As a former editor with Better Homes and Gardens, Cindy Bogart has an eye for the traditional and sustainable when it comes to home restoration or creating family meals.
During her tenure as director of Rhode Island’s Center for Women & Enterprise, Mary Gervais used her sharp business sense to help get more than 2,000 ventures off the ground.
The two women combined their talents to form Artisans List, a curated, online collection of businesses, vendors and professionals who specialize in traditional trades, restoration and preservation, including sustainable cooking.
Artisans List, created in August 2017, officially launched earlier this year. The site already boasts 3,800 listings, a number that Bogart and Gervais hope to increase to 10,000 by the end of the year.
Site visitors will soon be able to participate in its community board, an online space dedicated to posts and feedback on home projects and related topics.
For now, Bogart and Gervais, who work out of an office in Portsmouth, are focusing on New England but also have national aspirations.
Elizabeth Graham is a PBN staff writer. Contact her at Graham@PBN.com.