Outdoor Dining License Use of Public Space Fee Meetings
As part of the outdoor dining license, the City of Somerville will add a required use of public space fee along with the existing administrative fees. As stated at the beginning of the 2023 outdoor dining season, this portion of the license fee would start in 2024.
Sidewalk Snow Clearing Pilot Starts on Broadway and School St. Saturday, January 29
Properties on Broadway and School St. are part of the Winter 2022 Sidewalk Snow Clearing Pilot to test options to support safer travel.
For the pilot, the City will
Population Changes in Somerville
Somerville currently has seven wards and each ward has three precincts, for a total of 21 precincts in the city. Somerville’s population in the 2020 U.S. Census was 81,045 individuals. This is a 7% increase from the 2010 U.S. Census when the population was 75,754. The State requires that reprecincting account for both current and reasonably anticipated population growth.
The City of Somerville is currently exploring the possibility of opening a local supervised consumption site (SCS) to address the ongoing impacts of the overdose crisis. In 2021, the City conducted a needs assessment and feasibility study, which recommended the establishment of at least one SCS in Somerville that includes harm reduction and support services for people who use drugs.
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