Business Briefs: Boost Mobile opens on Lee Road

Cleveland Heights residents Julian Rogers and Kenn Dowell have opened a Boost Mobile/Virgin Mobile franchise at 2180 Lee Road. The store features cell phones, low-cost cell phone service, air cards and accessories for all mobile phones.

Boost Mobile/Virgin Mobile does not require a long-term contract, instead offering a prepaid program in which the user pays on a monthly basis for Internet, texting and talking.

Asked why they opened their store on Lee Road, Dowell laughed and replied, "Because there was no space on Coventry." But seriously, he added, he wanted to be close to home and Heights High, where he serves as president of the Booster Club and is involved in other school activities.

Julian Rogers and Kenn Dowell, both owner/operators of the store, have known each other for several years. They met while working together on various school levies and, most recently, on Rogers’ successful campaign for a seat on the new Cuyahoga County Council.

Boost Mobile/Virgin Mobile is open Monday–Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Look for their grand opening and ribbon cutting on Saturday, April 16, and stop by for a hot dog and refreshments.