The third Coast Guard Exchange location in Puerto Rico is scheduled to open in the summer in Caguas, the Coast Guard confirmed to this media outlet. The new 22,000 square foot CGX store is located at the Las Catalinas North Shopping Center, next to Burlington. CGX expects to hire 40 employees from the local area […]
Under the theme “Makers Entrepreneurs,” the Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Caribe (C3Tec, in Spanish) announced the fourth edition of the Caguas Mini Maker Faire, which this year will be held virtually Dec. 4-5. Since 2006, the maker culture has held events around the world, where makers exhibit their works or projects, in […]
Arepa Chic, a restaurant launched as a socially conscious micro-franchise run by women entrepreneurs, has opened in the heart of Caguas, to sell “arepas with a purpose.” Proyecto Matria, a nonprofit that provides support and options to women affected by situations of violence, created the Arepa Chic micro-franchise concept, investing $625,000 in donations from the […]