Fixing a Highway-Shaped Hole in the Heart of Black Boston
August 14, 2017
By: Erick Trickey
Tags: Dudley Square Main Streets
In Dudley Square, residents are organizing to ensure that the next round of urban renewal benefits them.
In Dudley Square, residents are organizing to ensure that the next round of urban renewal benefits them.
A program of the city of Boston’s Office of Small Business and Office of Women’s Advancement, WE BOS was launched in 2015 to help convene and support women entrepreneurs.
Joyce Stanley, Executive Director of Dudley Square Main Street, spoke with the Banner on two decades of promoting and supporting the Roxbury commercial district.
When he learned that the community space on Brighton Avenue run by POP Allston and managed by Allston Village Main Streets was interested in adding performances, Trip Venturella jumped at the chance.
Monday’s meeting was the first of six scheduled before BRA officials hope to submit a finalized plan to the agency’s board in August.
A Medal of Honor monument, new street signage, bike-share stations, and improvements to parks are just some of the enhancements on the way for Allston-Brighton residents, thanks to Boston College.
Boston College and the city of Boston recently gave neighborhood grants totaling almost $450,000 to Allston-Brighton, providing funding for future enhancement projects.
When Longmeadow native Patrick Roche launched Think Tank Coworking in Portland, Maine, five years ago, it was an experiment.
More than 200 people gathered at the Harry Parker Boathouse Friday night for Brighton Main Streets’ annual gala.
Allston’s new community space has an open skatepark, a yoga studio, a vintage market, and much more.
Promoting culture, community and creativity, Do617 and Allston Village Main Streets hosted an outdoor public festival Monday to celebrate Allston Christmas.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the launch of the POP Allston project, a temporary pop up community space at 89 Brighton Avenue.