Buy Star Fish Market for community center
Purchase the closed Star Fish Market in Egleston Square and turn it into a community center and gathering space for neighbors in all weather.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Purchase the closed Star Fish Market to turn into a community center / third space in Egleston Sq. This business was an institution in the neighborhood for decades, and the space could carry on being a hub for the neighborhood.
Who it helps and why
Our neighborhood is predominantly POC and so many people hang out year round right outside that empty building and across the street from it. This would give people a place to socialize no matter the weather.
Details
- Cycle
- 2026–27
- Submitted
- July 2, 2026
- Neighborhood
- Jamaica Plain
- Place
- Washington Street, Roxbury, 02119
- Portal category
- Other
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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