Wellesley students mentor adopted children of Asian descent in the Greater Boston Area through the Mei Mei Jie Jie Program. Carol Ling ’13 shared her experiences with the organization and her own Mei Mei.     What does Mei Mei Jie Jie do? The Mei Mei Jie Jie Program started in Fall 2003 as a collaboration between Wellesley College Students of Asian descent and children (ages 8-14) of Asian descent who have been adopted into predominately Caucasian families in the Metro-West area.  The parents of these children have expressed concern about the fact that their daughters Continue reading >>>

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 10:27am By Colleen M. Sullivan Banker Tradesman Staff Writer   Even as the housing market is sluggishly beginning to turn around, the Bay State needs to start pushing for more growth, according to a new report on the state of the Greater Boston housing market from The Boston Foundation. This year is the 10th anniversary of the foundation's Greater Boston Housing Report Card, Continue reading >>>

If a neighborhood could talk, what would it tell you about its citizens, its resources? A lot, it turns out, as the newly launched website of the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) makes clear. By offering aggregated datasets and mapping tools, the site is a platform and a network through which to share information about Boston’s people, places, and events. BARI, an inter-university research partnership led by Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study with the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and the city of Boston, held “Teaching Boston,” a workshop that introduced Continue reading >>>

NEW YORK CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LHA, a leading provider of best practices global investor and media relations services, announces the firm’s expansion to the greater Boston area with the launch of its Business Development Services unit via a strategic alliance with FEP Capital Advisors, a business development advisory based in Cambridge, Mass. FEP Capital Advisors was founded by Rick Pierce, a seasoned business development and investor relations executive, who will now lead this new unit as well as expand LHA’s presence Continue reading >>>

<!-- end javascript to email the article -->  PR Web Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 14, 2012 On Wednesday, November 14th, Bostonians will awaken to a bold reminder that tomatoes are currently out of season. Actual out of season tomatoes will take over several city landmarks in a statement that proves consumers don’t have to settle for out of season. The Great Boston Tomato Invasion will encourage Bostonians to enjoy the taste of summer year round by choosing Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes. With gorgeous tomato taste; Muir Glen, a pioneer Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2012 predicts high demand for transit-oriented, higher density development. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email Greater Boston’s housing market will improve, but buyers and tenants may seek different types of housing, according Continue reading >>>

Boston ranked 16th in terms of percentage growth in employment since the recession. G. Scott Thomas Email Greater Boston is among a minority of U.S. metropolitan areas to have more jobs today than it did prior to the recession. To be sure, four-fifths of America's major metros still have fewer private-sector Continue reading >>>

By Jeremy C. Fox, Town Correspondent State Representative Carlo P. Basile says no one in Greater Boston has to go hungry this Thanksgiving, because he has opened up his annual free holiday dinner in East Boston to anyone who wants to attend. “I don’t care where you come from,” Basile said by phone on Tuesday. “You come in that door, we’re feeding you.” Basile said he was motivated to expand the invitation beyond just East Boston by the great need he saw. Basile joked that he couldn’t remember whether this is the fifth or sixth feast he has hosted since he began shortly after Continue reading >>>

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 10:32am   The Greater Boston Association of Realtors is donating $10,000 to the National Association of Realtors Relief Foundation to support association members and other property owners who suffered damage or the loss of a home, business or other personal property as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Funds for the donation come from the Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation, Continue reading >>>

The Massachusetts Port Authority faces several major challenges over the next few years, including adding international routes out of Logan Airport, modernizing port facilities to accommodate larger cargo ships, and developing the East Boston waterfront, the agency’s new chief executive said. In one of his first extended interviews since he was selected to lead the agency almost two months ago, Thomas Glynn said meeting these challenges could prove vital to Greater Boston’s economy, which has become increasingly tied to the global economy for markets, investment, and talent. “We want to make Continue reading >>>