JP Observer: Shop Locally at Businesses That Make Decisions Locally
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.
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 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 “Boston Creates Town Hall” launched the first comprehensive arts and cultural planning process for Boston anyone can remember.
Neighbors and city officials will team up this weekend and fan out across the neighborhood in the second of three Boston Shines weekends aimed at tidying the city after a particularly dingy winter.
As a lifelong Boston resident, I know firsthand how important strong, diverse neighborhoods are to the strength of our city.
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 grants, which will support initiatives in seven Main Streets Districts.