Save the date!
Saturday, May 17, 2008, English High School

The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation invites you to join us in a day speakers, workshops, and films exploring what the Jamaica Plain community currently looks like, and what kind of a future we envision for our neighborhood.

JAMAICA PLAIN IS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. Across the country, urban revitalization has typically conformed to the following scenario: a neighborhood starts out as run-down and affordable, becomes funky and diverse, and emerges as upscale and exclusive. Can Jamaica Plain be different? Can we change the end of the story? Many groups and dedicated individuals can share credit for the remarkable transformation of Jamaica Plain since the 1970s. Now we need to learn and work together to stabilize our community as equitable and inclusive. With the Neighborhood Summit, we want to promote dialogue among residents from diverse backgrounds, learn from each other and from the “experts,” and inspire action to protect and improve our unique community.

JAMAICA PLAIN SE ENCUENTRA EN UN MOMENTO CRITICO. A traves de todo el pais, la revitalizacion urbana se ha conformado de manera caracteristica en el siguiente escenario: un vecindario empieza desmantelado y barato, se convierte en “funky” y diverso, y emerge como exclusivo. ¿Puede Jamaica Plain ser diferente? ¿Podemos cambiar el final de la historia? El JPNDC y muchos otros grupos y personas dedicadaspueden compartir el credito por la increible transformacion que Jamaica Plain ha experimentado desde los anos ‘70. Ahora tenemos que aprender y trabajar juntos para estabilizar nuestra comunidad como equitativa y estable. Con la Reunion Cumbre, queremos promover el dialogo entre residentes de diversas formas de vida, aprender el uno del otro y de los “expertos,” e inspirar la accion para proteger y mejorar nuestra comunidad unica.

Check back for more information, or visit the JPNDC website.