Union Square Infrastructure Meeting 1/29
Alderman Robert McWatters invite all interested residents and stakeholders to
the second in a series of meetings to discuss plans for future utility and
roadway improvements for Union Square. The meeting will be held on Wednesday,
Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Argenziano School (290 Washington St). This meeting
will provide an update on the design study, introduce the Community Advisory
Committee, and focus on ideas for the pedestrian, bicycle and open space and
Housing Roundtable Discussions Start Feb. 4
PUBLIC INVITED TO HOUSING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES TO
HELP SHAPE CITY’S HOUSING AGENDA
Three public forums will
explore housing needs, affordability, gentrification and strategies for an effective housing agenda to promote housing for all in
Somerville
UNION SQUARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
Committee of residents, community leaders and business owners will advise City on strategic planning decisions and development in Union Square
A group of 19 community members, local advocates and business owners has been selected for The Union Square Civic Advisory Committee that will advise the City on strategic planning decisions and development in the Union Square area over the next two years, and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced the selections for the committee today.
CITY, CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM TO HOST SCREENING OF “THE HUMAN SCALE” AT SOMERVILLE THEATRE JAN. 30
Celebrated documentary on Danish urban designer Jan Gehl reinforces Somerville’s commitment to planning for a livable city
like-minded designers, city planners, and urban activists are revolutionizing
urban places around the world, and everyone is invited to take an up close look
at their work at a special free community screening of the celebrated
documentary The Human Scale at the Somerville Theatre on Jan. 30, which
will include an introduction by Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone. The City
of Somerville is partnering with the New
UNION SQUARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SELECTED
Committee of residents, community leaders and business owners advise City on strategic planning decisions and development in Union Square.
SOMERVILLE – A group of 19 community members, local advocates and business owners has been selected for The Union Square Community Advisory Committee that will advise the City on strategic planning decisions and development in the Union Square area over the next two years, and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced the selections for the committee today.
2014 Property Assessment Info Sessions 1/23 & 1/27
Due to predictions of heavy snow, tonight's meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, January 23. The meeting will still be held in the West Somerville Neighborhood School at 6:30 p.m.
2014 Property Assessment
Info Sessions:
PUBLIC INVITED TO HOUSING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES
Three public forums will explore housing needs, affordability, gentrification and strategies for an effective housing agenda to promote housing for all in Somerville
SOMERVILLE
– As more families and individuals seek to remain in Somerville amid market
forces that are creating a crunch of affordable and moderate-priced housing
across the metro area and in Somerville, the City of Somerville, Somerville Community Corporation (SCC)
and Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
invite the community to three public forums starting the first week of February
CITY RECEIVES $100,000 ‘WORKING CITIES’ GRANT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Grant to fund innovative job and skills training program for lower-income 18-24-year-olds that uses mobile app and Level Up incentives to drive traditional skills development
grant as part of the Working Cities Challenge (WCC), a program designed to fund
proposals that will significantly impact the lives of lower-income residents.
One of twenty submissions, Somerville's project aims to support out-of-school
"youth" aged 18 to 24 through workforce development training that pairs
innovative mobile technology and unique partnerships with the local business
community with traditional skills development. A one-year seed award of
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXPERT NAMED TO UNION SQUARE CIVIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Professor Anne Tate brings 20 years of experience
- 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.
Public Hearing 2014 Property Valuations
The
public is invited to a Public Hearing before the Board of Aldermen’s Committee
on Finance on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at 6 p.m., in the Aldermanic Chambers, 2nd
Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. Members of the public may comment on the increase
in residential and commercial property valuations as part of the 2014
Assessment. For additional information on the 2014 Assessment including
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