The Comprehensive Plan for the future of the city is SomerVision.
More than ten years ago, our community brought together our best and most ambitious ideas to write the first comprehensive plan (Download the SomerVision2030 plan here) – the City’s vision for 2010-2030. Then throughout 2019 we engaged in a new process to improve upon that plan, take stock of our progress, add many new ideas, consider how priorities have shifted, and extend the scope of our vision to the year 2040. The end result is the new and entirely community driven Somerville Comprehensive Plan focusing on the shared values of sustainability, diversity, opportunity, connectivity, and community (Download the SomerVision2040 plan here).
Coming soon! Check back for updates on SomerVision2050 as we look at the future of Somerville together.
The Master Planned Development (MPD) overlay district, as shown on the maps of the Official Zoning Atlas of the City of Somerville, requires the Planning Board to adopt a comprehensive neighborhood Area Plan or an Urban Design Framework (UDF) for each Sub-Area.
Adopted Area Plans
- Assembly Square Neighborhood Plan - adopted by the Planning Board on July 17, 2025.
- Union Square Neighborhood Plan - adopted by the Planning Board on May 5, 2016.
- Davis Square Neighborhood Plan (Coming Soon)
- Lowell Street Station Area Plan - adopted in September 2014.
- Gilman Square Station Area Plan - adopted in February 2014.
- Winter Hill Neighborhood Plan - adopted by the Planning Board on November 3, 2016.
- Brickbottom Neighborhood Plan - adopted by the Planning Board on September 5, 2025 .
Adopted Urban Design Frameworks
Studies, specific or special projects, strategic or action plans, and other reports are work efforts and research that do not lead to plans or regulation requiring official adoption by a Board or the City Council. These work efforts often inform other planning work or may provide an implementation strategy.
- McGrath Boulevard Planning Study (coming soon)
- Central Broadway Corridor Zoning Study
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