SOMERSTREETS: “GOING GREEN ON RT. 16” ON AUGUST 19TH
August Open Streets Series to Feature Local “Green” Initiatives and Businesses, Live Entertainment, Activities, Food and More
SOMERVILLE- "Going Green on Rt. 16," the City's third installment of the 2012 SomerStreets series, is scheduled for Sunday, August 19th from noon
- 4:00 p.m. along Route 16 (Alewife Brook Parkway), from Dilboy Stadium to Broadway. For this unique event where "roads are closed
to cars and open to you!" programming will extend along Route 16 in West Somerville, and will include live music, recreation
MAYOR, OSPCD SUBMIT URBAN REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR UNION SQUARE TO SRA, BOA
Plan Includes Several Property Acquisition Phases, Provides Framework for Development Surrounding GLX and Next Steps for Zoning
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A.
SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE DIRECTOR ACCEPTS POSITION AT STATE DPH
Jaime Corliss to Head State’s Mass in Motion Program; City will Undertake Search for New Director
Curtatone announced this week that, in a meeting last week, the Director of the
City's Shape Up Somerville (SUS) program, Jaime Corliss, tendered her
resignation in order to accept a leadership position with Mass in Motion, a
program of the state's Department of Public Health. Corliss has served as the SUS Director since
May of 2009, and will assume her new role, Manager of Community Initiatives
within the Division of Prevention and Wellness next month.
SOMERVILLE, MA LAUNCHES FIRST SOCRATA-POWERED OPEN DATA PORTAL IN NEW ENGLAND
Several City databases, including 311 work order tracking, now available to all residents; Mayor Curtatone to participate in September 20th webinar on municipal applications of open data model
Somerville Dog Festival 9/16
Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Foundation for Animals for the 3rd annual Somerville Dog Festival on Sunday, September 16th, from 10am to 3 pm at Trum Field. This is a FREE, family-friendly event that benefits local animal-related charities. Activities include:
SHPC Fall Events 2012
(SHPC) announces two September events in their fall series:
SOMERVILLE BECOMES FIRST CITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO UNVEIL URBAN AGRICULTURE ORDINANCE
State’s Premier Urban Agriculture Ordinance Includes Regs for Farming on City and Private Land, Keeping of Chickens and Bees.
SOMERVILLE, NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE TO HOST PUBLIC FORUM THIS FRIDAY
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Congressman Michael Capuano, HHS Regional Director Christie Hager, Secretary of Elder Affairs Ann Hartstein, Tufts University Professor Raymond Hyatt to Speak on Panel Regarding the State of Medicare & Social Security; Hundreds
Capuano, and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
will host a public forum on Friday, September 28th at 11:00 A.M. to discuss current
proposals to address long-term funding and benefits issues affecting these
long-standing and popular federal programs.
The forum will be held at Tufts University's Cohen Auditorium (in the
Aidekman Arts Center, Talbot Ave., Somerville), and will offer a panel
MAYOR LAUNCHES “REBOOT” OF LINCOLN PARK PLANNING PROCESS
City to Designate Design Consultant to Work with Park Users and Neighbors on New Set of Proposals to Upgrade Park Facilities
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that he has directed the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) to appoint a design consultant to manage a new and more comprehensive planning process for proposed upgrades to recreational facilities at
Lincoln Park.
CITY TO HOST SENIOR HOUSING SYMPOSIUM 10/18
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Housing Division invite all interested community members to a Senior Housing Symposium on Thursday, October 18 to discuss the needs and opportunities for Senior Housing in
Somerville. The symposium will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Visiting Nurse Association Assisted Living Community at
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