Thanks for a Successful 2022 West Roxbury Holiday Market!
Check out photos from the Westie Fest Fall Festival
Help WRMS enhance and beautify our open spaces and streetscape
We’re creating visionary designs to enhance the open spaces and vibrancy of the West Roxbury Main Streets district. Help us advocate for municipal funding to transform Tim White Way into an expanded pocket park with improved accessibility features, outdoor seating, and space for small groups to gather and relax. Learn more.
Westie Stories - Read our latest blog post
Hundreds of people enjoyed the spectacular day at West Roxbury Main Street's first annual Westie Fest Fall Festival held at Billings Field on October 22nd. The Fall day saw sunshine and unusually warm seventy degree weather. The festival was filled with entertainment as West Roxbury residents and friends of all ages gathered at Billings Field. “We couldn’t have a better day and a better turnout from the community for this inaugural festival. It was a special day in West Roxbury and we’re so grateful to all who participated in making it happen,” reported WRMS’s Executive Director, Jacob Robinson.
Community Events & Programming
Do you have an event coming up in West Roxbury? Let us know and we’ll add it to the community calendar and share it in an upcoming newsletter. You can add your event directly by emailing a calendar invite with relevant details to events@wrms.org.
Never miss an event - Add the Community Calendar to your own Google Calendar with this “Calendar Share” link.
Centre Street Design Project
At a public meeting on June 20, 2019, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) presented a conceptual plan to discuss improvement on Centre Street, between St Theresa Avenue and West Roxbury Parkway, intended to calm traffic and make it safer for people to walk, ride a bike, and drive.
WRMS created a webpage to keep you updated on the plan and share additional resources on “complete streets”, “road diets”, and other concepts that have been introduced by BTD to improve Centre Street in West Roxbury.
Envisioning Downtown West Roxbury’s Future
Months of preparation and community outreach culminated in a community visioning exercise in June 2016. Over 700 people responded to an online survey and 100 people came out to a half-day workshop to provide input for what they would like to see within the West Roxbury Business District in the coming years. The visioning process identified key priorities for WRMS’s work in the coming years.
Read the findings from our “Imagine West Roxbury” Report
Read the findings from ULI Boston/New England’s West Roxbury Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) Report focused on Centre Street in the Main Street district
Our Mission
WRMS embraces a four-prong approach to supporting a healthy, active and vibrant district: enhancing the physical appearance of the district; improving its economic vitality through supporting existing businesses and attracting new ones; marketing the district to attract new and repeat visitors to support local businesses; and promoting community involvement and events among its business and residential member base.
200+
Businesses in the commercial district
22,000+
West Roxbury Residents
Infinite
Possibilities to make West Roxbury’s commercial district a vibrant, diverse, and inviting destination