Main South art installation latest in movement to spruce up business corridor
“I love Main South,” the large, colorful installation reads, with a heart symbolizing the word love.
The project was funded by a state grant awarded to the Regional Environmental Council in 2020.
The REC, a city nonprofit that works to increase access to healthy foods, partnered with multiple groups on the project, including the Main South Business Association.
“We want to put out the message, Together, we’re stronger,’” Laura Perez-Garcia, president of the association, said Tuesday.
Main South business leaders partner with state for business association
Perez-Garcia, owner of Voltage Fashion Boutique at 834 Main St., is one of several local business leaders who’ve partnered with the state to get a business association going.
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As workers are given more leeway to bring their personal causes and beliefs into the workplace, companies can use their own engagement around issues like climate change to help recruit and retain employees and particularly younger employees.
That was the message Thursday from Ali Armstrong Sherwood, associate director of partnerships at the Trustees, and Kalila Barnett, climate resilience program officer at the Barr Foundation, who spoke as part of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce s City Awake series focused on issues of importance to young professionals. Folks are paying attention and especially the younger generation in the workforce is really paying attention, Sherwood said. At this point, we have a little bit more space to show up authentically at work and not separate out our personal values and priorities from the work that we do. So the more that an employer can allow that space for discussion, learning and unlearning, and pr