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Main
Streets Member Events This Weekend
Riverside Theater Works & Artist At Large Team Up
Artists-at-Large Presents: The 3rd
Annual Art Auction to benefit Artists-at-large and Riverside theatre
Works. Friday, May 5th from 6-8 PM at the Riverside Theatre Works, 45
Fairmount Avenue, Hyde Park, MA 02136. For more information call 617-276-
3223.
Christ Church Annual Yard Sale, Saturday, May
6th from 9 AM - 2 PM, 1220 River Street, Hyde Park. White elephant,
books, household items and more.
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Direct from Our Members...
Patrick Whalen, Greater Boston
Constables Office, Inc., told HPMS that a client walked into his office
saying that he found the Constable's name off "the website". Not
having a website of his own, Patrick realized that his customer had been
browsing the Hyde Park Main Streets on- line business directory. Up until
that moment, creating a webpage had been a desire but not at the top of
Patrick's to-do list. Spurred on by the newly generated business, Patrick
signed up immediately for his own web page hosted by HPMS for only $30 a
year.
Check out the Constable's new page on the
directory link below.
Do you enjoy "Direct from Our
Members"? If you are a Member and would like to contribute a quote
about your experiences with Main Streets, please e-mail us comments, thank
you!
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Welcome,
May
is an exciting and busy time in Hyde Park. From arts and cultural events,
to nature and the environment, there are many opportunities this month to
go out enjoy and learn more about our community, our small town in the
city.
Karen
B. O'Connell, Esq. Executive Director
A
Small Town In The City
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Mayor Menino Hosts Boston
Main Streets Tenth Awards Ceremony
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The Honorable
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston cordially invites you to join
him for a special Boston Main Streets 10th anniversary event.
All
of our Members are invited to the awards ceremony and reception to
honor a Business of the Year and a Volunteer of the Year from each of the
19 neighborhood Main Street programs.
Here
in Hyde Park, we are pleased to be honoring Ted Nichols, as our
Volunteer of the Year and the River Street Grille as our Business of
the Year.
The
epitome of steadfast service and support, Ted Nichols has been
with HPMS since the beginning of the Program and continues to be an
active Board and Business Member. He actively participates in all our
fundraisers, from selling raffle tickets to the Super Bowl to providing
materials and volunteer time at the events we sponsor. A successful and
well known business person in Hyde Park, Mr. Nichols is proud of his
Main Street affiliation and has lent his prestige and good reputation
to our organization as a model Board Member.
A
long time Business Member of HPMS, the River Grille has
graciously hosted our monthly Networking Breakfast for a few years now,
including having staff present and opening early for the event. They
have also participated in many of our initiatives by donating in kind
food, from pizzas to the kids painting the HPMS mural to being a
partner in Countdown to Kindergarten. Currently they are taking
advantage of the Technology on Main Streets initiative by having a web
page designed by Tech Boston and hosted by HPMS as part of their latest
marketing efforts.
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HPMS Joins With Library To
Sponsor Job Fair For Local Youth
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Click
photo for more information about the Hyde Park Branch Library.
The
local business community and local teens will have an opportunity to
come together for a Teen Job Fair on Saturday, June 10th from 10:00
AM- 3:00 PM at the Hyde Park Branch Library.
Hyde
Park Main Streets will be there with a table offering a selection of
volunteer projects that teens could also sign up for this summer. Other
stations will provide training and assistance for the teens on
everything from writing a resume to the proper interview techniques.
Reps
from the Private Industry Council, (PIC) and The Education Resources
Inst., (TERI) will help staff the Job Fair. TERI, has a center at the
Library and helps with planning for college and identifying sources of
financial aid.
HPMS
will be registering interested businesses who may wish to hire a teen
part-time or even for one project. Businesses could also send a
rep to the Job Fair, let us know and we’ll send you the simple
registration form, or download it directly from our web site,
www.hydeparkmainstreets.com
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Restoring The Neponset River,
Networking Breakfast Topic
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1968
Historical photo of flooded Neponset River near Dana Avenue. Click for
more information on the Riverways Program.
A
river runs through it, did you know the Neponset River runs through the
Hyde Park Business District? A healthy river could be an economic
opportunity for the area, as a natural attraction for residents and
more.
“The
Lower Neponset River, winding along Milton and the Boston neighborhoods
of Hyde Park, Mattapan and Dorchester is a hidden diamond in the rough.
Three hundred years of human ingenuity and development have impacted
the river, and now there is opportunity to restore it to ecological
health, bringing a natural wonder back to the community. Working with
local, state and federal partners, the Riverways Program (Mass. Dept.
of Fish and Game) is looking at ways to bring the river back to health
and to rejoin it to the community.” Join us and
guest speaker Gabrielle Stebbins for a presentation on plans to restore
our river.
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May 2006 Calendar
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 ER Committee- Mon, 6:00 PM, May 1st
Boston Main Streets Tenth
Anniversary Awards Ceremony (with
Promo Committee) Mon, 5:30 - 8:00 PM, Bank of America, 100 Federal
Street, Boston
Design Committee- Thurs, 6:00 PM, May 11th
Board of Directors - Tues, 6:00 PM, May 16th
Hyde Park/West Roxbury Adult
Literacy Group - Wed, 11 AM
- 1 PM, May 17th at the West Roxbury Public Library.
Networking Breakfast- Thurs, 7:45 - 9:00 AM, May 18th.
Mayor Menino's 8th Annual
Neighborhood Coffee Hours -
Wed, May 24 at Iacono Playground, Hyde Park, (Milton & Readville
Streets)
Memorial Day - Mon, Holiday, May 29th
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. *Please note that committee dates are
subject to change.
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