Eleni Kassian

Senior Editor, Main Street Economics

With over 15 years of experience covering local economies, Eleni Kassian brings an analytical eye to the challenges and triumphs of Main Street. Prior to joining The Business Nearby, she was a senior reporter at the 'Metropolis Business Journal' where she led a team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for their series on post-pandemic supply chain disruptions for independent retailers. Eleni holds a Master's in Urban Planning from Columbia University, and her reporting often uses this framework to decode how city-level decisions impact the corner store. She is passionate about long-form, data-driven journalism that holds a magnifying glass to the forces shaping our communities.