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May 27, 2016
By: Sandra Storey
Tags: JP Centre/South Main Streets
Construction of new storefront and business spaces in Jamaica Plain is now underway.
Construction of new storefront and business spaces in Jamaica Plain is now underway.
Bodegas hug the sidewalks, merengue drifts from stores along a lively stretch of Jamaica Plain.
Six new members of the Roslindale Village Main Street Board of Directors attended their first session last week at the annual meeting.
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.
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.
When Longmeadow native Patrick Roche launched Think Tank Coworking in Portland, Maine, five years ago, it was an experiment.
The initiative’s goal is to measure a city’s friendliness to elders along several criteria, including transportation, housing, social participation, civic participation, and communication.
The South End has welcomed several new parks in the few years.
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.