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You can vote early at any of the locations and times listed here. All Boston locations will have a voter list for the entire City of Boston. Please remember that if you wait until Election Day, you will need to go to your specific location based on your address.
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Mayor Walsh Announces Simplisafe Partnership
This is a one year of 24/7professional security for Boston small businesses. This package includes everything you'll need to protect your business—like entry and motion sensors, and a panic button in case an emergency arises.
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CWE Eastern MA: Digital Marketing for the Retail and Food Industry
Join us for the webinar series to help you navigate the resources to help you keep your business afloat.
All residents of Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park and Roslindale are eligible for a full scholarship (free) not just those living in the Fairmount Indigo Corridor.
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Join City of Boston for the
6th Annual Women Entrepreneurs Boston Week
October 19th through October 23rd
Women Entrepreneurs Boston (WE BOS) provides skill-building opportunities, technical help, and networking. We help women entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses in the City.
WE BOS Week is a full week of free programming including skill-building opportunities, technical help and networking. Due to the current pandemic, this year's programs will be held virtually.
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Now + There: Public Art Accelerator Forum
Join us for the forum - Exploring public art from imagination to installation to impact. Anyone and everyone interested in creating more bold, inclusive, accessible, and welcoming spaces in Boston through temporary public art are invited to join. Let’s explore these topics together on October 23rd and 24th during a FREE discussion and resource-sharing event focused on supporting local artists and community members.
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Join DS4SI on
Wednesdays from October 7TH through November 18TH, 3:00-6:00 PM EST
We are in a social emergency.
We are in the midst of two deadly pandemics--racism and Covid-19. We are facing yet another election that threatens to be stolen, an environment reeling from climate change, as well as a Supreme Court appointment that could devastate rights for women, immigrants, poor people, Black communities and more for generations.
To us at DS4SI, this means we need another Social Emergency Response
Center. We need to build a virtual space where we can again turn to
each other for information, collective healing and more. As a virtual
space, we will be able to hear from our allies around the world as well,
as they share insights into strategies for responding to growing fascism, expanding our capacities for mutual aid, etc.
Join us for our first SERC Online, this Wednesday! ALL are welcome.
Contact us at serc@ds4si.org if you would like to lead a virtual plotting, healing, making or cooking activity for an upcoming SERC, or support the work in another way!
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This Is Now!
An Art Projection Series October 23-24-25/2020
in Uphams Corner, Nubian Square, Jamaica Plain.
Over three consecutive evenings of inspired art, projected on well-known Boston landmarks - the talent, feelings and concerns of Artists For Humanity painters, designers, photographers and animators will be shared for all to see!
Our “intersectional” times call for our teen voices to be raised in response. A pandemic, the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many other Black people at the hands of police, voter suppression, and renewed calls for the end to systemic racism deserve our response -projected on the walls of our city.
These issues affect us today, and tomorrow. We have something to say about them.
This Is Now! Artists For Humanity, Boston’s award winning teen art and design enterprise celebrating 30 years of bridging economic, racial, and social divisions by introducing young people's creativity to the business community, teamed with Masary Studios and 42 Degrees North Media to produce this three-night event.
Click on image above for more info.
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General Information & Updates
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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.
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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.
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Unemployment Insurance: Obtain updates about unemployment benefits and Coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is additional unemployment information.
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Need Health Insurance Information: The Health Connector enrollment period has been extended.
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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
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The Boston Resiliency Fund is the City of Boston’s effort to help coordinate assistance. Click here for more information.
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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.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Coronavirus Resources Page.
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Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Fact Page.
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ISD Guidelines keeping your establishment safe. Click here for the steps you can take.
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Additional Resources
- City of Boston Health Line: 617-534-5050
- Social Media Sites for Mayor Walsh - @Marty_Walsh
- City of Boston - @CityOfBoston
- Boston Public Health Commission - @Healthy Boston
- 311 is the City of Boston information Line and 211 is the Massachusetts/NH Information Line
- For all constituent services, please call 311
- Please follow us on Twitter @EconDevBos
- Facebook @ EconDevBos
- For the Mayor’s Hotline for questions about COVID-19, please call 617-534-5050.
- Text BOSCOVID to 99411 to opt-in to the City of Boston's daily text service for updates and information regarding COVID-19. This is a free service.
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You can support the work of Upham's Corner Main Street by making a donation today.
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Upham's Corner Main Street | 545 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125
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