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Architecture Firm Announces Merger

Boston – Joy Street Design and The Narrow Gate have merged to form Joy Squared Design.

Sharon Gentges and Trea LaRaia of Joy Street Design join Kitty Ryan, Neal Mongold, and Bob Wegener of The Narrow Gate to form the leadership team of the new partnership, a Massachusetts-certified Women Business Enterprise.

“When my partners Kitty and Neal and I met Sharon and Trea, we immediately realized how aligned our values were,” said Wegener.

“We had been steadily growing, and wanted to expand the work we had been doing with community nonprofits when the opportunity to merge with The Narrow Gate arose,” said LaRaia. “It was an irresistible opportunity for us to scale up while coming together with a firm that has spent decades doing mission-based work. We knew that a merger of our two firms would help each of us better reach our goals.”