Improving their home turf in Jamaica Plain's Forest Hills area

Improving their home turf - The Boston Globe

``We have established a great relationship with the city officials. The more organized you are, the more people you speak for, the more votes you represent, and the more elected officials want to make you happy.'

Similar groups are meeting in various sections of Forest Hills. The umbrella group, the Forest Hills Task Force, started two years ago.

``The point of the group is not to supersede the neighborhood groups, but we can speak more loudly if we speak with one voice. And here's a method to do it,' says Bernie Doherty, the chairman.