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March 25,
2019
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Featured Stories
Announcements
In The News
This Week's Featured Event
Arts, Entertainment & Events
Deals & Promotions
City Services & Important Hotlines
Construction Updates
BID Services & Links
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2019 "Love Your Block" Downtown Volunteer Clean-Up Event On May 3rd: Sign-Up Now Available
The
2019 "Love Your Block" volunteer clean-up event for Downtown businesses is taking place Friday, May 3rd, from 9 am-12 pm. As in years past, the Downtown Boston BID will be administering the volunteer teams throughout the event.
Sign-up takes place through the City of Boston; please email
[email protected] or call 617-635-3308 to register your group. See you on the 3rd at the Downtown Love Your Block!
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"Where Do We Go From Here?":
MAPC Conference On The Future
Of Transportation In Mass.
On
Thursday, April 4th, from 8 am-11 am, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) hosts
"Where Do We Go From Here?", a conference on the future of transportation in Massachusetts.
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Mayor Walsh Giving Keynote Remarks At Affordable Housing Summit On
April 9th
On Tuesday, April 9th, from 7:30-11 am, the Boston Marriott Long Wharf is hosting Bisnow's "Boston Affordable Housing Conference."
Featuring two Downtown Boston BID Board members--Joe Larkin (MP Boston) and Rick Muraida (Rockland Trust Co.)--the conference includes keynote remarks from Mayor Martin J. Walsh at 9:45 am. Please visit here to purchase tickets; for more info, call 202-293-0370.
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What's Happening At MassHire Downtown Center In April
The MassHire Downtown Boston Career Center
maintains a jam-packed monthly calendar of events, with all kinds of seminars and sessions for job-seekers.
Visit here to check out the complete April calendar.
Located at 75 Federal Street,
MassHire's website contains a wealth of useful information for employeers and job-seekers alike, beyond the monthly calendar of events. Finally, MassHire is hosting
a hospitality job fair on Wednesday, April 3rd, at 1:30 pm. Call 617-399-3100 for more info.
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This Week's Featured Event
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"A Comedy About Death":
"Everybody" Playing At Modern Theatre Starting April 4th
Death tells Everybody: "it's time to die." Everybody replies: "I'd
really like to bring someone along for company." Such is the premise of the dark comedy
"Everybody," adapted from a 15th-century medieval morality play,
playing at the Modern Theatre from April 4th-7th.
Written by
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by
Anna Kohler, "Everybody" is a production of the Suffolk University Theatre Dept. and stars 19 different Suffolk University students. To purchase tickets, visit
here or call 866-811-4111.
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Arts, Entertainment & Events
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"Perspectives On Race & The Boston Media": Panel Discussion At Paramount Center Tomorrow Night
The event begins with a reception at 6 pm, followed by a panel discussion featuring WBZ news director Johnny Green, WBZ-TV anchor (and Emerson alumna) Anaridis Rodriguez, Boston Globe reporter (and Emerson alumna) Meghan Irons, NBC10 Boston social media editor Young-Jin Kim, and moderator Yadires Nova-Salcedo, host of WBZ-TV's "Centro" and also an Emerson alumna. The event is free to attend and open to the public.
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American Lung Association's "Fight For Air Climb" At One Boston Place
On March 30th
On Saturday, March 30th, at 8 am, participants in the American Lung Association's "Fight For Air Climb" At One Boston Place will ascend 41 floors--nearly 600 vertical feet--to raise money to help combat lung disease.
Registration is now open for the inspiring challenge; visit here for the details. For any questions, please visit here. See you at the top!
