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Small Business Month: Small Business Resource Fair

For Small Business Month, we’re hosting a month-long celebration featuring events, programs, and spotlights that uplift and support Boston’s small business community. 

May 8, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 7:00pm
  • DotHouse Health
    1353 Dorchester Avenue
    Dorchester, 02122
  • Contact:
    Lindsey Swett
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-08T15:00:00 - 2025-05-08T19:00:00

Join the City of Boston’s Office of Small Business for a Small Business Resource Fair on Thursday, May 8 at DotHouse Health in Fields Corner!

Whether you're just getting started or looking to grow your business, the Small Business Resource Fair  offers a valuable opportunity to connect with fellow entrepreneurs and speak directly with City of Boston departments that support small businesses every day.

📅 Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025

🕒 Time: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

📍 Location: DotHouse Health, 1353 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA

This drop-in style resource fair will feature:

  • One-on-one conversations with City staff
  • Information on starting, building, and expanding a business in Boston
  • Networking opportunities with other small business owners
  • Light refreshments

Pre-registration is encouraged but not required.

learn more and register

In addition to a robust event calendar, Small Business Month will also feature videos on the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion social media channels spotlighting Office of Small Business staff, Main Streets Directors, and neighborhood businesses. Throughout the month, the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion will also share information about Small Business programs.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS

May 8, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 7:00pm
  • DotHouse Health
    1353 Dorchester Avenue
    Dorchester, 02122
  • Contact:
    Lindsey Swett
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2025-05-08T15:00:00 - 2025-05-08T19:00:00
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National Poetry Month with Alondra Bobadilla

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Alondra Bobadilla, the first ever Boston Youth Poet Laureate.

April 28, 2025
2025-04-28T15:00:28 - 2025-04-28T16:00:28

Alondra will lead a poetry-writing workshop for teens ages 13-19 years old.

April 28, 2025
2025-04-28T15:00:28 - 2025-04-28T16:00:28
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National Poetry Month with Alondra Bobadilla

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Alondra Bobadilla, the first ever Boston Youth Poet Laureate.

April 12, 2025
2025-04-12T15:00:00 - 2025-04-12T16:00:00

Alondra will lead a poetry-writing workshop for teens, ages 13-19 years old.

April 12, 2025
2025-04-12T15:00:00 - 2025-04-12T16:00:00
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Dorchester: 555 Talbot Avenue Abutters Meeting 4/16/2025

Existing restaurant The Mix seeks to amend their non-live license to a live entertainment license.

April 16, 2025
2025-04-16T18:00:00 - 2025-04-16T19:00:00

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 813 8644 4124

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

April 16, 2025
2025-04-16T18:00:00 - 2025-04-16T19:00:00
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Dorchester: 19 Midland Street Abutters Meeting 4/15/2025

Second abutter’s meeting for this proposal. Significant changes include a reduced rear yard setback and redesign of the third story dormer at the front. The original proposal remains to construct a third story and rear addition with three off-street parking.

April 15, 2025
2025-04-15T18:00:00 - 2025-04-15T19:00:00

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 835 9481 0304

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

April 15, 2025
2025-04-15T18:00:00 - 2025-04-15T19:00:00
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Dorchester: 58 Mallet Street Abutters Meeting 4/14/2025

On a vacant parcel erect a new two and a half, two-family dwelling with rear deck with two off street parking spots via proposed shared driveway.

April 14, 2025
2025-04-14T19:00:23 - 2025-04-14T20:00:23

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 819 3002 3876

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

 

April 14, 2025
2025-04-14T19:00:23 - 2025-04-14T20:00:23
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Dorchester: 70 Auckland Street 4/14/2025

The applicant seeks a variance to construct a new three-family dwelling.

April 14, 2025
2025-04-14T18:00:49 - 2025-04-14T19:00:49

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 848 8568 7017

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

 

April 14, 2025
2025-04-14T18:00:49 - 2025-04-14T19:00:49
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Mid-Dorchester: 27 Greenwich St Abutters Meeting 4/16/2025

Renovation, addition to extend the living space and change of use from single-family to two-family dwelling per plans.

April 16, 2025
2025-04-16T19:00:20 - 2025-04-16T20:00:20

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 811 7371 8400

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

April 16, 2025
2025-04-16T19:00:20 - 2025-04-16T20:00:20
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The Lot Next Door

 The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

August 2, 2025
2025-08-02T14:00:53 - 2025-08-02T16:00:53

The Lot Next Door

Join us for a new play by the Dorchester Weather Theatre Collective!

Produced and devised in collaboration with a community of local neighborhood artists and activists, The Lot Next Door explores issues and dynamics at the intersection of community development, environmental justice, and social resilience through the retelling of a true story in which residents fight a proposed development lot on the corner of Woodrow Ave and Norfolk St in Dorchester.

August 2, 2025
2025-08-02T14:00:53 - 2025-08-02T16:00:53
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Conservation Commission Public Hearing

ATTENTION: This meeting will be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in the meeting by going to our online meeting or calling 929-205-6099 and entering Meeting ID 868 0172 3247 #. Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at cc@boston.govLCA@boston.gov, or ...

The public can offer testimony.
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