About us

Founded in 1996, Allston Village Main Streets (AVMS) is part of the country's first city-wide, multi-district Main Street revitalization program, a non-profit, public-private partnership between the City of Boston, the National Main Street Center and neighborhood stakeholders. The program relies on volunteer community involvement with staff support.

To help make Allston Village a thriving, safe, friendly business district which provides diverse cultural offerings and a variety of businesses which both serve and employ residents.

To promote Allston Village, so that people will want to live in Allston and shoppers will come from other areas to enjoy its vibrant arts, retail and entertainment offerings.

To make Allston Village cleaner, greener, more pedestrian-oriented, and free of trash and graffiti.

To improve the storefronts of Allston Village with better signage and fewer roll-down grates.

To help foster cooperation among residents, businesses and landlords to build a healthy, economically vital Allston Village.

To work together through Allston Village Main Streets, helping the community make Allston a great place to live, work and socialize, embodying the slogan 'It's all in Allston.'

Neighborhood: Allston

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