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Homebuyer Readiness Workshop / Taller de Preparación para Compradores de Vivienda

If you are interested in buying a home some day, this is the place to start.

June 8, 2023
2023-06-08T10:00:00 - 2023-06-08T11:00:00

In this workshop, you will learn:

  • How a mortgage works and how to get one
  • How a credit score affects your ability to get a loan
  • What the hidden costs are to buying a home
  • How much do you need to save for a down payment
  • Where you can get free resources to make the process easier

Si está interesado en comprar una casa algún día, este es el lugar para comenzar. En este taller, aprenderás:

  • Cómo funciona una hipoteca y cómo obtener una
  • Cómo un puntaje de crédito afecta su capacidad para obtener un préstamo
  • Cuál es el costo inicial de comprar una casa
  • Cuánto necesita ahorrar para un pago inicial
  • Donde puede obtener recursos gratuitos para facilitar el proceso
June 8, 2023
2023-06-08T10:00:00 - 2023-06-08T11:00:00
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Resume and Cover Letter Strategies Workshop

Learn the basics of how to write a resume and cover letter to get the job you want.

June 7, 2023
2023-06-07T10:00:00 - 2023-06-07T11:00:00

This reviews steps from choosing a format to what information to include. Learn what employers are looking for so you can make the best impression.

June 7, 2023
2023-06-07T10:00:00 - 2023-06-07T11:00:00
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Budgeting Basics

A budget is the key to freedom from financial stress.

June 5, 2023
2023-06-05T14:00:00 - 2023-06-05T15:00:00

Once you know how to track your money, you never need to fall behind again. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

  • Track your income and spending
  • Prioritize your needs
  • Eliminate wastes of money
June 5, 2023
2023-06-05T14:00:00 - 2023-06-05T15:00:00
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Inspectional Services Patio Pup Webinar

Learn how to transform outdoor dining patios and beer gardens into dog-friendly environments.

May 15, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Virtual Event
    Boston, MA 02201
  • Contact:
    Inspectional Services
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2023-05-15T18:00:00 - 2023-05-15T19:30:00

Please join Inspectional Services Assistant Commissioner Dan Prendergast and Assistant Director Tom McAdams as we discuss the requirements and regulations related to creating dog-friendly spaces at outdoor dining patios and beer gardens.

Register for the event

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May 15, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Virtual Event
    Boston, MA 02201
  • Contact:
    Inspectional Services
  • send an email
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2023-05-15T18:00:00 - 2023-05-15T19:30:00
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Personal Care and Salon Industry Small Business Workshop Series

A six-part workshop series to support small business owners involved in the personal care, beauty or salon industry.

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May 16, 2023
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Repeats weekly on Tuesday, starting from May 16, 2023, 6 times
  • Online
    Boston,
  • Contact:
    Office Of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
    Business and jobs
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2023-05-16T10:00:00 - 2023-05-16T12:00:00

Calling all hair stylists, nail techs, waxing professionals, massage therapists, makeup artists, beauticians, estheticians, and more - this series is FOR YOU!!!

May 16, 2023
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Repeats weekly on Tuesday, starting from May 16, 2023, 6 times
  • Online
    Boston,
  • Contact:
    Office Of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
    Business and jobs
    Learning and lectures
  • Posted:
2023-05-16T10:00:00 - 2023-05-16T12:00:00

Workshop 1

Date: Tuesday, May 16 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Running Your Personal Care Business

Presenter: Leyanis Diaz, Major

Workshop Summary: Small business owners need to understand and manage various operational aspects of their business in order to ensure that it runs smoothly and efficiently. During this workshop, we’ll provide an overview of the activities involved in the regular operation of your personal care business.

During this workshop, we’ll cover:

● Supply chain management

● Inventory management

● Production and manufacturing

● Logistics and distribution

● Quality control

● Cash flow management

● Human resources

● Sales

● Order fulfillment

Workshop 2

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Own Your Future: Design Your Business Model

Presenter: Sherina McKinley, Boston Program Director

Are you on your entrepreneurship journey and looking for some support? Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative has you covered. In this Own Your Future workshop, we’ll provide some resources to help you take an early look at your business model, chart your path forward, and build wealth with your business.

A business model is a framework that describes how your product or service creates, delivers, and receives value. Before you can create a plan and financial forecast, you need to understand your business model. The business model canvas is a great tool for developing new or documenting existing business models. It is a visual chart with elements describing your business model and assists you in aligning your activities by illustrating potential trade-offs.

Workshop 3

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Own Your Future: Budgeting Basics

Presenter: Sherina McKinley, Boston Program Director

A budget is an essential part of any business’ roadmap. It can help established business owners gauge the financial health of their companies, measure progress and identify new investment opportunities. A well-designed budget should align with your business’ mission and vision and serve as a representation of your business’ values. The best budgets are those which can scale with your business.

