Exhibit A
Notaries work in Boston
Boston notary demand is steady and spread thin. A good share of it comes from owner operators working alone or in pairs, many of them mobile and travelling to hospitals, nursing homes, law offices and apartment buildings rather than sitting in a storefront. Franchise style storefront notary and shipping chains take a slice of the walk in business downtown and near the universities, and banks offer notary service to their own customers, which pulls some routine signings away from independent notaries. The searches that remain are often urgent and local: a person in the North End or Dorchester looking for someone who can come to them today. That is the demand available, and it is won by the notary whose name shows up when the search happens.
