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City Offices Closed 6/17
Please note: The Elections Department initiative petitions are due by 5pm on Wednesday 6/18/14.CITY SEEKS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND
CITY AIMS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL STATE MATCHING FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUND City to request a $1.35M appropriation that would qualify Somerville for $360,000 to $670,000 in extra state matching funds for affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic preservation SOMERVILLE – In an effort to maximize the State’s contribution to Somerville’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) Fund, which is dedicated to affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic…CITY COMMITS ADDITIONAL $1.3M FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, REPAIR
SOMERVILLE - This week, as City crews begin preparatory work for the City's annual roadway improvement program andrepaving schedule, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced Somerville's commitment to an additional $1.38 million in the City's Capital Investment Plan, more than doubling the existing $1.13 million already allocated through federal Chapter 90 funds in fiscal year 2014. The additional funding will supplement existing roadway improvement and repaving work, and increase…“POTHOLE BLITZ:” DPW FILLS 1,147 POTHOLES IN 12 WEEKS
SOMERVILLE - In just three months, the Somerville Department of Public Works is on pace to break its record for potholes filled within one calendar year. After completing 1,520 externally and internally generated work orders for potholes in 2013, DPW crews have already filled 1,147 potholes through March 2014, including 552 in March alone. The annual average for potholes filled is 1,399, and the City is calling on residents to help keep the blitz going by reporting any and all pothole…Symphony Park Meeting #3 March 19
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin invite you to the third public meeting for the design of Symphony Park, located on the corner of Pearl and Florence Streets in East Somerville. Based on community input, the park is being designed as a neighborhood pocket park containing amenities for all age groups and abilities. The meeting will take place in the Community Room at Bryant Manor (75 Myrtle Street) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19. For more information…SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXPERT NAMED TO UNION SQUARE CIVIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SOMERVILLE - A final member of the Union Square Civic Advisory Committee with 20 years of experience in sustainable planning has been named at the request of the committee's chairman Wig Zamore, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today. Somerville resident Professor Anne Tate brings to the committee an accomplished background in the areas that the committee will tackle over the next two years, including economic development, land use, housing diversity, transportation, open…RESIDENTS INVITED TO DISCUSS IDEAS FOR NEW ‘SYMPHONY PARK’ AT DEC. 19 MEETING
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Maureen Bastardi invite all interested community members to the second in a series of discussions to determine design plans for the new Symphony Park, to be constructed on the vacant lot a the intersection of Pearl and Pinckney Streets in 2014. The meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Community Room at Bryant Manor, 75 Myrtle St. An initial community meeting was held in July 2013 to discuss the vision for the…CELEBRATE WALKING, BIKING AND TRANSIT-RIDING WITH CITY, BIKE COMMITTEE NOV. 22
SOMERVILLE - Join Mayor Joseph Curtatone, the Somerville Board of Aldermen and School Committee, Somerville Bicycle Committee City, Shape Up Somerville, and many others to celebrate walking, biking, and transit-riding into the fall, as well as two important milestones for Somerville. On Friday, Nov. 22 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the East Somerville Community School (Cross Street side), all residents and commuters are invited to join us for hot coffee or hot cider, and students who take…SOMERVILLE NAMED A SILVER BICYCLE FRIENDLY CITY
SOMERVILLE – If you’re on a bicycle in Somerville, you can get there from here. The League of American Bicyclists has recognized the City’s continued commitment to creating a bikeable community with a Silver Bicycle Friendly Community designation—only two years after the city earned a Bronze level designation. Somerville now joins a number of cities including New York City, Philadelphia and Boston receiving this level of recognition for its efforts to promote bicycling. The City of Somerville…DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS
SOMERVILLE - Time is running out for members of the Somerville community to help shape the future of the city's open space, affordable housing and historic preservation. The City of Somerville has extended the application deadline to Friday, Sept. 27 for the four public positions on the newly formed Community Preservation Committee, which is tasked with evaluating Somerville's needs in open space and outdoor recreation, affordable housing, and historic preservation, and making…Feedback
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