Boston has typically been ranked as having a notoriously poor nightlife. Most golf equipment have a two a.m. curfew and the trains cease operating simply after midnight. It is even onerous to discover a bar that closes after one a.m., regardless of town being often known as a bar city. Boston ranks fairly low on some lists of high journey locations. It was ranked No. 10 on U.S. World Report and Information and No. 17 on Sights of America. These will not be horrible scores, however we’re nowhere close to different cities, like New York or Miami. What sort of toll does this tackle the tourism and leisure financial system right here, and the way can town develop right into a extra social hub?
Corean Reynolds is the newly appointed director of nightlife financial system for town of Boston. Her function is just not solely to assist Boston keep awake later, but additionally to imrpove town’s nightlife and leisure econommy.
“We have now 23 sturdy, distinctive, culturally numerous neighborhoods within the metropolis of Boston, and we wish to encourage not solely fellow Bostonians, however people who journey right here to bask in these neighborhoods,” stated Reynolds. “A part of that’s in search of new coverage and new methods to interact these neighborhoods.”
Reynolds’ function additionally focuses on the retention fee of Boston residents, and inspiring the hundreds of school college students and vacationers to think about Boston as greater than a short lived location.
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“Of us go dwelling, go to work, and go dwelling, however we wish people to work together with one another and their group, and to construct a way of group. That is what’s going to make folks keep,” stated Reynolds.
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Workplace of Financial Oppurtunity and Inclusion launched the SPACE Grant program final 12 months, a program funded by the American Rescue Plan which goals to advertise small enterprise progress in Boston industries most impacted by the pandemic. Firms will have the ability to recieve three-year grants as much as 200 thousand {dollars} to assist with startup prices.
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Corean Reynolds, the director of nightlife financial system for Boston’s metropolis authorities, beforehand the director of financial inclusion at The Boston Basis.
On Saturday night, the Boston Celtics hosted the Atlanta Hawks in Massachusetts.
The Celtics lost by a score of 119-115 (in overtime).
Jayson Tatum finished the loss with 23 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals while shooting 7/21 from the field and 2/9 from the three-point range in 43 minutes of playing time.
After the game, he made an honest statement when he met with the media (h/t CLNS Media Boston Sports Network).
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Tatum: “We were playing with pace; we had the right intentions. We had the right mindset tonight. We shot 38% from the field. That’s the tough part when you’re doing things a certain way, and the results aren’t matching. How do you continue to stay positive, and keep fighting and keep going forward.”
With the loss, the Celtics dropped to 29-13 in their first 42 games, which has them as the second seed in the Eastern Conference.
They are 6-4 over their last ten games.
Via Jared Weiss of The Athletic: “Celtics had some bad execution in crunch time to fumble a win away in OT. Trae Young really took control during OT and the Hawks did a great job targeting Neemias Queta, but the Celtics just made a lot of poor decisions here late. Pretty rough loss for a team who has had a lot of them lately.”
Celtics had some bad execution in crunch time to fumble a win away in OT. Trae Young really took control during OT and the Hawks did a great job targeting Neemias Queta, but the Celtics just made a lot of poor decisions here late. Pretty rough loss for a team who has had a lot… https://t.co/0SApusUoOb
Tatum is in his eighth season playing for the Celtics.
The All-Star forward has averages of 27.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 45.9% from the field and 35.8% from the three-point range.
A huge fourth quarter by Camryn Tade helped the Army West Point Black Knights women’s basketball team rally from a deficit to defeat Boston U, 59-52, on Saturday in Boston.
The Black Knights (13-3, 5-1 Patriot) have won two straight games since they fell to Lehigh a weekend ago and dropped from the ranks of the undefeated teams in the league.
Now, Army is tied for first place with both Navy and Holy Cross at 5-1 going into next week’s games. Lehigh is a half-game back at 4-1.
The Black Knights started the fourth quarter down 46-38. Tade came to the rescue, as she scored 11 of her 18 points in the final 10 minutes.
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She got to work 40 seconds into the quarter with a 3-pointer that cut the lead to five points.
After several empty possessions, Tade struck again with another 3-pointer to push the Black Knights within two points, 46-44, with 7:30 left.
The Terriers remained in the lead as they and the Black Knights traded free throws before Army took the lead, thanks against to Tade. Her lay-up with 5:25 left put Army in the lead, 48-47.
From there, the Black Knights remained ahead. A Fiona Hastick lay-up pushed the lead to three points, followed by a 3-pointer by Tade with 3:32 left that made it 53-47 Army.
Boston (7-10, 1-5) never got any closer.
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The Terriers controlled the game in the first half, as they took a 10-9 lead after the first quarter and then pushed that lead to 25-15 at halftime. Army surged to 23 points in the third quarter, but Boston hung in there by scoring 21 points before the Black Knights outscored the Terriers, 21-6, in the final stanza.
Tade made four 3-pointers for the game, three of which came in the fourth quarter. She also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Trinity Hardy led Army with 21 points, along with eight rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal.
Reese Ericson hit some key free throws down the stretch, as she went 6-fot-6 from the line for the game and finished with nine points. She also had four assists.
Inés Monteagudo led Boston with 12 points, while Allison Schwertner added 11 points.
Next week is critical for Army’s Patriot League Tournament seeding as it will face Holy Cross on Wednesday and Navy on Sunday. The Black Knights already have a loss to Lehigh, so they can ill-afford a loss to either the Crusaders or their rivals, the Midshipmen.
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