Posted by Maria Caceres on May 2, 2017 in Staff Blogs
During a meeting last summer with Walk Boston, a pedestrian advocacy nonprofit, the staff was invited to Egleston Square to conduct a walk audit. Walk Boston had never done an audit in the Roxbury area, so they were excited to journey to our neighborhood to learn more about how to better serve local pedestrians. In September 2016, Adi Nochur and Dorothea...
Posted by Maria Caceres on May 2, 2017 in Staff Blogs
Last September, Ginnette was very discouraged about her ability to improve her credit. She was in a position in which she had to pay for all of her transactions with cash and, even though she was working, needed a co-signer in order to buy a car. She lived in Hyde Park and had recently paid a local credit repair company to help improve her score. Instead...
Posted by Maria Caceres on May 25, 2018 in Annual Meeting
Urban Edge staff, residents, and community members came together under the tent in Jackson Square on Wednesday, April 25th to celebrate. Photos by Allana Taranto. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border:...
Posted by Maria Caceres on April 28, 2017 in Uncategorized
Urban Edge staff, residents, and community members came together under the tent in Jackson Square on Wednesday, April 26th to celebrate the past, present, and future of the organization at our 43rd Annual Meeting. #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails { width: 904px; justify-content: center;...
Posted by Maria Caceres on January 17, 2017 in Staff Blogs
TAILS, Inc. is a daycare service for dogs located at 385 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. It also provides services for cats, dog walking, overnight boarding, and retail sales. This was the brainchild and the dream of a young, Hispanic, female entrepreneur named Yessy Feliz. She opened up a very small storefront business for boarding dogs in October...
