SOMERVILLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL “KIDS TO PARKS DAY” EVENT MAY 19TH
Events at Local Parks, Bicycle-Pedestrian Safety Campaign Kickoff, 2nd Annual “Porchfest” Round out Day’s Celebrations; All Events Free!
SOMERVILLE - The City of
Somerville will join more than 50,000 communities across 45 states this year
for the second annual Kids to Parks Day.
A grassroots movement started by National Parks Trust, Kids to Parks events
are planned nationwide to celebrate America's parks through active play on
Saturday, May 19th from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. In
Somerville, events are planned at several parks throughout the City, including
Hodgkins-Curtin Playground, Albion Park, Lexington Park and the Community Path,
City Seeking SomerStreets Vendors
The City of Somerville is seeking
craft vendors, musicians, performance artists, dancers, visual artists,
storytellers and other creative artists to participate in SomerStreets, one of
the area's largest public events where we close the streets to cars and open
them to residents for walking, cycling, running, etc. The 2012
SomerStreets series schedule is:
City, SomDog to Host Seminar on 5/21
Please join the City of Somerville, SomDog, and Magical Mutt Training for a FREE seminar and video discussion on healthy and unhealthy play of dogs, and discuss ways to make a dog park fun
for all. The seminar will be held on Monday, May 21st from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Super Stop and Shop, 2nd Floor community room,
779 McGrath Highway. For more information contact Carlene Campbell-Hegarty at ccampbell@somervillema.gov or 617-625-6600,
ext 2615.
SOMERVILLE’S EDWARD LEATHERS PARK WINS 2012 BLSA LANDSCAPE DESIGN AWARD
Prestigious Merit Award Given to City and Reed Hilderbrand by Boston Society of Landscape Architects, Marking 3rd Straight Year BSLA has Honored City’s Parks
SOMERVILLE - On April 26, 2012, the City of Somerville
and landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand received a Merit Award in the
Parks and Recreation Facilities category for Edward Leathers Community Park, a
one-acre park located on Walnut Street between Medford Street and Pearl Street.
The award was bestowed by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects and marks
the third year in a row the City has been recognized by the BSLA for landscape
design; Albion and Grimmons Park were honored in 2010 and
3RD ANNUAL SOMERSTREETS SERIES BEGINS SUNDAY JUNE 3RD WITH “CARNAVAL @ SOMERSTREETS” ON EAST BROADWAY
First of Four Open Streets Celebrations this Summer Begins on East Broadway with Parade, Foss Fest, “SomerPeople” Multicultural Celebration and More!
annual SomerStreets series on Sunday, June 3rd on East Broadway, in
partnership with East Somerville Main Streets and FossFest for "Carnaval @
SomerStreets!" Through SomerStreets,
where "roads are closed to cars and open to you!" programming will extend along
East Broadway from Temple Street to Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday, June 3rd
from noon - 4 p.m., including a kickoff parade at noon, live music,
SOMERVISION NEXT STEPS: REVAMPED RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND NEW DESIGN PROJECTS FOR: MCGRATH HIGHWAY AREA; BRICKBOTTOM; COMMUNITY PATH EXTENSION
With Aldermen’s Approval, Final Comprehensive Plan Becomes Foundation for Future Rounds of City Planning and Development; New Areas of Focus Also Include Multimodal Transportation and Urban Agriculture
SOMERVILLE – With the final version of the City’s SomerVision
Comprehensive Plan now published through the City’s web site, Mayor Joseph A.
Curtatone and Strategic Planning and Community Development Director Michael F.
Glavin announced today that the twenty-year plan, approved last month by the
Somerville Board of Aldermen and City Planning Board would serve as the basis
for a new round of initiatives across the city.
The first of these will kick off
in June with a release of a study of the RA and RB zoning districts that
Morse-Kelley & Dickerman Playgrounds Ribbon Cuttings Set for 6/9
Taylor invite all residents to attend a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
for Morse-Kelley and Dickerman Playgrounds on Saturday, June 9th from
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The ceremonies
will begin at Morse-Kelley Playground at the corner of Summer and Craigie Streets,
and will conclude at Dickerman Playground at Kimball Street and Craigie Street.
Davis Square Streetscape Meetings Scheduled for June, July, August
and the Office of Strategic Planning of Community Development (OSPCD) invite
all interested community members to a series of meetings to discuss upcoming
Davis Square Streetscape improvements.
Through this process, the City will evaluate existing and future
transportation needs in Davis Square - including public transit, bicycle and
pedestrian infrastructure, and vehicular traffic patterns - beginning this
summer. While a needs assessment is
SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP SERIES FOR JOB SEEKERS
Resume Writing, Interviewing, Online Job Searches to be Discussed in Workshop Series Offered Through Library.
Library is pleased to announce two new workshops for job seekers. These workshops will be presented by Gary
Gekow, a Senior Employment Specialist with 24 years of recruiting experience in
the Boston staffing industry. Mr. Gekow
works closely with client companies in many industries and job seekers in
various specialties. Dates and topics of
the workshops are listed below. All
workshops will be held at the Central Branch Library, 79 Highland Avenue, as
follows:
SOMERVILLE BECOMES FIRST COMMUNITY IN NEW ENGLAND TO HOST DATA ON CLOUD-BASED SOCRATA PORTAL
City Data to be Posted on Innovative “OpenData” Cloud-Based Service to Provide Easier Access for Residents, Including 311, DPW Stats and More
Curtatone today announced that the City of Somerville has partnered with
Socrata, Inc to use the Seattle-based company's hosted OpenData service to
provide direct public access to large amounts of municipal data covering a
variety of departments. With the
cloud-based service, the City of Somerville will be able to share data
collected through its 311 constituent service system directly with the general
public in an interactive format. When
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