Our Executive Director, Ginger Brown, was recently quoted on Slate.com. In an article about the changing landscape of outdoor dining, Henry Grabar explores how cities have or have not incorporated outdoor dining into their oversight. In Boston, we continue to struggle with the inequities of the application process and requirements. Click here for the article.
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Loads happening at @boingtoyshop Grand Re-Opening going today til 5pm! #JamaicaPlain #boston #toyshopRead about the decline of outdoor dining since the height of the pandemic in @slate. Our Executive Director, Ginger Brown, was quoted to discuss the lack of formal requirements for outdoor dining in Boston in 2020, and how increased regulation has resulted in less outdoor dining; and thus a loss of our neighborhood’s investment in it.Voices of Liberation is a non-profit based in Jamaica Plain. The mission of Voices of Liberation is to up rise and uplift the community. Their goal is to create meaningful positive social change and improve the conditions that exist in our communities through community organizing, funding and resource distribution.MEET YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES! Looking for healthy and delicious meals for your little one? Looking for a place to play, eat, and connect with other parents and children? Little Cocoa Bean owns the Tot Café at 114 South Street. They are dedicated to creating culturally diverse, ready-made, fresh and healthy baby and toddler food, served in a baby-friendly café setting. Come down and check out all that Little Cocoa Bean has to offer! www.littlecocoabeanco.comMissed our dog parade on Saturday? Check out some of the amazingly costumed canines (and owners) from the event! We were so impressed by the creativity of our community and these costumes put a smile on everybody’s faces. Thank you to all our participants and congratulations to our winners!Business of the Year - owner Laura Dembski of @miss_lauras - and Volunteer of the Year - Kate Raisz! So excited to celebrate these two who have given so much to #JamaicaPlain #boston #bostonmainstreets- My Tweets