CONNECTING FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES

Interactive database offers access to programs, knowledge for children and caregivers With children returning to school this week, parents may be searching for programs, services, and activities coming up, as well as facts and advice about general developmental issues. City government, in partnership with its community of educators, caregivers, and service providers, has developed a […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 23, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Getting Around During the MBTA Shutdown … and More! Article PARTS AND CRAFTS MOVES TO BOYNTON YARDS Kids’ makerspace gets cool new digs thanks to community benefits Shorts How Are You Getting Around? In case you haven’t heard, the MBTA has suspended service on the entire Orange Line and part of the Green Line […]
PARTS AND CRAFTS MOVES TO BOYNTON YARDS

Kids’ makerspace gets cool new digs thanks to community benefits (Somerville Wire) – For children who want to explore hands-on, self-directed learning, Somerville’s Parts and Crafts is about to reopen in a spacious new location. “It’s got a cool industrial feel, whereas our old space had an aging convenience store kind of feel,” said Dina […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 16, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Race and Social Justice Talk, Hip Hop Festival and More! Article COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CELEBRATES ITS FIRST AFFORDABLE HOMES Ribbon cutting this Wednesday for five new condos in Union Square https://binjonline.com/2022/08/16/community-land-trust-celebrates-its-first-affordable-homes/ Shorts Talk About Race and Social Justice The City of Somerville’s Racial and Social Justice Department invites the community to the first in […]
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CELEBRATES ITS FIRST AFFORDABLE HOMES

Ribbon cutting this Wednesday for five new condos in Union Square (Somerville Wire) – Somerville is celebrating the first acquisition of permanently affordable homes on community-owned land this week. The five-unit condo building at 7 Summer St. in Union Square is the first development project of the Somerville Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 9, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Yart Sale, Crossing Guards Needed, and More! Article CITY HOLDS DESIGN WORKSHOP TO GET INPUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING SITE PLAN Participants use color-coded Lego pieces to suggest housing, stores, business and nonprofit offices, labs, medical/healthcare facilities, common areas, or green spaces for 90 Washington Shorts Shop the Streets at Annual Yart Sale Somerville’s second […]
CITY HOLDS DESIGN WORKSHOP TO GET INPUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING SITE PLAN

Participants use color-coded Lego pieces to suggest housing, stores, business and nonprofit offices, labs, medical/healthcare facilities, common areas, or green spaces for 90 Washington (Somerville Wire) – The City of Somerville went beyond Zoom listening and traditional public meetings last Thursday at a Lego design workshop organized to help understand what Somervillians want from a […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 2, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Free Meals for Youth, “Moving Wall” Veterans Memorial, and More! Articles TENANTS RALLY IN FRONT OF 6-8 MORTIMER PLACE Protest “tidal wave of gentrification sweeping the new Green Line Extension corridor” https://binjonline.com/2022/08/02/tenants-rally-in-front-of-6-8-mortimer-place/ CURB USAGE TO CHANGE Last chance to weigh in on proposed new rules; final report expected this summer https://binjonline.com/2022/08/02/curb-usage-to-change/ OPINION: CREATING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES […]
TENANTS RALLY IN FRONT OF 6-8 MORTIMER PLACE

Protest “tidal wave of gentrification sweeping the new Green Line Extension corridor” (Somerville Wire) – Responding to soaring rents and increasing economic uncertainty, the Community Action Agency of Somerville organized a protest last Friday in support of three Brazilian families who are at imminent risk of displacement in September, after a new landlord bought their […]
CURB USAGE TO CHANGE

Last chance to weigh in on proposed new rules; final report expected this summer (Somerville Wire) – Since last summer, the City has been studying possible changes to its rules governing parking and other curb use. The study will be coming to an end soon, as the final report is scheduled to be released sometime […]