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SOMERVILLE SETS NEW DATA-DRIVEN COURSE FOR STREET MANAGEMENT; CITY TO INCREASE ROAD AND SIDEWALK BUDGET TO $3 MILLION AND ADDITIONAL ADA FUNDS TO $1 MILLION
SOMERVILLE – Starting immediately, hard data and an innovative new statistical model designed to prioritize community needs and values such as ADA accessibility, transit access, and development of the City’s tree canopy, will guide the paving and sidewalk repair plans of the City of Somerville. Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the new Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Program, which also takes advantage of significant cost savings offered by a shift to more preventive maintenance…CITY TO BREAK GROUND ON COMMUNITY PATH EXTENSION
The $2 million quarter-mile project will extend the popular pathway from its current end at Cedar Street to Lowell Street, the site of a future MBTA Green Line transit station. SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville is about to grow one step closer to its vision of a bicycle and pedestrian path that connects the city to Boston. For the first time in 18 years, a new section of the Community Path in Somerville is under construction. This week, the Massachusetts Department of…MAYOR SALUTES “VISIONARY” VOTE OF BOSTON MPO TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR RTE 16 GREEN LINE STATION
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today praised the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization for what he described as its "wise and visionary" decision to authorize $8.1 million in funding for the study, design and construction of the Route 16 station of the Green Line Extension Project (GLX). At its April 19th meeting, the MPO voted 19 to 2 in favor of a Patrick administration proposal to include funding for the project in the Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2013 - 2016 Transportation…APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MAYOR’S SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Youth Services Coordinator Nancy Bacci announced that applications are now available for the 2013 Mayor's Summer Jobs Program. Available through April 30th, applications can be found at the City of Somerville's Personnel Department (City Hall) or on the City's website (www.somervillema.gov). The Program provides opportunities for Somerville youth to gain employment and job training within the public and private sectors…SPFJr. YOUTH LEADERS ENCOURAGE SOMERVILLE YOUTH TO END TOBACCO USE
SOMERVILLE - Somerville Special Positive Forces Junior Edition (SPFJr.), a youth group within the City's Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) program in the Health Department, celebrated "Kick Butts Day" on Wednesday, March 22nd by chalking facts and messages pertaining to tobacco on the sidewalks. SPFJr. youth promoted the fact that 85% of Somerville High School students DO NOT smoke and that smoking is NOT the norm as reported on the 2010 SHS Student Health Survey. SPFJr. is…MAYOR, CITY DELEGATION TO DELIVER DONATIONS TO HURRICANE VICTIMS IN NJ THIS WEEKEN
SOMERVILLE- Following a local donation drive spanning several months, Mayor Curtatone and a delegation of City staff will travel to the New Jersey coast this weekend to deliver a truck load of supplies to victims of October's Hurricane Sandy. In a partnership with the communities of Somerville, New Jersey and Summerville, South Carolina, the City of Somerville, Massachusetts collected cleaning supplies, food, and other items needed by victims in New Jersey to assist with cleanup efforts…SOMERVILLE-ARLINGTON AWARDED $2.2 MILLION FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Director of the City’s Housing Division, Dana LeWinter, today released the results of the 2011 Continuum of Care renewals application. The Somerville-Arlington Continuum of Care was awarded $2,237,821 in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for homeless assistance programs. The funding for the Somerville-Arlington Continuum has steadily increased in the last several years, with $2,235,913 awarded in 2010, $2,…CITY’S SOMERVISION PLAN TO BE HONORED BY AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, MASS. CHAPTER
SOMERVILLE - The City's 20-year Comprehensive Plan, SomerVision, is set to be honored by the American Planning Association's Massachusetts Chapter on December 14th as part of its Annual Awards Program, honoring innovative planning efforts across the Commonwealth. Somerville is one of thirteen communities to be honored in 2012, and will receive the Comprehensive Planning Award for a municipality with a population of over 50,000. The Comprehensive Planning Award honors a plan,…CITY’S BRANCH LIBRARIES TO OPEN ON SATURDAYS
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (SMEA) that clears the way for the City's East and West Branch Libraries to open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The SMEA has already ratified the change and the new hours will go into effect on November 10, 2012. This will mark the first time since the 1970s that the Somerville Public Libraries East and West Branch…MassDOT / Davis Square Construction
MassDOT is scheduled to install a raised crosswalk on Holland Street at the MBTA Station. Weather permitting, construction will begin on Sunday, August 19th at approximately 2:00 a.m. and continue through Wednesday, August 22nd. During this period, the Buena Vista Parking Lot will remain open. However no vehicular traffic will be allowed on Holland Street from Winter Street to Dover Street. Please adhere to all posted detour signs, no-parking signs and flashing message boards…Feedback
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