Monday, May 16, 2011
"Me enorgullece presentarles a Mike Walker y a Wanda Hernández, como el Líder y la Líder Asociado del Equipo de Tienda en JP," escribe la presidenta regional de Whole Foods.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
[Nota: Ésta es una carta a la comunidad de la presidenta regional de Whole Foods, Laura Derba.] Estimados Residentes de Jamaica Plain, Nos complace informarles que ya recibimos las llaves de la propiedad ubicada en el 415 Centre Street y que hemos comenzado con las renovaciones. Como les prometí en mi última carta, quiero informarles sobre los últimos acontecimientos. Hemos recibido cientos de llamadas y mensajes de correo electrónico de personas expresando su apoyo y entusiasmo por la próxima apertura de nuestra tienda, algo que realmente apreciamos. Actualización sobre la Tienda: Actualmente estamos terminando la fase de demolición dentro del edificio y pronto finalizaremos nuestros planes de diseño. Como anunciamos previamente, no …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Sitio del nuevo Whole Foods
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In the letter, Whole Foods also says it will be funding a salad bar at the Curley School.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
[Editor's note: This is a letter from Laura Derba, North Atlantic regional president of Whole Foods Market.] Dear Jamaica Plain Residents, We’re excited to say that we’ve received the keys to 415 Centre Street, and our renovations are under way. As I promised in my last letter, I want to share with you our latest developments. We’ve received hundreds of calls and emails from people expressing their support and enthusiasm about our upcoming store opening, which we greatly appreciate. Store Update: We are currently completing our demolition phase inside the building and finalizing our design plans. As previously stated, we will not be making any changes to the structure of the building or to exterior features that make the building so …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Former location of Hi-Lo Foods, leased to Whole Foods for 20 years
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
La senadora solicita que la tienda establezca un fondo de vivienda para gente de bajos ingresos y que se comprometa a emplear por lo menos un cierto porcentaje de trabajadores locales.
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
A continuación es una carta de la senadora dirigida al Comité Sobre Whole Foods del Concejo de Barrio de Jamaica Plain: Abril 28, 2011 Estimado Coordinador Steve Laferriere y Miembros del Comité Sobre Whole Foods del Comité de Barrio de JP (JPNC): Gracias por el servicio que proveen a la comunidad de Jamaica Plain al tomar este nuevo rol con el Concejo de Barrio. Escribo para presentar lo que espero sean sugerencias constructivas para resolver las controversias que han dividido al barrio desde que apareció la noticia que Whole Foods intentaba ocupar el espacio donde operaba el mercado Hi-Lo. La planeada expansión de un mercado Whole Foods a Hyde Square ha generado caluroso debate entre mis constituyentes. Desde el primer momento que …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Friday, April 22, 2011
At a time when trade unions are on the media head lines, below are some observations about Whole Foods' history with organized labor.
At a time when collective bargaining is under attack in Wisconsin and elsewhere, it seems appropriate to take a look at Whole Foods' history vis-a-vis unions. For some who oppose Whole Foods coming to Jamaica Plain, the company’s attitude toward the unionization of their own workers is a major reason. The company said in a statement to Patch that it feels “unions do not foster or contribute to the unique empowering, supportive, innovative culture we have created at Whole Foods Market.” According to an April 2009 Mother Jones article, a Whole Foods manager of a San Francisco store was taped making remarks implying that joining a union would lead to reprisals, during one of several training sessions held by the company. The article goes on …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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City Feed and Supply
672 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/4124588
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City Feed and Supply
66a Boylston St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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766889
/locations/4124589
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Stop & Shop
301 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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766936
/locations/4124590
Monday, April 18, 2011
The organic foods coop would be the grocer for the "Arboretum Project," near the Forest Hills T.
Harvest Co-op, the locally-owned organic grocer, has signed a letter of intent to put a store near the Forest Hills T. The new location would be in the "Arboretum Project" on a parcel along Washington Street, according to Harvest General Manager Mike St. Clair. [It is the MBTA's "Parcel W," as detailed in the map to the right in the photo section.] Harvest has also won the right to be the anchor store for a new development in the Fenway. "The developers selected Harvest because of our excellent reputation in the metro-Boston area for our high-quality and healthy foods, our many years of community involvement and our commitment to environmental stewardship," wrote Christina Lively in a note posted on Harvest's site. "While we have signed …
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Forest Hills station (MBTA)
Washington St & Hyde Park Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Washington St & Ukraine Way, Jamaica Plain, MA
Site of future Harvest Co-op
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The committee aims to prepare a report about Whole Foods, which plans to open in the fall in Hyde Square.
