Posts Tagged ‘community’
EGLESTON SQUARE MAIN STREET RECEIVES 2022 MAIN STREET AMERICA ACCREDITATION
For the 25th year in a row, Egleston Square Main Street has been designated as an Accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of Accredited programs to recognize their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street…
Read MoreNew owners of Ula Café aim to create community space – Boston Business Journal
Ula Café is highlighted in the Boston Business Journal this week. Egleston Square Main Street is proud to work with these entrepreneurs and neighbors! Last April, Jamaica Plain coffee shop Ula Café went up for sale, surprising neighbors who had come to know it as a neighborhood staple since it originally opened in 2007. Situated…
Read MoreParade with us! The Wake Up the Earth Festival Parade is back! All are welcome!
Meet up in the parking lot of the Egleston Square YMCA next to the side entrance to Greater Egleston High School.We will proceed down Washington through Egleston, make a left down Atherton Street, cross Lamartine Street to Mozart Street, turn first right to Chestnut Ave, turn right to Center Street and turn right to Lamartine…
Read MoreLooking Back and Looking Forward: Reading Frederick Douglass in Egleston Square
Our beautiful community gathered for Egleston Square Main Street’s 6th annual reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Ula Café. Last year’s event was funded by a generous grant from Mass Humanities Reading Frederick Douglas Together program. For the last six years,…
Read MoreJoin us for Churros + Chocolate in Egleston Square, Roxbury / Jamaica Plain!
A sweet new winter tradition to bring our community together, scare away the cold and light up the dark, and support neighborhood businesses!
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 MoreBoston Shines in Egleston Square
Join business owners, residents and other Egleston Square stakeholders as we take part in the annual Boston Shines citywide clean-up. Saturday, April 23rd | 10am | Egleston Square Peace Garden (Corner of Washington & School Street) Spring has finally arrived!!! Flowers have started to peek their heads out in the Peace Garden…and Egleston Square residents…
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