News - Boston Main Streets

Summer Youth Worker Job Position

August 3, 2020

By: Egleston Square Main Street

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street

Egleston Square Main Street has 3 summer youth jobs available this year through the SuccessLink program!

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.

Open Position: Executive Director at Egleston Square Main Street

December 19, 2018

By: Egleston Square Main Street

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street

Egleston Square Main Street seeks an energetic and resourceful director to implement their economic development and community organizing program.

Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening of Monarch in West Roxbury Main Streets

September 21, 2018

Tags: & Music Classes, Art classes (Toddler+), Child Friendly, Childbirth Education, Daddy-to-be Boot Camp, Family Friendly, Free, Free family friendly activities, Grand Opening, Hormone Balancing, Ribbon Cutting, Support groups on loss, West Roxbury Main Streets, Yoga for 5-10 year olds

On Saturday September 22nd, join us for the opening of West Roxbury’s newest storefront, The Monarch Studio.

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.

Brighton Main Streets is looking for Volunteers

May 31, 2018

Tags: Brighton Main Streets, Volunteers

Brighton Main Streets is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to the revitalization of Brighton's neighborhood commercial district.

Affordable housing, racial justice discussed at State of Our Neighborhood

August 12, 2017

By: Emily Resnevic

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street, Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street, JP Centre/South Main Streets

The 7th annual State of Our Neighborhood event was held on April 27 at the Curley K-8 School where topics discussed ranged from affordable housing to racial justice.

How to Plan an Affordable Future for Boston

May 1, 2017

By: Solomon Lemma and Logan Keck

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street, JP Centre/South Main Streets

In an op-ed, co-presidents of the Egleston Square Main Street board outline four principles to guide the debate around the best way to keep Boston affordable and inclusive as it grows.

Main Streets businesses and volunteers honored

July 22, 2016

By: Emily Resnevic

Tags: Egleston Square Main Street, Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street, JP Centre/South Main Streets

Several Jamaica Plain volunteers and businesses were chosen as business and volunteer of the year at the 20th annual Boston Main Streets awards ceremony last month.

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.