Swampscott businesses trying to survive COVID era
Linda Werbner
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“I’m hanging on by a shoestring,” said Lisa Boemer, owner of The Hiccup, Inc., a quirky Swampscott gift shop when asked how her fledgling business is faring nearly a year into the pandemic. “It’s day by day.”
To add to her worries, Boemer recently learned that she does not qualify either for the small business loans or small business grants being administered through the Swampscott Community and Economic Development Department because she opened her shop on Feb. 29, two weeks after the Feb. 15 cut-off date.