Jamaica Plain residents, business owners and neighborhood associations banded together questioning the process that allowed Chase Bank to make unpermitted renovations to its new Centre Street location.
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The Jamaica Pond Association will meet Monday, July 1, in the community room at Jamaicaway Tower, 111 Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The board and community will hear a presentation by the new owner of J-Pizle (formerly Robinwood Café, 536 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain) with regard to an application for a new wine and malt beverage license. This is an open meeting. Residents who live near 536 Centre are especially welcome to…
The management team for the proposed retail marijuana business that wants to go into the old Milky Way spot on Centre Street will be speaking at two neighborhood groups in the next week.
An example of the work done by City Life/Vida Urbana. This is a City Council hearing on “just cause” evictions. Credit: City Life/Vida Urbana
On Tuesday the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council voted 10-1 to recommend grants totaling $150,000 to two JP organizations. The money comes from the mitigation fund from the Boston Residential Group, developers of Olmsted Place Apartments at 161A South Huntington Ave.
While two local business organizations — JP Local First and the JP Business & Professional Association — have come out strongly against Caffè Nero opening in JP, the first neighborhood group to hold a vote gave it strong support.