"Can this man bring tourists to Roxbury?"
Live Like A Local Tours Boston has been featured in the Boston Globe.
Written by CHRISTOPHER MUTHER: THANK YOU CHRIS 🙏 ! Sitting down to be interviewed by Christopher Muther from the Boston Globe was a great experience and he was a pleasure to speak with. I enjoyed talking to him about Boston and showing him why Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain in Boston, Massachusetts are the most magnificent cities in the United States. Discussing Boston's food scene and history is my passion. If tourists, transplants or Boston locals are looking for fun things to do In Boston, you have found the best food tour experience to go on with your loved ones, and I will tell you why below.
The BostonGlobe.com explains why Live Like a Local Tours Boston wants to change perceptions!
Written by CHRISTOPHER MUTHER: "Leonard Lee, the executive director of the Dillaway-Thomas House in Roxbury, is sounding a bit fed up.He’s relaying a story about a Back Bay organization that was debating whether to hold a morning event at the beautifully restored Colonial-era home, which, after a five-year, $3.6 million renovation is now a pristine museum that shows what Colonial life was like in Roxbury. It’s a beautiful place situated in Roxbury Heritage State Park with sweeping views of the city.Then he heard the dreaded question.
“They wanted to know if it was safe to have their breakfast event here,” he says somewhat incredulously. “There is this perception that Roxbury is some kind of war zone. It’s because people haven’t spent time here. They don’t know the history we have.
Enter Collin Knight. The Roxbury native has launched a company called Live Like a Local Tours which brings tourists to places of interest in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. While most of the city’s tour companies put their focus on downtown Boston — think Freedom Trail, North End food tours, and Irish pub crawls — Knight wants to show visitors what the rest of the city has to offer." READ FULL ARTICLE