News - Boston Main Streets

Projecting our Holiday Spirit in Jamaica Plain

September 16, 2019

Tags: Crowdfunding, Fundraising, Holidays, Jamaica Plain

Celebrate Jamaica Plain and support our community with holiday spirit, technology, and placemaking.

Fields Corner Main Street Seeks New Director

August 20, 2019

Tags: Director, Employment, Fields Corner Main Street, hiring, Jobs

Fields Corner Main Street is seeking a full time Director to lead the organization as we enter a phase of changes for the organization, neighborhood and city.

BEST OF BOSTON 2019 names The Haven-JP “Best First Date Restaurant”

July 1, 2019

By: bostonmagazine.com

Tags: food, Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street

In Boston’s sea of rowdy, singles-filled Irish bars, this rare Scottish gastropub stands out as unique, friendly, and approachable—just like the ideal date.

How to eat like a local in East Boston

June 4, 2019

By: Kara Baskin, Globe correspondent

Tags: East Boston Main Street, food

Over the course of the past several days, I’ve eaten four of the best lunches of my life. Three, in fact, were on the same block in East Boston’s Maverick Square.

Revitalizing Poplar Street

October 24, 2018

Tags: Fundraising, Patronicity, Poplar Street, Roslindale, Roslindale Village Main Streets

The goal of this campaign is to improve and beautify the Poplar Street sidewalk that runs alongside Adams Park in the heart of Roslindale Village neighborhood in Boston.

Boston Main Streets districts help local businesses like these find their footing

September 19, 2018

By: Devra First

Tags: dorchester, food, four corners main street, vegan

Oasis Vegan Veggie Parlor is the coziest corner of Four Corners in Dorchester, an island of calm at the busy intersection where Washington meets three other streets.

Coco Leaf Dessert cafe is a success in Dot: Vietnamese café and community hub set for expansion

September 19, 2018

By: Yawu Miller

Tags: Fields Corner Main Street, food, vietnamese food

There was no place in Boston that sold Vietnamese dessert. While bubble tea shops abound in Boston, the fare Ly and Om now serve at Coco Leaf Dessert Café.

The Dot Jazz Series 2018-2019 season kicks off this month with Jason Palmer Quintet

September 14, 2018

By: The Dorchester Post

Tags: Greater Ashmont Main Street, jazz, Live music

Greater Ashmont Main Street and Mandorla Music Series are beginning their Dot Jazz Series this week, a full season consisting of 5 jazz shows from September 2018 to May 2019.

Mayor Walsh launches Small Business Center in Mattapan

June 21, 2017

By: Bay State Banner

Tags: Mattapan Square Main Streets

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Office of Economic Development today launched Boston's Small Business Center in Mattapan, designed to serve as a one-stop neighborhood resource for small businesses.

Mayor Walsh announces creation, expansion of 6 city parks

January 20, 2016

By: Amanda Hoover

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street, Mattapan Square Main Streets, Washington Gateway Main Street

Among the plans Boston Mayor Marty Walsh laid out at his second State of the City address was a push for the construction and expansion of parks using six acres of land across the city.

Volunteers rallied for clean-ups in Dot and Mattapan

April 30, 2015

By: Lauren Dezenski

Tags: Mattapan Square Main Streets

Neighbors and city officials will team up this weekend and fan out across the neighborhood in the second of three Boston Shines weekends aimed at tidying the city after a particularly dingy winter.

Boston Main Streets Foundation names recipients of Innovation and Impact Grants

February 28, 2014

By: Patrick Rosso

Tags: Allston Village Main Streets, Egleston Square Main Street, Greater Grove Hall Main Streets, Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street, Mattapan Square Main Streets, Roslindale Village Main Streets, Upham's Corner Main Street

The grants, which will support initiatives in seven Main Streets Districts.