June 10, 2021
News and Community Announcements

B-Local
Earn Points, Support Businesses

B-Local is the new city mobile app that engages members of the Boston community and rewards them with Boston Points, the city’s new reward system. 
B-Local helps businesses to attract and engage more customers and increase revenue while creating a more vibrant and connected Boston. This app tool is designed to empower community members to shop locally. Boston Points are local rewards that residents receive in the app for shopping at local participating businesses in the city…such as Upham’s Corner. Once they’ve earned Boston Points, residents can redeem them at local businesses that completed two short steps.
 
When residents join reward opportunities in the app and shop at your business, they will earn Boston Points for qualifying purchases made by a debit or credit card. This will enable residents to redeem the Boston Points they have earned to shop at your local business! Each Point they redeem is worth $1 – courtesy of the City of Boston. For more information, click on the image to the right.
Radical Welcoming Artist Commission
This summer/fall, the Fairmount Cultural Corridor is offering 10 art commissions for $1,000 and 2 art commissions for $2,500 to radically welcome our community, neighbors, and friends back to Upham’s Corner as we are easing out of the pandemic. The deadline to apply is June 25, 2021. Please click here for more information.

Three Designs Discussed for
New Upham’s Corner Library

City officials discussed the next steps in the Upham’s Corner Arts & Innovation District process, including updates on plans for a new Boston Public Library.

For more information, please read the Dorchester Reporter’s article on the three site test fit options. 

inPUBLIC is Coming Back!

inPUBLIC 2021, a space for collective healing, imagination, and connection at the heart of the city on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons throughout September!

inPUBLIC 2021 will radically welcome people back into the heart of the city, while honoring the complexities of public life in this moment of multiple pandemics.

DS4SI is partnering with the New England Foundation for the Arts 
http://nefa.org (NEFA) and the Downtown Boston BID  to engage artists in co-creating 
inPUBLIC 2021, a space for collective healing, imagination,and connection.

General Information & Updates

  • Meal Distribution Sites for Children and Youth: The City of Boston, in partnership with Project Bread, YMCA of Greater Boston, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, and other community organizations, will provide free meals to all youth and teens at various locations and times across the City.
  • Pharmaluxe Pharmacy Delivers: Contact Pharmaluxe to set up an account for home delivery of prescriptions and other first-aid items. Email: info@pharmaluxerx.com or call 617-238-5224.
  • Unemployment Insurance: Obtain updates about unemployment benefits and Coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is additional unemployment information.
  • Need Health Insurance Information: The Health Connector enrollment period has been extended.
  • Small Business Disaster Loan Assistance: The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here for information.
  • Boston Chamber of Commerce
  • The Boston Resiliency Fund is the City of Boston’s effort to help coordinate assistance. Click here for more information.
  • The official City of Boston Coronavirus Information Page where Mayor Walsh's team, including the Boston Public Health Commission is keeping the most current information and recommendations available for our local situation.
  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Coronavirus Resources Page.
  • Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Fact Page.
  • ISD Guidelines keeping your establishment safe. Click here for the steps you can take.
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