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LET'S MOVE! CITIES, TOWNS & COUNTIES HONORS SHAPE UP WITH 5 MEDALS
SOMERVILLE, MA - The National League of Cities (NLC) has recognized Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the City's Shape Up Somerville initiative for recent completion of key health and wellness goals for Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC). LMCTC is a major component of First Lady Michelle Obama's comprehensive Let's Move! initiative, which is dedicated to solving the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. "We applaud local elected officials in…CITY ANNOUNCES "SOMERVILLE BY DESIGN" INITIATIVE
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today the kickoff of a new initiative to implement the urban design and land use goals of the City's SomerVision Comprehensive Plan. The program, called "Somerville by Design," will officially launch with an event at the Center for Arts at the Armory on Wednesday, October 17th. The event will run from 6:30 - 8:30pm, and will feature exercises and activities to help community members explore their vision for the future of the…FIRST HUBWAY BIKE-SHARING KIOSKS ARRIVING IN SOMERVILLE THIS MONTH
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Director of Transportation and Infrastructure Hayes Morrison announced today that kiosk installation was under way in Somerville for the popular metro-Boston Hubway bike-sharing system. The first wave of kiosk setup would include locations at Union Square, Beacon Street near its intersection with Washington Street and at the City Hall Concourse. Hubway is also installing new kiosks in Cambridge and Brookline as the program expands…SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP SERIES FOR JOB SEEKERS
SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Public Library is pleased to announce two new workshops for job seekers. These workshops will be presented by Gary Gekow, a Senior Employment Specialist with 24 years of recruiting experience in the Boston staffing industry. Mr. Gekow works closely with client companies in many industries and job seekers in various specialties. Dates and topics of the workshops are listed below. All workshops will be held at the Central Branch Library, 79…Somerville Community Blood Drive
Sponsored by the Somerville City Hall &the Somerville High School Health Career Students Monday, May 14, 2012 9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Somerville High School Field House 81 Highland Avenue For appointments, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org or sign-up in the Health Careers Program Classroom.TRAFFIC & PARKING DEPT TO PILOT BACK-IN ANGLED PARKING IN UNION SQUARE
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Acting Transportation and Parking Director Matthew Dias announced today that the City will be seeking to install back-in, angled parking along Bow Street in Union Square. The Bow Street installation, which would begin in May, will add 22 new spaces and increase the street's metered parking by 90 percent. At the same time, the change will greatly improve safety and visibility for drivers as well as for pedestrians and bicyclists. "Like so many of the…CITY BEGINS RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, and the Office of Sustainability and Environment have announced a new program for residents designed to reduce energy use - and therefore costs - while encouraging best practices for a sustainable approach to urban living. Funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Somerville Energy Challenge has been developed with support from Serrafix, a strategic consulting group…Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on 4th Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving)
Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on Fourth Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving Day) Attention Somerville residents who have your streets swept on the second and fourth Thursdays! Beginning in November 2015, streets on the fourth Thursday route will be swept on the Monday immediately following Thanksgiving. Please park according to normal street sweeping requirements for your street on Monday. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and unpredictable weather late in the season,…Sign Up for Bulb Blitz 2015!
Join the City of Somerville for the fifth annual Somerville Bulb Blitz on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, and help prepare your neighborhood for a bright and colorful spring 2016! Residents are invited to join City staff to plant bulbs that will bloom in Spring 2016. Since the Bulb Blitz began in 2011, residents have planted more than 12,300 bulbs citywide! Participants should bring their own tools (bulb planters, shovels, hoes, gloves, etc.). To sign up, visit http://tinyurl.com/…Please Note: Staff Email Moving to '@SomervilleMA.gov'
The City is in the process of updating its internal email server, and the older '@ci.somerville.ma.us' is being removed to save on redundant maintenance costs. If you have stored any City staff email addresses in your address book ending in '@ci.somerville.ma.us,' please take a moment to change them to end in '@somervillema.gov.' If you have any trouble reaching a staff member by email, you may call the City by telephone at 617-625-6600 for a directory, or look them up online.Feedback
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