Join Somerville’s 2024 Community Meetings Series to Learn About Latest City Initiatives from Mayor Ballantyne and City Staff

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Community members are invited to join Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and Somerville City Council at the 2024 City Hall Community Meetings. Join us to get an overview of the latest City news, learn more about City programs and initiatives, meet your neighbors, find ways to get involved, and talk with elected officials and City staff.  

The in-person meetings kick off with a social half-hour with free pizza and kid-friendly, healthy snacks, where you can chat one-on-one with elected officials including the Mayor and your Ward City Councilor or At-Large City Councilors as well as staff about issues important to you.  

Mayor Ballantyne and City staff will then share updates on projects in your neighborhood, citywide initiatives, and a look at neighborhood crime stats followed by a roughly 20-minute open Q&A. 

All Ward meetings will be held in person and one all-virtual, all-ward meeting will be held on Zoom and will be accessible online or by any phone. Two additional, all-ward meetings will take place in person: one in Portuguese and one in Spanish. All in-person meetings will be recorded for later on-demand or TV viewing.


Fall 2024 Community Meeting Schedule 

Meetings run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with refreshments and meet-and-greets starting at 6 p.m. 

Unsure about which ward you live in? Find out with the MySomerville address lookup tool at www.somervillema.gov/mysomerville. 

Ward 4 (Winter Hill, Ten Hills, and more): 
Date: Wednesday, September 18 
Location: Healey School Cafeteria, 5 Meacham St.

Ward 3 (N. Union Sq., Prospect Hill, Spring Hill, Central Hill, and more): 
Date: Monday, September 23 
Location: Somerville High School Cafeteria, 81 Highland Ave. 

Ward 7 (West Somerville, Teele Sq., and more): 
Date: Tuesday, September 24 
Location: West Somerville Neighborhood School Cafeteria, 177 Powder House Blvd. 

All Ward Meeting in Portuguese: 
Date: Monday, September 30 
Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 
Details: This meeting will also be livestreamed on the City of Somerville YouTube page and shared on the Portuguese language Facebook page fb.com/SomervilleCidade. 

Ward 5 (Magoun Sq., NE Ball Sq., Cedar & Lowell St. areas, NW Porter Sq., and more): 
Date: Tuesday, October 1 
Location: Kennedy School Cafeteria, 5 Cherry St.  

Ward 1 (East Somerville, Assembly Sq., and more): 
Date: Tuesday, October 8 
Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 

All Ward Meeting in Spanish: 
Date: Tuesday, October 15 
Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 
Details: This meeting will also be livestreamed on the City of Somerville YouTube page and shared on the Spanish language Facebook page fb.com/SomervilleCiudad. 

Ward 2 (S. Union Sq., Perry and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, Beacon St. area, and more): 
Date: Wednesday, October 16 
Location: Argenziano School Cafeteria, 290 Washington St. 

Ward 6 (Greater Davis Sq. neighborhood and more): 
Date:  Monday, October 21st (*rescheduled from Wednesday, October 9)
Location: Somerville Community Baptist Church, 31 College Ave.

All Ward Virtual Meeting: 
Date: Tuesday, October 22 
Location: Online via Zoom with interpretation into Spanish and Portuguese, as well as other languages by request.
Details: For sign-in information, please visit www.somervillema.gov/communitymeetings or call 311 at 617-666-3311.  
 

Interpretation into your language is available for all meetings upon advance request by contacting the SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs at somerviva@somervillema.gov or calling 311 at 617-666-3311. Interpretation availability is also being advertised in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Kreyol, Nepali, Mandarin, and Cantonese. 

For more information about the Community Meetings and to attend virtually, visit somervillema.gov/communitymeetings. With any questions, please contact Kristine McNulty at kmcnulty@somervillema.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov.  

This event will be videotaped by the City’s GovTV team. Watch it on-demand with optional closed-captioning (select the CC icon) on YouTube.com/SomervilleCityTV. Or watch on cable TV at GovTV Comcast Ch. 22 and GovTV Astound (RCN) Ch. 13 & 613.  Videos generally post within one business day of recording.