Groundwork Somerville strives to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment through the development of community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.

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Community Corridor Planning

Somerville SoilCycle

Schoolyard Gardens Program

Maple Syrup Project

Bike to the Sea, Inc.

Advocacy on the Community Path

Groundwork Somerville is managing the construction of a section of the Northern Strand Community Trail in Malden and Everett. When complete, the trail will extend all the way to the beaches of Lynn and Revere. Hundreds of volunteers will help with the project, developing a renewed appreciation of the benefits of our urban environment. Several community events will take place around this project in 2010, to celebrate construction and to build community. Click Here

Green Team

Fall 2009 Green Team

GWS will host three teams of six to eight youth in the summer of 2010, and will focus on two significant environmental challenges in our community: the lack of green, open space and the lack of access to healthy food. The teams practice environmental stewardship, maintain local gardens, perform community education about green space issues related to the Green Line extension, and conduct outreach about community health. Learn more and apply for summer employment! Click Here

Schoolyard Gardens Program

Tai in Garden

Groundwork Somerville offers year-round garden-based education to children from kindergarten to eighth grade, in all of the city’s eight public elementary and middle schools, a public charter school, and a public library. In both in-school and after-school programs, children learn to plan, plant, tend, and harvest from their own school gardens. They cook with food they have grown. They learn biology, chemistry, math, English, and social studies in a practical, hands-on laboratory. Click Here