The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation was founded in 1977 to work closely with neighborhood residents, organizations and businesses to plan and carry out community development projects that benefit low-income residents of Jamaica Plain. The group's mission is to revitalize Jamaica Plain as a healthy, diverse, and sustainable neighborhood through a comprehensive strategy of community empowerment, economic development, and affordable housing development.

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), one of 13 regional planning agencies in the Commonwealth, serves MetroBoston’s 101 cities and towns. It provides analytical, planning and mapping services to its municipalities and their community-based organizations, and maintains a MetroData Center offering statistical profiles, US Census and other data, and projects population, household and employment trends.

The Boston Indicator Project's award-winning website, coordinated by the Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, in partnership with the City of Boston and MAPC, offers interactive overviews and indicators of change and progress in ten sectors for Boston, its neighborhoods and the region: Civic Health, Cultural Life and the Arts, Economy, Education, Environment, Housing, Public Health, Public Safety, Technology, and Transportation.