Budgeting Basics. In this interactive workshop, we will help you get started on your business’ budget. You will gain a basic understanding of the key components of a budget, including the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. And, you will learn how to build a budget from the ground up.

Workshop 4

Date: Tuesday, June 6 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Building & Marketing Your Personal Care Brand

Presenter: Leyanis Diaz, Major

Workshop Summary: Building a brand from the ground up that stands out and acquiring and retaining customers are no easy tasks. During this workshop, participants will learn how to build a strong brand identity for their business and how to develop a marketing plan to reach, engage and convert target prospects into profitable customers.

During this workshop, we’ll cover:

● Branding

● Marketing Plans

● Marketing Strategies

● Marketing Tactics

● Target Market

Workshop 5

Date: Tuesday, June 13 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Own Your Future: Am I Ready for Funding?

Presenter: Sherina McKinley, Boston Program Director

Do you feel like you don’t have any bootstraps left to pull on? Are you worried what will happen if you were to take on funding for your business in order to take your business to the next level?

Before you decide to go out and look for funding, you need to figure out if you are ready. This means having the right pieces in place in your business and being emotionally prepared to enter into this process.

In this interactive workshop where you will be able to network with other entrepreneurs, assess your own readiness to go out and seek the resources you need.

Workshop 6

Date: Tuesday, June 20 2023 at 10:00am

Title: Growing Your Personal Care Business

Presenter: Leyanis Diaz,

Major Topic Areas: Growth & Scaling

Workshop Summary: Getting your business off the ground is challenging. Continuing to grow your business once it’s established is just as difficult. During this workshop, participants will walk away with proven methods to continue growing their businesses.

During this workshop, we’ll cover:

● Growth strategies

● Goal setting and planning

● Hiring

● Risk mitigation

● Technology integration

● Research and development

● Customer service

● Professional development

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Christian Science Plaza Tour

Walking tour of Christian Science Center Plaza led by Landmarks Commissioner John Amodeo.

May 18, 2023
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Meet at Publishing House front door, 210 Mass Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Landmark Commission
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-18T18:30:00 - 2023-05-18T20:30:00

The Christian Science Plaza is a beloved mid-century Boston Landmark. How does one adapt an iconic yet challenging Brutalist landscape to meet modern-day needs and concerns, as well as an evolved urban context? 

On this walking tour, you will hear from Boston Landmarks Commissioner John Amodeo about the strategies used to make the plaza more welcoming and more sustainable, primary objectives of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Subtle but effective changes were created at the edges, to make them more porous and inviting while respecting the plaza’s mid-century character.

 Meet outside the entrance of the Christian Science Publishing House, 210 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115

May 18, 2023
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Meet at Publishing House front door, 210 Mass Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Landmark Commission
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-18T18:30:00 - 2023-05-18T20:30:00
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Landlord Information Workshop

Are you a landlord interested in learning more about voucher programs and how they relate to the Landlord Incentive Program?

June 13, 2023
2023-06-13T14:00:00 - 2023-06-13T15:00:00

Join the Mayor's Office of Housing for the Landlord Information Workshop.

At this virtual workshop, you will learn about the different types of housing resources for people exiting homelessness, and how you can get involved in the City’s Landlord Incentive Program.

June 13, 2023
2023-06-13T14:00:00 - 2023-06-13T15:00:00
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Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown.

May 27, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Stony Brook T Stop 100 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-27T11:00:00 - 2023-05-27T12:00:00

Explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism.

Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide outside the T Stop.

May 27, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Stony Brook T Stop 100 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Outdoor
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-27T11:00:00 - 2023-05-27T12:00:00
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Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Tour a historic Jamaica Plain neighborhood of fine Victorian houses.  

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP HIstorical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T12:00:00

This National Historic District includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.

All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.

 

May 20, 2023
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    JP HIstorical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
    Preservation Month
  • Posted:
2023-05-20T11:00:00 - 2023-05-20T12:00:00
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National Park Service Grants for Underserved Communities

Learn about the variety of grants the National Park Service offers.

May 16, 2023
2023-05-16T12:00:00 - 2023-05-16T13:00:00

Interested in learning more about grant opportunities through the National Park Service? Do you have a project that might be a good fit for the African American Civil Rights, History of Equal Rights, or Underrepresented Communities grant programs? Are you looking ahead to upcoming opportunities including Save America’s Treasures, Tribal Heritage Grants, HBCU Preservation Grant, or the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants? Sign up for this free information session.

May 16, 2023
2023-05-16T12:00:00 - 2023-05-16T13:00:00
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