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.
Locally, then-City Councilor Thomas Menino helped usher in an organization that would champion neighborhood improvements and local businesses: Roslindale Village Main Street (RVMS).
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.
Although Egleston Square fell firmly into the Dirty Old Boston camp, as pictured here, today it is under the watchful eye of the Boston Main Streets program.