Centre/South
news & updates
|
|
|
|
|
Restaurant Relief Fund Now Open |
Participating POS providers include Square, Toast, Clover, NCR Corporation (Aloha), and Oracle.
|
|
|
|
Reopening in Massachusetts and Boston |
|
The City of Boston will move into a modified version of the current phase of the state's reopening plan, effective Friday, April 30. The City will delay most of the state’s reopening guidance by three weeks.
FACE COVERINGS UPDATE
Effective Friday, April 30, Boston will align with the state’s updated Face Coverings Order:
Face coverings are not required outside in public spaces when individuals are able to remain at a safe distance from others. In all other circumstances, they are still required, except when eating or drinking.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GATHERINGS
Also effective April 30, public gatherings in Boston may increase to 100 people indoors and 150 people outdoors. In Boston, all private gatherings and events in private residences will remain subject to current capacity limits of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY, MAY 10:
Boston will allow indoor and outdoor stadiums, arenas and ballparks to increase capacity to 25 percent.
Additional businesses will be expected to reopen on June 1.
While the state has established a timeline for reopening, please keep in mind that Boston will have a different timeline based on their health metrics within the city.
|
|
OPPORTUNITY FOR BIPOC-OWNED BUSINESSES
Comcast RISE champions Representation, Investment, Strength, and Empowerment for BIPOC-owned, small businesses by providing marketing, technology and capital resources to sustain, support, and rebuild communities in the wake of the pandemic.
Comcast RISE offers the opportunity for BIPOC-owned, small businesses to apply for marketing and technology resources to help grow their businesses and thrive for years to come. Recipients may receive TV media campaigns, creative production of a :30 commercial or advertising consulting services from Effectv, or technology makeovers, including computer equipment, internet, voice and cybersecurity, from Comcast Business.
Comcast RISE has announced more than 700 recipients of these services since November 2020 from restaurants and barber shops to professional services, childcare centers and retail shops including businesses in the Commonwealth such as Spark FM online, House of Culture of Boston and Little Celebrations of Stoughton.
The application is available at www.ComcastRISE.com with no near-term deadline, as recipients are selected on an ongoing basis. |
|
Free Workshop: 5/4 Leverage your Business with Social Media
Social media is constantly evolving, and this hands-on workshop will give you the foundations of SM use and provide you with a results-oriented experience. This is a hands-on experience which will utilize a user-friendly approach to increase the success of your small business.
A link to this online event will be emailed to registered participants prior to the event
Presented by Dr. Allana Da Graca, President, Turning On The Lights Global Institute, LLC.
Dr. Allana Da Graca has helped hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs maximize their digital persona in an authentic way. This workshop is for both introverts and extroverts who are ready to remove tech overwhelm and serve their prospects in a vibrant way. Dr. Da Graca is the contributing author of the Sage Encyclopedia of Online Learning.
|
|
|
Preservation Fund Grant Applications - Due June 1 |
|
Funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation is awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies three times a year through the Preservation Funds grant program. Typically awarded for planning and education projects, applicants must be capable of matching the grant amount on a one-to-one basis. Due to the economic impacts caused by COVID-19, the National Trust is temporarily changing its matching fund requirement and allowing for both cash and in-kind donations to count toward the one-to-one required match. Projects that feature where women made history or deal with the topics of sustainability and climate change, diversity. equity, inclusion, accessibility, preservation trades and affordable housing are also welcome.
For more information, visit https://savingplaces.org/grants. If you have questions, please e-mail [email protected] |
|
Projections Returns for the 4th time!
On Sept 12, 2021, the Jamaica Plain Arts Council and Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation will project artists' images onto the exterior of JP’s Brewery Complex. After a year of an abundance of caution and staying home, imagine a coming together to celebrate art, to share live music and dancing in the streets. We have all been eager to be together, to share what we love and enjoy our urban village, Projections does that. Join us to celebrate Jamaica Plain's vibrant art scene.***
*** While being optimistically hopeful to come together, we are simultaneously cautious and planning a virtual option should public health and safety measures not permit being together in person.
|
|
|
Film Screening and Panel Discussion at JP Branch Library |
|
Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969) was an artist, an activist, a builder, an inventor, a birth control maverick, and a leader of the women's suffrage movement in Massachusetts. She was a woman of privilege who was not afraid to shock polite society. Her name doesn't appear in most American history books. This, too, is part of her story. The film is a 55-minute documentary that chronicles the life of a woman who was born in the 19th century, worked to change the 20th century, and whose wisdom still resonates in the 21st century.
|
|
For a complete list of more upcoming events in the JP Centre/South community, please check our website. |
|
Annual Appeal Now in Progress |
|
There is still time to give to our Annual Appeal. At JP Centre/South Main Streets, we saw enormous change in our workload, but also the greatest work and transformation that we have ever done. Some of our work includes:
- $15,000 in grants to residents and employees of JP;
- $10,000 in grants to our restaurants who needed outdoor seating;
- Orange Means Open lantern campaign;
- JP Together/JP Unidas Projection show;
- Holiday Light Show;
- and JP Holiday Delivery van.
Consider donating one of the following amounts for our organization and programming:
- $1,500 will pay for a Projection Show on the J.P. Licks Building;
- $900 will pay for a one night Drive-In Movie;
- $500 will pay for our Holiday Stroll;
- $321 will pay for three months of our Business Directory app;
- $160 pays for the internet for a month;
- $60 keeps the lights on for a month;
- $15 pays for our Zoom for a month.
Our success is your community, and we cannot do this work without you. Thank you.
|
|
COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION
|
|
Boston Medical Center along with community health centers and other community organizations are hosting public vaccination sites in multiple locations, as well as on its own campus. They also have language assistance available. You can learn more at https://bmc.org/covid-19-vaccine-locations or call 617-638-9620.
The state has two vaccination sites in Boston. You can preregister at VaccineSignUp.mass.gov to be notified when it's your turn to schedule an appointment at one of state mass vaccination locations.
You can use VaxFinder.mass.gov to search for appointments at pharmacies, health care providers, and other community locations.
BMC is also hosting multiple “Zoom with a Doc” sessions - BMC experts will explain how the vaccines work and what to consider. They will open up for a live Q&A at the end of the session. Upcoming dates are:
|
|
COVID-19 TESTING INFORMATION
|
|
Free COVID-19 testing continues at the Anna M. Cole Community Center at Mildred Hail Apartments, 24 Heath Street in Jamaica Plain. This is a walk-up site and no appointment or registration is required.
- Sunday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Monday-Thursday 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
