Could Boston have a Latin Quarter of its own?
April 22, 2016
By: Meghan E. Irons
Tags: Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street
Bodegas hug the sidewalks, merengue drifts from stores along a lively stretch of Jamaica Plain.
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.
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.
The South End has welcomed several new parks in the few years.
Locally, then-City Councilor Thomas Menino helped usher in an organization that would champion neighborhood improvements and local businesses: Roslindale Village Main Street (RVMS).
Over the last 20 years, more than seven acres of urban renewal parcels on Washington Street were rebuilt from the demolition of vacant buildings of the late 1970s.
The Boston Transportation Department has installed four summer “parklets” in Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and Allston-Brighton with another planned for the Audubon Circle neighborhood near Fenway Park.
The state’s first-ever class in business English for speakers of other languages, a collaboration between Egleston Square Main Street and Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street, graduated six small business
The grants, which will support initiatives in seven Main Streets Districts.