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Net Sales at Whole Foods in Jamaica Plain on Tuesday Benefit Urban Edge
Net sales from the Whole Foods store in JP on Tuesday will benefit Urban Edge, a nonprofit that fights the displacement effects of gentrification. The grocer holds "5 Percent Days" o...
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Business
In Brooklyn, an Echo of the Jamaica Plain Whole Foods Debate
For a vision of how the JP Whole Foods debate might have gone differently, look to Brooklyn. On Tuesday, a city panel was to have decided whether to give a special permit for the org...
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News
Hundreds Gather to Discuss the "State of Jamaica Plain"
More than 250 people attended the second annual "State of Jamaica Plain" at English High School last Thursday. The event brought together residents and politicians, with an aim of st...
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Business
VIDEO: JP Residents on Whether Their Rent Has Gone Up
It's all over the news how Boston rents have hit record highs. So Sylvia Kim set out to talk to residents about their rents. In a random sample, she found residents were, perhaps surprisi...
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Government
Neighborhood Council Eyes Commercial Guidelines
It was the end of an era, of sorts, at JP Neighborhood Council Tuesday night. The council dissolved its last group working on Whole Foods and assigned future discussions on the broad...