Boston, Jan. 30, 2014, — The Chinese New Year flower marketplace is being held from Jan. 26 to 30 this year in the public square of Boston Chinatown. The flower market was announced by Tony Yee at the Chinatown Main Street annual gala on Jan. 11, and has drown a lot of visitors to the market under a big tent despite of the cold weather.
Courtney Ho stands outside the Chinese New Year flower marketplace in Chinatown (from CMS’ facebook page).
Boston’s Chinatown Main Street (CMS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote Chinatown’s commercial district, to help with beautification of the district, and to attract visitors to Chinatown to shop, dine, and support the local businesses.
For the past 10 years CMS has worked harmoniously with the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA) to organize two Chinatown community events, the Chinese New Year Lion Dance Parade and the August Moon Festival. CMS played a major role in facilitating the events set up and promotion. These events have been very successful in drawing thousands of visitors to Chinatown to celebrate Chinese culture and to bring revenue to the local businesses.
The following is some pictures from Chinatown Main Street’s annual gala at Hei La Moon Restaurant by Justin Xiaojing Wang of bostonese.com.
In a press release, CMS mentioned that CCBA notified CMS that this partnership is dissolved, and wished the best of luck to CCBA. It acknowledged the importance of continuing these cultural events for the Asian community.
According to the press release, CMS will continue with its other programs, such as the signage and storefront improvement ReStore Program and to promote the Chinese New Year Flower Marketplace. Before this summers’ arrival, CMS will host its major promotional event of the year, the Chinatown Main Street Festival, to kick off the summer events. CMS will also initiate other new programs, such as a Visitor’s Guide to Chinatown businesses and Welcome to Chinatown signs, to draw visitors to Chinatown and to support the local community.
CMS looks forward to working closely with the Walsh Administration and other cooperative organizations, within and outside of Chinatown, for the betterment of Boston, to make it a better place to live, work and shop.