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Joy, Resolve on Opening of Multi-million Dollar Early Ed CenterDignitaries cut the ribbon at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014. From left: Latoya Taromino, Bromley-Heath resident and Nurtury parent; State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain; Mayor Marty Walsh; Nurtury CEO Wayne Ysaguirre; City Councilor Matt O'Malley (behind Ysaguirre), JP and West Roxbury; Education Secretary Matt Malone and Bill McGonagle, administrator of Boston Housing Authority.

Joy, Resolve on Opening of Multi-million Dollar Early Ed Center

By Chris Helms on June 17, 2014
Dignitaries cut the ribbon at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014. From left: Latoya Taromino, Bromley-Heath resident and Nurtury parent; State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain; Mayor Marty Walsh; Nurtury CEO Wayne Ysaguirre; City Councilor Matt O'Malley (behind Ysaguirre), JP and West Roxbury; Education Secretary Matt Malone and Bill McGonagle, administrator of Boston Housing Authority.
Dignitaries cut the ribbon at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014. From left: Latoya Taromino, Bromley-Heath resident and Nurtury parent; State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain; Mayor Marty Walsh; Nurtury CEO Wayne Ysaguirre; City Councilor Matt O’Malley (behind Ysaguirre), JP and West Roxbury; Education Secretary Matt Malone and Bill McGonagle, administrator of Boston Housing Authority.

Jackson Square celebrated a milestone Monday with a ribbon-cutting on a $17 million early education center. But the joy was tempered, for at least one speaker, by the need to keep doing what it takes to lift families out of poverty and violence.

Tattered Banners, Ghosts of Gentrification Battles Past, Still Hang Over Hyde SquareThe back of a Hyde Square billboard still sports remains from what is probably an anti-displacement sign from the era of the Whole Foods battle

Tattered Banners, Ghosts of Gentrification Battles Past, Still Hang Over Hyde Square

By Chris Helms on June 16, 2014
The back of a Hyde Square billboard still sports remains from what is probably an anti-displacement sign from the era of the Whole Foods battle
The back of a Hyde Square billboard still sports remains from what is probably an anti-displacement sign from the era of the Whole Foods battle

While walking to a meeting Monday night, I glanced at the back of the billboards above JP Knit & Stitch. Shreds of banners from the 2011 Whole Foods fight hang there still.

First Look: Inside Jackson Square’s $17 Million Early Education CenterStudents use tablet computers on the day of the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.

First Look: Inside Jackson Square’s $17 Million Early Education Center

By Chris Helms on June 16, 2014

On Monday, nearly 200 people gathered to celebrate the opening of a state-of-the art early education center that will in time serve 175 Boston children and their families.

Free Weekly Composting in JP!

By Chris Helms on June 16, 2014

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Every week at the Egleston Farmers Market (45 Brookside Ave., JP) the JP-based company Bootstrap Compost will be on site to accept your compost for free or a donation. Come to the Market, every Saturday, 10 am-2 pm, to do your shopping and drop off your compost!

Skyline View

By Chris Helms on June 13, 2014

Our Photo of the Day comes via Instagram user Sage Hiller. I think it’s always a nice surprise when you get a peek at downtown Boston from JP, like this one from the Arboretum.

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