East Boston Main Streets

East Boston Main Streets is a nonprofit community improvement organization working to build a vibrant business district in East Boston, with a focus on Maverick and Central Squares. Founded in 1995, it promotes local commerce, initiates public and private improvements, and supports quality-of-life efforts for people who live, work and do business in the neighborhood. It uses the national Main Street Four Point Approach to guide its work.

Over the years the organization has built relationships among business owners, residents, developers and the City of Boston to support the neighborhood’s physical and economic development. Its best-known event is Taste of Eastie, East Boston’s largest charity dining event, which has run for nearly three decades and sells out each year as guests sample food from the neighborhood’s diverse restaurants and support the community.

What to Know

• Taste of Eastie has been held at the Tall Ship on the East Boston waterfront.
• Each spring volunteers clean up and beautify the Maverick Square area as part of Boston’s Love Your Block program.
• The organization is a partner of Meet Boston, the city’s convention and visitors bureau.