By now, you’ve likely seen the tweets from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh:
Ready to light the tree on #GroveHallMainStreets! Remember to shop local this #holidayseason #5onmain
— Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) December 13, 2014
Our guy Perry Eaton from BDCwire spoke with the Mayor about his local shopping initiative. Click through for the podcast. More
After 20 years, Mayor Thomas Menino is stepping aside, and in November, Bostonians elected state representative Martin Walsh to take his place. Things are due for a shake-up and a lot of the mayor-elect’s plans will directly affect how we young folks live and move in the Hub. I had the opportunity to sit down with Walsh at his headquarters and chat with him about his plans for his first term, from housing to transport to jukeboxes to those pesky kids living off campus. More
Election season is over and the federal government is trying to take away your precious Lard Glob snacks. You’re feeling sad. But there’s still plenty of possible celebrations on the horizon: Tuition rates are going down, gay bashing in the workplace might become illegal (if the House approves it — don’t hold your breath), and Red Sox Nation is infiltrating New York. Chin up, fans of Connolly and casinos. The beer goes down faster if you keep your chin up. Here’s our guide to what to talk about at the bars this weekend. More
It’s hard to not take this city for granted. For as long as I can remember, Boston has had a very distinctive image: It’s a great place to study or start a business (but not a great place to grow one), charming but not particularly fun, and it draws much of its vitality from its traditional neighborhoods. Living in Boston day-to-day, we start to think of this as some sort of fundamental truth. But in fact, a lot of this image, from the very positive to the frustratingly negative, is due to the leadership of Mayor Thomas Menino. Will that change under incoming mayor Marty Walsh? More
If you paid any attention to the way the mainstream media talks about young people — and I recommend you don’t — you’d think that we’re all a bunch of good-for-nothing layabouts. Take, for example, this article published last year in USA Today about a study examining the life goals of millennials. Here’s a choice excerpt: “Published online in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the study finds Millennials (born 1982-2000) more civically and politically disengaged, more focused on materialistic values, and less concerned about helping the larger community than were GenX (born 1962-1981) and Baby Boomers (born 1946 to about 1961) at the same ages.” Great. This view of young people is annoying for about 6,000 different reasons. But, given some traditional measures of civic engagement, the Facebook generation is falling behind. Despite relatively high voter registration among young people, millennials tend not to vote in municipal elections. More
Think Boston’s search for a police commissioner to replace Ed Davis is boring or doesn’t apply to your life? Think again. The next commissioner will oversee policies that could affect your day-to-day life in Boston, from pot to DIY shows to your interaction with (and perception of) uniformed officers. More
