BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/10/12 -- Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) announced today the official start of the 2012 celebration of events that will provide programs and activities around entrepreneurship in Greater Boston and the surrounding communities. With the BREW celebration taking place during the weeks of October 15 - October 26, the BREW committee is currently asking for organizers of entrepreneurial events to register their event details online at http://www.brewboston.org. Events can include such things as educational workshops, networking Continue reading >>>

Single-digit vacancy rates in Boston is driving production of multifamily housing like this one in the Back Bay.  Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email Greater Boston’s apartment market will remain in favor of landlords this year, Continue reading >>>

Despite a drop in the number of large conventions coming to Boston next year, hotel occupancy is expected to rise, a testament to the market’s healthy mix of tourists, business travelers, and convention-goers, according to the hospitality consultancy PKF Consulting USA. Average occupancy rates in Greater Boston are forecast to hit 72.4 percent this year and 72.9 percent in 2013, even as the number of conventions generating more than 2,000 hotel room nights decreases to 19 in 2012 from 24 this year. As a result, room nights generated by citywide conventions are projected to fall 33 percent. A Continue reading >>>

On June 16, on the eve of the Greek parliamentary elections, with the future of the European Union in doubt and a newly-elected Socialist president in France, French citizens in the U.S. and Canada voted to elect a candidate in a newly created constituency to represent them in the French National Assembly. They chose Corinne Narassiguin, a 37-year old member of the Socialist Party who has worked as a banker on Wall Street for twelve years. A few facts about the election: 27% of representatives to the newly elected French National Assembly are women. By way of comparison, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Continue reading >>>

By Alyssa Bauer The beginning of June was busy in the Greater Boston area — garlic plants sent their scapes into the air, rainbow chard darkened their multi-color stalks and a whole slew of salad greens begged to be harvested. Intoxicated with the potential energy of fresh produce, New England provided an enchanting background to engage in matters of Jewish sustainability and food systems issues. This is the environment in which Continue reading >>>

I have been volunteering with the Big Brother program of Greater Boston for the past 4 years. I was lucky enough to be matched with an amazing family from the Lenox projects in Boston's South End. Since meeting them I have watched each child work tirelessly to overcome a system seemingly designed to keep them from achieving. Manuel (Manny) Peguero is the oldest child and will be starting High School next year. He moved here from the Dominican Republic 5 years ago without being able to speak a word of English. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to start school in a new country Continue reading >>>

Boston needs more bike trails. (Photo via Thinkstock). Over the weekend, Peter DeMarco had a nice article in the Globe Magazine about the future of bicycling in Boston. He touches on the city’s recent accomplishments, like the painting of 50 miles of bike lanes, the success of Hubway, and overall change in Boston’s bike culture: … Greater Boston has the makings of a great cycling center: It’s relatively flat; lots of people live within a few miles of where they work and shop or a subway station; and our weather isn’t all that bad for cycling, particularly when Continue reading >>>

With so many people buzzing about biking - none louder than Mayor Tom Menino - could Greater Boston transform before our eyes into a world-class bicycling region like Copenhagen, where a third of the workforce pedals to the office each day? Is the Big Dig, which redefined the city a decade ago, already passe? Transportation planners and bicycle advocates say we’re on that path but still a long way from achieving such dreams, in part because we haven’t always pedaled forward.Take the BU Bridge, for example. When it was being rebuilt in the summer of 2010, David Loutzenheiser, a transportation Continue reading >>>

LEXINGTON — The bragging rights as the best amateur baseball league in the Greater Boston area has been up for debate for years now with most of the jockeying in the eyes of the beholder. The argument, at least for one year, finally was settled as a new tradition took shape over the weekend. Steve Gath’s RBI single down the third base line in the bottom of the eighth inning proved to be the game-winning hit as the Intercity League All-Stars squeaked out a 6-5 victory over the Cranberry League All-Stars in the finals of the inaugural Eastern Mass. All-Star Baseball Classic at Lexington High. Gath Continue reading >>>

Print this Article Email this Article Helping neighborsThe Citizens Bank Summer Concert Series will host a food drive to support the Greater Boston Food Bank during a special performance 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Aselton Park, Ocean Street, Hyannis. The concert will feature local artists Sarah Swain and the Oh Boys.Concert-goers are encouraged to bring nonperishable foods, including canned tuna, chicken or other meats; canned soups or chili; plastic bottles or cans of 100-percent fruit juice; pasta, Continue reading >>>