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City Services &
Important Hotlines
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Important Phone Numbers
Boston Fire, Police & Emergency Services: 911
Non-emergency requests: 311
Eversource gas and electric: 1-800-592-2000
National Grid: 1-800-322-3223
Boston Water & Sewer Commission: 617-989-7000
Mass Water Resources Authority: 617-242-6000
City of Boston Tow Lot: 617-635-3900
National Weather Service: 508-822-0634
Verizon: 800-837-4966
Boston Animal Care and Control: 617-635-5348
Cold Relief Heatline: 800-632-8175
Elderly Commission: 617-635-4366
Emergency Shelter Commission: 617-635-4507
MBTA: 617-222-3200
MEMA: 508-820-1428
Mass. Road and Traffic Conditions: 617-374-1234
City of Boston Neighborhood Services: 617-635-3485
State Police: 617-740-7600
Transit Police: 617-222-1212
City of Boston Veterans Services: 617-635-3957
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BID Ambassadors Provide Clean & Hospitality Services
in Downtown
The
Downtown Boston BID Ambassadors
provide clean and hospitality services seven days a week, nearly 24 hours a day.
Ambassadors create a friendly, welcoming Downtown presence by helping visitors with directions, notifying fire and police personnel of incidents and more. They provide walking escorts when needed and
they'll even tote an umbrella if it's raining! Please call 617-261-0066 if you want to contact our BID ambassador services program. You can
also email [email protected].
- Ambassadors remove litter and graffiti
- Ambassadors clear crosswalks, handicapped ramps and storm drain openings
- Ambassadors shovel during winter
- Ambassadors maintain landscaping
- Masonry Ambassadors fix sidewalks
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Downtown Boston BID Weekly News Update
For questions and comments, please contact Doug Meyer, Membership Services & Database Manager, at:
[email protected].
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Downtown's Second Tatte Bakery
Now Open At One Boston Place
Tatte Bakery continues its vigorous expansion program in urban Boston with the opening of its second Downtown location today, at One Boston Place (the main dining area is shown above).
In January, Tatte Bakery opened a 4,400 sq.-ft. location at 125 Summer Street. The Tatte Bakery at One Boston Place is 6,600 sq.-ft. The One Boston Place Tatte is open daily, from 7 am-8 pm Mondays-Fridays, 8 am-8 pm on Saturdays, and 8 am-6 pm on Sundays. Visit here for Tatte's various menus; call 617-904-9030 for more info about the One Boston Place location.
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Falafel King's Third Downtown Location Slated To Open Thursday
At 145 Tremont Street
Kadhim Alzubaidy, aka "The Falafel King," is expanding his empire this week with his third Falafel King restaurant in Downtown. The new 145 Tremont Street Falafel King is set to open Thursday (March 28th).
The location complements
the Falafel Kings at 260 Washington Street and 62 Summer Street. Please call 617-227-6400 for more info. The Downtown Boston BID congratulates Kadhim for his great success in having developed Falafel King into what it is today!
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Women's History Month Profile: Elisabeth Jackson
Meet
Elisabeth Jackson, Executive Director of
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (BOTW) since 2013.
Elisabeth's experience at BOTW stretches back over 25 years: she served as an intake counselor, running BOTW's Mobile Medical Van, from 1993-2003. A graduate of UMass-Boston, Elisabeth was honored with a
Boston Business Journal "40 Under 40" Achievement Award in 2014. She has served on several boards, including the City of Boston Continuum of Care Leadership Council and the Advisory Board of the National Safe Place Network.
A veteran of Downtown, Elisabeth has enjoyed "watching the growth and development of the neighborhood" over the past three decades. She "loves the [BID's] holiday season decorations and especially the [BID's] carolers." For young women aspiring to be in her field, Elisabeth cautions that "social work is tough work--you need to understand others so that you can truly be there to help them." That said, she is "energized and determined to ensure that every kid who comes to BOTW at high-risk leaves as a capable, healthy young adult."
Elisabeth's key mentor is
Barbara Whelan, BOTW's founding Executive Director, who hired Elisabeth to work there. Per Elisabeth, BOTW "has maintained the gift of Barbara's incredible legacy, building innovative new responses to the needs of today's youth experiencing homelessness."
