Monthly Board Meeting
Our next Board Meeting is:
January 22, 2025
5:00 PM via Zoom
Our monthly board meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of every month via Zoom, except when we meet in person quarterly. Our meetings are free and open to the public. You can also find details of past meetings here. Please contact us if you would like to attend one of our meetings.
Galentine’s Wine & Chocolate Tour – Feb 6
It’s called Galentine’s but ALL GENDERS are welcome! The Galentine’s Wine & Chocolate Tour is an evening of wine & chocolate, combined with self-love and lots of shopping. Join us on Thursday, February 6, from 5:00 to 8:00pm for self-guided tour of our favorite shops. Tickets are $20 and attendees receive a map to participating locations where they will receive a variety of treats, along with some great deals in-house.
Kick the night off at our check-in location with a selfie station and music. Tickets are limited so get yours today!
Lunch for Mentoring & Networking – Feb 20
Join us for an hour of mentoring and networking. Open to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and anyone who has ever been interested in starting their own business. Come with your questions on how to start and run your own business. Free to attend, free lunch. Open to all.
Thursday, February 20, 12:30-1:30pm
JP Branch Library, 30 South Street, JP
Community Room
Free to attend and open to all. A free working lunch is provided. Please RSVP so that we may plan accordingly. Please contact the Executive Director if you have any dietary restrictions.
Save the Date – Annual Meeting, Feb 26
Save the date for our upcoming Annual Meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 6:30 – 8:30pm, at the Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain. Details coming!
Send us your suggestion for our next Uplift JP Event!
Our Uplift JP events are aimed at addressing racial disparity and inequity within our community and organization. In the spirit of lifting up our businesses, we know that we must support all of our businesses with that same positivity, love, inclusion, equity, and justice. We look forward to seeing you at our next event.
JP Centre/South Main Streets stands with Black communities nationwide. We join, support, and amplify efforts against injustice and racism.
In particular, we stand with the people of color who live, work, and/or own businesses in our community of Jamaica Plain. Join us each month at one of our BIPOC-owned businesses as part of Uplift JP to show your support. Check our website at jpcentresouth.com for details and each month’s location.
A careful look at racial disparity and inequity within our community and organization teaches us that we need to provide added support and actively seek justice for people of color. Racism exists within our business district, and we want to undertake work to prevent racism and harassment from happening.
We seek to lift up our businesses with positivity, love, inclusion, equity, and justice. We invite the entire Jamaica Plain community to support, to talk, to ask questions, to learn more, and to voice your opinions. JP Centre/South Main Streets encourages you to join us and contribute to racial justice in Jamaica Plain.
Volunteer for JP Centre/South Main Streets
JP Centre/South Main Streets always welcomes volunteers who want to support our business district. Contact us to learn more.
- Uplift JP – racial equity and justice for our organization and small businesses.
- Economic Vitality Team – addressing vacancies and the retail mix in our district, including cultivating new businesses and entrepreneurs.
- Design Team – assessing the look and feel of our district, including historic preservation, safety, public works, traffic patterns, and storefront designs/signage.
- Promotions Team – events and programming that bring people to the district to shop.
Below is a list of other upcoming events in the JP Centre/South district. Click on listings for more information.
If you would like to add events to our Public Events calendar, please contact our Executive Director.
