Youth Jobs in Focus at JP Community Forum

At the third annual State of Our Neighborhood forum, members of the community spoke to elected officials about a variety of topics.

In a nearly filled Kennedy Elementary School auditorium, members of the community and elected officials came together to discuss issues that come with living in a city with specific focus on Jamaica Plain. Four elected officials addressed the local economy and jobs for teenagers at the third annual State of Our Neighborhood forum Tuesday night. Carol Rogers, a teenage volunteer at Teen Empowerment, Inc., a Roxbury-based organization that helps young people develop job skills, told a story about how she saw a cousin gunned down when she was in third grade. She said the experience could have touched off a life of tragedy and struggle, but she was determined to find a way out. She said she focused her efforts on the day-to-day life at school…

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Bret Silverberg

9:22 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

A lot was discussed, but this was the most impassioned moment of the panel, or so I thought. Other topics on the table were affordable housing, urban agriculture and transportation.   more ›

JP Community Forum Takes Aim at Local Issues

The third annual community sound off begins at 6 p.m.

After being postponed earlier this month, the third annual State of Our Neighborhood forum is on for tonight. The community conversation will focus on: The event will be hosted by the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition and Jamaica Plain Forum. Several local businesses and organizations are co-sponsors for the event. The third annual State of Our Neighborhood forum is from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at Kennedy Elementary School.

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State of Our Neighborhood Now on Feb. 26

The annual neighborhood sound off had to be pushed back due to the snowstorm of Feb. 8 and 9.

State of Our Neighborhood Postponed

The third annual community sound-off, originally scheduled for tonight, has been pushed to Feb. 26.

State of Our Neighborhood Postponed

Snow has caused the JP Forum to push back the third annual neighborhood talk.

The third annual State of Our Neighborhood forum has been postponed due to difficulty of travel following the weekend’s snowstorm. The event has been moved to Tuesday. Feb. 26. It will be held at the Kennedy Elementary School in Hyde/Jackson Square. The forum, sponsored by several JP-based companies and organizations, put citizens and legislators together to discuss community happenings during the year that was and the upcoming year. 

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'State of Our Neighborhood’ Forum on in Feb.

The third annual community gathering will feature several government officials and cover a broad range of topics.

Jamaica Plain’s government officials, boards, committees, business owners and citizens will convene next month to discuss the state of the neighborhood. The third annual “State of Our Neighborhood” forum will take place Feb. 12, according to a press release from the Jamaica Plain Forum. Subjects on the table include: youth issues, urban agriculture, transportation, education, senior resources, affordable housing and neighborhood businesses, according to the press release. The JP Forum writes: “Breakout groups will allow all of us to participate in conversations with each other on the topics which concern us the most. Please spread the word and save the date. If you have been before, let people know how important it is that we continue this…

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