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PUBLIC INVITED TO HOUSING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES
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 to discuss housing issues in the city and to help inform and shape future housing policy. The forums,…Partners HealthCare to Build on "Ikea Site"
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE TO BE FIRST MAJOR INDUSTRY OCCUPANT AT ASSEMBLY ROW – WILL BUILD ON FORMER IKEA SITE Federal Realty Investment Trust to build up to 1.1M sq. ft. mixed-use site on former IKEA parcel to serve 4,500 Partners employees SOMERVILLE – The state’s largest private employer, Partners HealthCare, will be the first major industry tenant to take up occupancy in Somerville’s new Assembly Row neighborhood. The nonprofit healthcare provider plans to build up to 1.1 million square feet…ONLINE FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT MOBILE FARMERS MARKET EBT MATCHES
CITY, SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE KICK OFF “Citizinvestor” CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT MOBILE FARMERS MARKET SUBSIDY PROGRAM SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville's Mobile Farmers Market program needs your help-and a nifty online crowdfunding campaign makes it easy to give once during the holidays to provide meaningful help to low-income families all year. Each week a truck carrying affordable fresh fruits and vegetables rolls up to Somerville's two housing developments and a senior…SOMERVILLE ARTISTS TRANSFORM PHONE BOXES INTO ART
SOMERVILLE – As cell phone use increases, phone booths have lost their purpose, but many still remain forgotten on urban streets. So what's a City to do with abandoned phone boxes on sidewalks and building walls? The City of Somerville’s answer is: Turn them into public art—then hold a roving citywide art opening to celebrate the creative works made for The Phone Art Box Project. At the behest of Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, The Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council teamed up to…CITY TO SEEK REVISIONS TO ASSEMBLY SQUARE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville is pursuing revisions to Assembly Square's Urban Renewal Plan to ensure that the properties within the entire renewal area are developed to their highest and best use and fulfill the community's vision of a vibrant, transit-oriented urban district. The overall boundaries of the urban renewal area would not be changed as a result of the proposed amendments to the plan. The proposed changes result from the evolution of the site, beginning with…Joint Statement from Mayor, Superintendent Pierantozzi
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SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Council on Aging and the City of Somerville's LGBT Liaison announce a new events series for LGBT older adults at the Somerville Council on Aging. Beginning this month, events will be held twice monthly, on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, including a congregate meal site and a movie series. Starting on July 8th, the Somerville COA will join Boston, Roslindale, Braintree, Cambridge, Salem, and Sharon as a site for a monthly congregate meal site for…CITY OF SOMERVILLE’S HIGHEST EVER CREDIT RATING REAFFIRMED
SOMERVILLE –Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed the City of Somerville’s highest ever long-term credit rating of Aa2, citing the City’s commitment to redevelopment, conservative budgeting approach and ample reserve levels, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced. Moody’s also assigned its highest rating of MIG 1 to the City’s short-term borrowing in its May 30, 2013 report. This effectively lowers the cost of borrowing for the approximately $22 million in bonds already approved by the…SOMERVILLE-ARLINGTON CONTINUUM OF CARE AWARDED $2.3 MILLION GRANT FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
SOMERVILLE Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Director of the City's Housing Division Dana LeWinter announce that the Somerville-Arlington Continuum of Care, a collaborative planning body of local homeless providers that coordinates housing and services for homeless families and individuals, was awarded $2,334,299 in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for homeless assistance programs following the 2012 application process. Additionally, the Continuum filed a proposal…Feedback
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