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Recap: Reading Frederick Douglass Together | Juntos Leyendo Frederick Douglass #RFDT2020
Photos by Suzanne Hinton. Thank you to the moderators, sound tech, volunteers, readers, audience members, sponsors, and everyone who made this a beautiful event today. We were grateful for the sun and good weather. We’re grateful for everyone’s cooperation to keep each other healthy and safe. And most of all we are grateful to those…
Read MoreIs this you? Help start the Egleston Square Food Access Summer Project
Egleston Square Main Street seeks a bilingual/bicultural project coordinator local to or familiar with Egleston Square in Roxbury/Jamaica Plain, Boston, for short-term contract work to coordinate a summer project addressing food access and supporting local businesses during July-September 2020. This project is funded by a COVID-19 Urgent Response Grant from the Haymarket People’s Fund. Project…
Read MoreState of Massachusetts Guidance for Businesses and Employment
Unemployment Resources The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) and the Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA), in coordination with the US Department of Labor (USDOL), are taking a series of actions to assist workers and employers. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-guidance-and-directives#businesses-&-employment-
Read MoreWhat’s next for Egleston Square? Find out at our Annual Meeting + Networking Breakfast Friday, March 13, 7-9am (CANCELLED)
***Update 3/12: This event has been cancelled due to public health concerns over coronavirus / COVID-19. More details are here.**** Join us for local coffee and breakfast, networking, and a look ahead. We’ll celebrate what we, our partners and businesses in our district have been doing in the neighborhood. At Greater Egleston High School’s great…
Read MoreHappy Día de los Niñxs / Día de los Libros
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. Egleston Square Main Street and some of our wonderful barbers partnered with the Boston Public Library to highlight books and literacy to our communities this year.…
Read MoreSummary of Peace Garden Community Visioning Nite
About 25 people came over to the Egleston Y on a cold, rainy day and gave their thoughts on what a refreshed Peace Garden could look like. This is a summary of what was offered: Notes on how people currently use the space: “I walk by at least 4x a day” Music Poetry Summer Movies…
Read MoreNew additions to Egleston
This Spring you will see three new businesses opening their doors in Egleston Square. Exodus Bagels Egleston residents Adam & Priscilla (and crew) are taking there much lauded bagels to the corner of Glen Road and Washington in the old Canto 6 space at 3346 Washington Street. Check out their social media presences on Facebook,…
Read MoreCommunity Visioning Nite for the Peace Garden
Egleston Square Main Street is working with Terrascapes Lanscape Design to create a new plan for our main public space in Egleston, the Egleston Square Peace Garden. And we want your input!! Come to the Roussin Community Center aka the Egleston Y (3134 Washington Street) on Wednesday, February 7th at 6pm and give us your…
Read MoreIntersection Mural Coming To Egleston Square
Help us design and paint a mural at the Intersection of Boylston & Egleston! We will paint this Spring. What would you like to see there? We held two rounds of community response sessions and received some of the following thoughts; memorials to past Egleston residents, water theme to “flow down” Boyslton, “BRIGHT, bright colors,”…
Read More2017 ESMS Annual Meeting
Please join Egleston Square Main Street for our annual meeting to celebrate our accomplishments and plan for the future. This year we will speak to making connections in Egleston Square and we especially welcome newcomers to who want to learn about the Main Streets model and it’s potential to help create great neighborhoods. As always…
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