in History Awards.

Here is my Richmond Magazine profile of one of the living honorees, Martha Rollins, a now-retired Richmond businesswomen whose inclination to mix care with commerce became hallmarks of the successful city businesses she fostered, and was “the root” of Boaz & Ruth, the charitable nonprofit organization, repair shop and thrift store that she founded in 2002. “I had this burning thought that somehow the refinishing business could be intertwined with healing,” she says.

Read the story of this inspirational instigator by going right here.

(Photo by the mighty Tina Eshleman!)

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