Launch of our Mentoring/Networking Group

On Thursday, Feb 15, 2018, JP Centre/South Main Streets hosted our first meeting for our Mentoring and Networking group for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Our goal was to provide a forum for small business owners and entrepreneurs of varying experience to come together and provide support and advice for…

Continue reading

Pastry Class for the Flynn Family!

Many thanks to the Flynn Family, who were the winners of a Pastry Class from Brad Brown, owner of Blue Frog Bakery. The Pastry Class was offered as one of the prizes at our silent auction from the Growler Gala in October 2017. All of the funds raised from the…

Continue reading

JP and Small Business Saturday on Boston 25 News

Our district and our Executive Director, Ginger Brown, were featured on a Boston 25 News segment on Small Business Saturday! You can see more here.

Continue reading

GET READY FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY®

As an organization that serves local business owners and customers, JP Centre/South Main Streets is proud to support Small Business Saturday® this Nov 25. Small Business Saturday was founded by American Express in 2010 to help strengthen local economies. Today, it’s a holiday shopping tradition celebrating a greater nationwide movement…

Continue reading

Thank You for the Daffodils!

JP Centre/South Main Streets coordinated with community volunteers to plant 300 daffodil bulbs, courtesy of the City of Boston, along Centre and South Streets. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather for planting. We had a great turnout of volunteers to help us, including Eric Gould from FOCUS Real…

Continue reading

Thank you to our Growler Gala participants!

On Thursday, Oct 26, JP Centre/South Main Streets hosted our Growler Gala and Auction at Loring Greenough House. It was a fun and fantastic event, culminating in a pretty exciting bidding war for some of our Growler Art! With good food, good beer, and an historic atmosphere, we were able…

Continue reading

Open House Day at the Riot!

It’s a FREE day of improv at The Riot Theater, Boston’s home for improv, sketch, and stand up in Jamaica Plain. New shows and classes start every hour, and the day will end with an improv jam, open to all.  They’ll have delicious pizza generously provided from awesome neighbors at Italian…

Continue reading

JP Centre/South Sponsors Artist for JP Open Studios

Artist Bill Scully will be displaying at 658 Centre Street, next to Ace Hardware for JP Open Studios. Through the generous support of Stamatos Property Management, he will display his work and sell on Sept 23 and 24, in one of the empty storefronts on Centre St. Scully is a…

Continue reading

Screen on the Green Is Back!

WEATHER LOOKS GOOD – SCREEN ON THE GREEN IS ON! EDIT – Please check back for weather updates. Rain is expected in the morning, so we will wait until 2PM on Thursday before making the call. At this time, Screen on the Green is still on. At last, we are…

Continue reading

Thanks for a great event!

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Beach Party First Thursday! The weather gave us the perfect opportunity to stroll the district and listen to some great music. A BIG THANK YOU to all of our supporting vendors and locations: First Baptist Church JP Licks Unlimited Sotheby’s International…

Continue reading