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Hyde
Park Businesses Raise Money for Hurricane Katrina Relief
Hyde Park Main Streets sponsored a
holiday donation can drive to collect funds for families in need resulting
from Hurricane Katrina. About 25 businesses participated and $386 were
raised! The proceeds were split between The American Red Cross and The
Salvation Army. It was a great way both residents and businesses could come
together and make a contribution to the relief efforts.
We want to thank those who helped us
with the fund drive: BMS Paper Co. donated 50 collection cans for
display in local businesses, the Hyde Park Bulletin published without
charge a listing of all participating businesses, Essence of Thyme opened
the cans for us, and the Hyde Park Cooperative Bank converted the money
raised into donation checks.
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Direct from Our Members...and
Corporate Buddy
Hyde Park Cooperative Bank and The Boston Red Sox are the
Official Sponsors of the:
First Annual Manny Delcarmen
"Bowlin' Strikes for Schools" Charity Bowling Event
DATE: Sunday, January
29th (6-10 pm) Check-in begins at 6:00; Bowling begins at 6:45. Remarks,
Awards & Prizes at 9:00.
LOCATION: Ron's Gourmet
Ice Cream and Bowling, 1231 Hyde Park Avenue, Hyde Park, MA
BENEFICIARY: Boston
Public Schools
Cost: $80 per person.
Entry fee includes Bowling, pizza, soft drinks and ice cream, PLUS a
photograph signed by Manny Delcarmen; a Boston red Sox cap, and one
complimentary raffle ticket for prizes:
- Dinner
for winner and a guest with Manny Delcarmen!
- Special
Red Sox game-day experience, including 2 tickets
- Autographed
memorabillia
To reserve your spot(s), please email:
stmckelvey@charter.net
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Welcome,
We
are off to great start for the New Year with multiple Storefront
Improvement grant projects in the pipeline across the district. Our
successful history of leveraging private investment into the physical
structure of the Square, by both renovating the buildings and improving
the streetscape is paying off in a major way. Hyde Park Main Streets has
helped set the table and now we are seeing the results with 3 moderate to
upscale restaurants all planning on locating in Hyde Park this year.
We
are actively working with all 3 businesses to achieve this goal, one of
our top priorities, bringing a new restaurant scene to Hyde Park. We will
keep you posted on the progress of this and our other projects each month
in the newsletter.
Karen
B. O'Connell, Esq. Executive Director
A
Small Town In The City
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New Businesses and More
Storefront Improvements Coming in 2006
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Papa
Ginos will re-open! Local artist, Jen Venora, painted colorful scenes
on the burned out facade. Click picture to visit our
website and see the list of current projects.
Many
of you may have noticed the recent spike in vacancies in the district,
this is always a concern, but for us we try to look at it as an
opportunity to attract a more diverse retail mix. One new business
we are working with is Blue Waves Fish Market soon to be opening on
River Street in Cleary Square. I had a great initial meeting with
one of the owners and was very impressed with their business plan. The
market will feature a wide variety of fresh fish plus some prepared
seafood and take-out. The atmosphere at Blue Waves will be warm and
welcoming with free recipe cards and tips on fish preparation as part
of the whole experience. Our market research conducted by the MIT study
shows that this type of specialty food store can succeed in Hyde Park,
I am looking forward to picking up some fresh fish on my way home and
maybe learning a new recipe or two. Hyde Park Main Streets has already
accepted Blues Waves application for a Storefront Improvement grant and
developing a creative window display for the new business.
We
now have over 15 Storefront Improvement projects currently underway,
this Spring promises to be one of major renovations and construction
throughout the district, all spurred by our Program and made
possible by business and property owners willing to invest with us in
Hyde Park, our Small Town In the City.
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A Great Night Out At The
Super Bowl Raffle Drawing
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Meet
Me In Motown! Super Bowl XL is set: The Seahawks
will meet the Steelers on Feb. 5. (Click photo for more info.)
At
the Drawing, hosted by Cappy’s Tavern in Wolcott Square, the room was
packed with hopeful ticket purchasers, including one local attorney,
John Pulgini, who much to his surprise held the winning number! In
a great twist of fate, John had purchased 5 tickets to the raffle and
gave away the other 4; the one he kept was the winner, lucky
number 205.
The
second prize, a 23” LCD flat screen Sony TV with 3 months Free Digital
Gold Cable service generously donated by Comcast set the stage for more
excitement as ticket holders were really pleased to also have a chance
of winning this popular item. More charitable giving for the community
resulted when the second place winner, number 103, graciously
donated his prize to the Hyde Park Cooperative Bank Charitable
Foundation.
Third
prize, the Patriot’s Super Bowl victory poster was won by
J.D. Thompson of Campanelli Companies with number 91, who was also a
corporate supporter of this unique and very successful fundraiser
for HPMS.
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Deadline Extended For 3 -
Neighborhood Business Directory
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2006
Business Membership Directory for Hyde Park, Roslindale & West
Roxbury coming soon. (Click photo for HPMS Web Directory Information.)
Not
yet a Business Member of Hyde Park Main Streets? Just ask one
of the 100 plus Hyde Park Businesses who are Members, our best
ambassadors- and start sharing in the benefits now by joining today!
Connecting businesses and residents to each other for their mutual
benefit is at the core of the Main Street Program. By creating both
a web and print Business Directory we are able to showcase Hyde Park to
a wider audience and bring local information and convenience to the
customer. We mail our Business Directory to all our Resident
Members and have a distribution plan for free copies in the district.
This
year by partnering with our sister Programs in West Roxbury and
Roslindale we are creating a 3- Neighborhood Directory that would list
all the businesses in our combined area with a special emphasis and
promotion of Main Street Business Members. Similar to
our web Directory, we will have a free basic listing of all district
businesses in order to provide a comprehensive resource for consumers,
but will specially highlight and provide additional information about
our Members.
Join
us now to be listed as a Business Member for 2006, the print deadline
for listing has been extended to February 15, 2006.
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January/February 2006
Calendar
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Luther King Day- Holiday,
Mon, January 16th
Board of Directors - Tues, 6:00 PM, January 17th
Design Committee- Thurs, 6:00 PM, January 19th
Networking Breakfast- Thurs, 7:45 - 9:00 AM, January 19th
ER Committee- Mon, 6:00 PM, January 23rd
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ER Committee- Mon, 6:00 PM, February 6th
Design Committee- Thurs, 6:00 PM February 9th
Promotions Committee- Mon, 6:00 PM, February 13th
Networking Breakfast - Thus, 7:45- 9:00 AM, February 16th
The Networking Breakfast will host a
special presentation by Wentworth Institute on fostering an elder
friendly business district. Save the date and please plan on
attending this important meeting.
Presidents Day - Mon, Holiday, February 20th
Board of Directors- Tue, 6:00 PM, February 21st
Missed a meeting? Contact us for
monthly minutes compiled by volunteer committee members and available
by e-mail.
If Hyde Park is your home, why not
make us your home page at www.hydeparkmainstreets.com and be better
connected to your community.
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