WESTFORD — A local printing business is seeking donations for new equipment ahead of a grand reopening in March.
Printing Solutions, Inc., a Westford staple since 1990, shuttered in December after a new landlord informed the company that their lease would not be renewed. Maudrivia, Inc., a newly registered LLC based in Boston, purchased the building in September.
“At the end of November, Printing Solutions received notice that the new landlord wanted our units for his business. He gave us 30 days to vacate. We asked for a 30-day extension and he did accommodate us,” a GoFundMe page from former employee Kathy Mendell reads.
Rather than reopen the business under its current name, Mendell will open ProPrint, LLC with the help of former PSI owner Darlene Lagasse-Winn.
“I don’t want to work with anyone else,” Mendell wrote.
She added, “I talked with Darlene about opening my print shop and she thought it was a great idea. I asked her if she would consider coming to work for me and without hesitation, she was on board.”
Lagasse-Winn told WestfordCAT that she will join in-office “at a later date.”
“I do love the people, I love the town. 34 years of printing that’s all I know,” she said.
Mendell is seeking up to $50,000 in donations for computers, printers and additional office equipment. The business will open at 224 Littleton Rd., in the former Westford Insurance office.
$600 has been raised at the time of reporting. ProPrint, LLC is scheduled to open on March 1.
