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LuMeNet – Lunch for Mentoring & Networking
Thursday, October 15, 2026
12:30 – 1:30 pm
JP Branch Library
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. Please RSVP.
Save the Date! Painting Party at South Street Courts
JP Centre/South Main Streets will be installing a mural at the South Street Tennis Courts as the culmination of a community effort to introduce best practices for using and sharing the courts on South Street. This includes guidelines for pickleball, basketball, tennis, and more.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
4:00 – 7:00 PM
South Street Courts, 52 South St, JP
The community is invited to paint the mural as conceived by Ruby Rose of Bullseye Mural Co and the South Street Youth Center. The Painting Party will be on Thursday, October 22, 2026 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. We will have music, treats, and community spirit!
Save the Date! Workshop: Simplify & Scale Beyond
Workshop by Ammy Lowney, Co-Founder and CEO of Juicygreens and founder of InnovatED Ventures, on how to simplify and scale your business, particularly as you transition from entreprenuer to brick-and-mortar operator.
Friday, October 23, 2026
2:30 – 3:30pm
JP Branch Library, 30 South St, JP
JP Canine Costume Parade
It is the 22nd Running of the JP Canine Costume Parade and it falls on HALLOWEEN this year!. Join us on Saturday, October 31, 2026, as our apparelled pooches parade down Centre Street to walk the red carpet! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for best costumes.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Registration at 12noon at First Baptist Church
Parade at 1pm, starting at First Baptist Church
Red Carpet at 1:30pm at Loring Greenough House
Registration begins at 12pm on the lawn of First Baptist Church. You must register your dog IN PERSON with the $10 fee to be eligible for the Costume Contest. All proceeds go to Shultz’s Guest House Dog Rescue in Dedham, MA.
Parade begins at 1pm and proceeds from the First Baptist Church at 633 Centre Street, down Centre Street to the Loring Greenough House at 12 South Street. Dogs will walk the red carpet once all dogs have arrived at Loring Greenough.
Spectators welcome! Many thanks to our sponsors TCB – The Cooperative Bank, The Mindful Mutt Doggy Day Care and Boarding, First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, and Happy Tails Market!
The red carpet is emceed by Brad Brown of the the Blue Frog Bakery, and judges include City Councilor Ben Weber, Dr. Jonathan Levine of the JP Animal Clinic, and more TBA.
Rain Date is Sunday, November 1, 2026
Photo by Deborah Karson @deborahkarsonphotography
Mah Jongg Madness Fall Fundraiser
Join us for Mah Jongg Madness – a lesson and open play for Mah Jongg players of all skill levels. Our Fall Fundraiser will include a lesson by Carolyn Kramer, a Jamaica Plain Mah Jongg teacher, and open play for players who are ready to jump into it.
Tickets are $50 per individual or TABLES FOR 4 for $200. Individuals will be assigned to a table. (If you wish to be seated with a friend, be sure to arrive together). Please select LESSON or OPEN PLAY.
Play is American Mah Jongg and will require a NMJL card.
Your ticket includes complimentary treats from our local restaurants, while you learn to play the tiles. We will also have beer, wine, and cocktails for purchase, along with raffles for fun Mah Jongg prizes!
We hope you will enjoy our Fall fundraiser! All proceeds benefit JP Centre/South Main Streets. We are a community-led organization whose mission is to enhance and strengthen the JP Centre/South business district as a vibrant center of commercial and community activity for Jamaica Plain and surrounding neighborhoods.
Monthly Board Meeting
The next monthly Board Meeting will be October 28, 2026.
Our monthly board meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of every month via Zoom, except in the case of holidays and 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.
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.