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Women's History Month Profile: Jennifer Scott
Meet
Jennifer Scott, owner and operator of
Common Vines and
Taste Wine Bar since 2017 and a Downtown resident since 2007.
Jennifer Scott and her husband,
Christoper Hsi, are co-owners & operators of
Common Vines &
Taste Wine Bar.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and then Harvard University, Jennifer worked for nearly two decades in consulting before making the leap, with her husband,
Christopher Hsi, to become a proprietor of Common Vines and Taste.
Jennifer, who "loves being Downtown because of its central location and diversity," notes that Downtown's "new energy of tech start-ups, as well as more residential buildings, have together created a unique and amazing mix of people and a new sense of community." Jennifer's advice to aspiring entrepreneurs? "Life is too short to not reinvent yourself. Always trust your gut instincts--they're right. And most importantly, don't dwell on your mistakes, no matter how big they are."
Among her mentors, Jennifer cites
Sandy Block, VP of Beverage Operations, Legal Seafoods, as well as her husband, Chris.
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"Run Your Socks Off": Hyatt Regency Counts Down To Marathon With Clothing Drive
The
2019 Boston Marathon is now less than a month away!
The
Hyatt Regency Boston is commemorating the region's great civic tradition with
a sock drive. Please join the hotel to help those in need in Boston by dropping off an unopened pair of brand-new socks in the hotel's main lobby. All the pairs collected will be donated to local nonprofit organizations. Call 617-422-5531 for more info.
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Play Games With Your Staff:
Escape The Room, Trapology
Offering Gift Cards
Did you know that Downtown Crossing hosts two different entertainment venues--nearly side-by-side-- featuring interactive adventure challenges, ideal for corporate outings?
There's Trapology, at 177 Tremont Street, as well as Escape The Room, at 33 West Street. Both offer gift cards; for Trapology's, please visit here. For Escape The Room's, please visit here.
For more info about both venues, please call 857-285-2085 (for Trapology), or 857-256-1174
(for Escape The Room).
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Scotch & Sirloin: "Macallan Exceptional Cask" Dinner At Ruth's Chris Steak House On March 28th
On
Thursday, March 28th, at 6:30 pm, Ruth's Chris Steak House is hosting a "
Macallan Exceptional Cask" special dinner.
Join Ruth's Chris that evening for a 4-course meal featuring the restaurant's famous sizzling steak, paired with scotch from Macallan.
Visit here for the complete menu, which includes blackened sea scallops, mashed potatoes, and more. To RSVP,
visit here. Call 617-742-8401 for more info.
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Taste Wine Bar Events This Week: Morning Bakery Pop-Up & Giampolo Venica Bar Takeover
Taste Wine Bar (101 Summer St.) continues its robust programming calendar this week with two separate events.
On Wednesday & Thursday (March 27th-28th), Taste hosts a "
Springtime Tastery," from 7 am-noon each day. The event showcases pastries from former
Sofra pastry chefs Kate Dooley & Kerri Foster as well as locally-sourced hot drinks. Please
visit here for additional info.
Additionally, on Wednesday, Taste hosts a
"Giampolo Venica Bar Takeover," from 5-7 pm. The event celebrates the Venica vinters, a third-generation winemaking family from the Dolegna district of Lombardy, Italy. Please
visit here for additional info.
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New Developments Under Construction, Proposed Projects
& More
Downtown Boston is continually transforming, with new buildings rising, as well as transportation projects taking place underground and at street level.
Looking for the latest u
pdates on developments, construction, sidewalk closings, and more? Click
here.
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Additional BID Services & Info
- Communication and Business Networking
- Meetings with individual BID members to discuss neighborhood issues
- Entertainment programming
- Member Advocacy
- Capital/Public Improvements
- Wayfinding
- Please click here for the Downtown Boston BID's Welcome Guide that provides a look at many of the BID's accomplishments in leading the transformation of Downtown Crossing
- For additional details and information on the complete range of BID services please contact Doug Meyer, Membership Services & Database Manager, at [email protected].
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