In a session marked by sharp exchanges, 10 residents were added to a Neighborhood Council committee that will prepare a report about Whole Foods coming to Hyde Square. The committee's report will also deal with possible alternatives like Whole Foods backing out and the space at 415 Centre St. remaining vacant. About 30 people attended last night's meeting, which was held at the Bowditch School. In February, a closely-divided Neighborhood Council voted to back a statement that Whole Foods is "not a good fit for Hyde Square." "You're not legitmate," resident Alex Vermeulen said to members of the JP Neighborhood Council who were running the meeting. "We're telling businesses they're not welcome...Whole Foods is a reality in the neighborhood …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/4041262
42.31141
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92 Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Bowditch School
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Monday, April 11, 2011
We in Jamaica Plain should be the ones to set the standard by which Whole Foods' "good neighborliness" is measured.
The impact of Whole Foods Market development on the Jamaica Plain community has been a major topic of conversation since word of the company's deal to take over the Hi-Lo Market space in Hyde Square leaked out late last year. The intensity and passion of this debate has exceeded that of any other commercial development in recent memory and has touched on issues as broad as cultural identity, property rights, gentrification, employment, local control, and -- of course -- food. There is no question that many chapters of this story yet lie ahead. Up until now, however, most public discussion has focused on the potential negative impacts of a Whole Foods store. Little has been said about how Whole Foods could or should contribute …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Friday, April 8, 2011
To understand the resistance to a Whole Foods in Hyde Square, one must look back at Jamaica Plain’s past relationships with local businesses and chains.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Walking down Centre Street towards Hyde Square in 2011, I find it hard to imagine that the road began as a stagecoach route between Boston and Providence established in the 1660s. As a historian, I like to picture what Jamaica Plain looked like in 1796, when the only business in the area was Seaver’s General Store at what is now 741 Centre Street, the site of Blanchards Wines and Spirits. A great deal has changed in the last 350 years, but Centre Street, along with Washington Street, remains the commercial, cultural and social artery of Jamaica Plain. In many ways it reflects what is great about Jamaica Plain, especially its diversity and its history. Strolling down Centre Street it is hard not to be struck by the wealth of independent …
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/5052249
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Classic Cleaners
650 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/5052250
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Sami's Wrap 'n' Roll
654 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/5052251
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Tacos El Charro
349 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Meatland
306 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/5052253
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El Oriental De Cuba
416 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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/locations/5052254
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Quisqueya Bakery & Pastry Shop
462 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
In addition to up to five JP Neighborhood Council members, the committee may have up to 10 other residents. If interested, email the JPNC or come to the committee's April 12 meeting.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The following is a letter from Steve Laferriere of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council. As chair of the new Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Ad-Hoc Whole Foods Committee, I would like to inform you about what the Committee will be doing and invite your continued participation. As many people are aware, after hosting two community forums, receiving numerous emails and website comments, and debating at a special meeting on March 8, the JPNC voted 9-8 to approve a motion stating in part that “based on what we know now, we are concerned that Whole Foods is not a good fit for Hyde Square. The JPNC concurrently passed a motion to form an Ad-hoc Committee to continue to continue to gather information and to reflect the community’s voice …
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415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Former site of Hi-Lo Foods, now leased for 20 years to Whole Foods
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/locations/3916036
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82 Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Bowditch School, site of next JPNC Ad Hoc Whole Foods Committee meeting on April 12, 7 pm
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
A diverse crowd gathered to celebrate JP and to oppose Whole Foods opening at former Hi-Lo location. One speaker called Whole Foods "symbolic of pricing people out."
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Celebrating Jamaica Plain's cultural and economic diversity, some 200 people gathered at Mozart Playground Saturday, to the sounds Latin and multicultural rhythms, free food, dancing and cultural pride. Speakers took turns reminiscing their experiences of having grown up, lived and/or worked in a racial and economically diverse community, and emphasized the need to keep the community the way it is. One of the speakers, Connolly branch librarian Laura Foner, a property owner in JP since 1979, said that she currently shops at Whole Foods, and that it would be very convenient for her to have a branch store right by her house, but that it is more important for her to maintain JP's diversity. “The more I hear about the negative effects of Whole…
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Mozart Playground
312 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Hi-Lo Foods
415 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Rira
1:09 pm on Monday, May 23, 2011
And the with the existing stock of a variety of affordable housing options, in projects, sec 8, 80/20 buildings, federal, state, city , public/private partnerships, etc etc etc etc efficiently used with those who no longer qualify OUT, and those who DO, get that unit, we can then have affordable housing AND market housing co-exist in TRUE diversity WITH economically viable businsses that have … more ›