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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…Hubway ‘Opening Day’ to take place on Monday, April 8, 2013.
Joining together two of the region's early signs of spring, Hubway and the Boston Red Sox Foundation have teamed up to commemorate the bike share system's "Opening Day" re-launch on April 8, 2013. The rolling relaunch celebration will feature Hubway team members circling Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline on a celebratory route. Hubway members that greet the Hubway team along this route will receive a free Boston Red Sox tee shirt and/or a free day pass for Hubway. We're…MAYOR CURTATONE LAUNCHES SOMERVILLE ACADEMY FOR INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP
SOMERVILLE-Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced this week that he has established the Somerville Academy for Innovative Leadership (SAIL), a new initiative to encourage and empower more residents to be effective leaders in the Somerville community. To launch the initiative, which is coordinated by the City's ResiStat program, residents are invited to apply to take part in The Art and Practice of Public Leadership, a free, intensive course on adaptive leadership led by leadership expert Dr. Hugh…GRAND UNION FLAG RAISING KICKS OFF AT 11:30am ON JANUARY 1ST
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Historic Preservation Commission Director Brandon Wilson announced that the 237th annual "Grand Union" flag-raising ceremony at Prospect Hill Park will be held on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. A processional led by a re-enactor portraying General George Washington on horseback will leave from the City Hall Concourse at 11:30 a.m. As always, members of the public are invited to participate, and are encouraged to wear traditional…STATE, CITY DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY AS HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHES EASTERN SEABOARD
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that, in conjunction with Governor Deval Patrick's Saturday declaration of a weather-related State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Somerville has declared a public State of Emergency effective 1 a.m. on the morning of Monday, October 29, 2012. Superintendent Tony Pierantozzi announced that he has cancelled Monday classes and activities for all Somerville Public Schools. Additionally,…Feedback
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