This week’s DotLife podcast episode features Aliesha Porcena, director of small business for the City of Boston, and Linda Dorcena Forry, co-publisher of The Reporter, a 2024 Legacy Business Award Winner, discussing the importance of small businesses in Dorchester and across Boston’s neighborhoods.
Past recipients from Dorchester include The Ice Creamsmith, Ba Le, Greenhills Irish Bakey, Allan’s Formal Wear, Restaurant Cesaria, Rosa’s Liquors, Vaughn’s Fish and Chips, the Dorchester Reporter, Family Hardware Corp., Walnut Deluxe Cleaners and Tailors, and William Browne & Sons.
The Boston Legacy Business Awards are open for nominations through Oct. 31 at boston.gov/legacy


