Boston would gain 205 alcoholic beverage licenses and an opportunity to bolster restaurants and revitalize neighborhoods and communities of color, under legislation that the House approved last week.
Beautify Main Streets is a pilot initiative in collaboration with East Boston Main Streets to fund and support creative placemaking in and around businesses and public squares.
Business groups have recently been sounding the alarm that declining values for commercial real estate could spell trouble for the city’s economic future.
There’s an easy way to fix the problem Beacon Hill has caused.
Jerel Ferguson, a community garden coordinator, takes us through his perfect day in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
Salem-based Mainvest, a so-called equity crowdfunding site that allowed regular people to buy a stake in fledgling businesses, says it will shut its doors in June.
Erin Barnes, President and CEO of Main Street America, shares her thoughts about how best to steward this movement into a future of very real challenges.
The small businesses honored by Mayor Wu range from bookstores and restaurants to news websites and hardware stores.
The group of 30 businesses representing 19 of Boston’s neighborhoods, and, as a collective, have been in business for 1,281 years.
A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
A proposal would create a fund to help Boston businesses with repair costs for issues like broken windows or graffiti
Through the Wake Up the Night Grant, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Nightlife Economy will award individuals and organizations up to $10,000 for nighttime activations.