East Broadway Streetscape Meeting to be Held Thursday
March 2nd, 2011Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Bill Roche invite all interested community members to attend a public meeting to discuss streetscape improvements on East Broadway. The meeting, which was rescheduled from a January 26th date due to snow, will be held on Thursday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. at the Cross Street Senior Center, 165 Broadway. Elected officials and representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will present information on the proposed project, which consists of the reconstruction of Broadway from Garfield Ave. to the Boston City Line. Work includes streetscape and safety improvements, crosswalk improvements, wider sidewalks and new bike lanes. For more information, please call the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development at 617-625-6600 ext. 2500.
Somerville Maple Syrup in the Globe
March 2nd, 2011Somerville Maple Syrup project is in the Food Section of the Boston Globe today! Read the entire article by clicking here.
Somerville project teaches vital lessons
By Aaron Kagan
Globe Correspondent / March 2, 2011
There are no picturesque cabins tucked into snowy woods on the streets of Somerville and Medford. But there is sap from maples. And urban trees can yield sweet results. The Somerville Maple Syrup Project taps trees in both cities and will turn the sap into syrup at its annual boil down this weekend.
“Doing urban agriculture is a whole different beast from doing rural agriculture,’’ says Groundwork Somerville gardens coordinator Tai Dinnan, who heads the project. The effort is coordinated by her group, a nonprofit organization that takes a creative approach to community development. Its members want to raise awareness about urban agriculture and healthy eating.
The effort isn’t without obstacles. “Things that are easy to do in a rural area, like building a wood fire, are illegal to do in a city.’’ says Dinnan. But you need fire to boil syrup, so the group will use a wood stove, built by a Somerville High School class. Sap comes only from healthy trees not directly exposed to road salt or car pollution. Residents with sugar maples in their yards are invited to donate the use of their trees. Tufts University students volunteer for the project, and several trees on the campus are tapped.
Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market
March 1st, 2011Arts at the Armory building at 191 Highland Ave, Somerville.
Last month for the 1st season of the Winter Market. Walk or take the bus to savor this gathering of foods and specialty items organized by the Shape Up Somerville effort of the City of Somerville. EBT, credit and debit cards are accepted
Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market
March 1st, 2011Arts at the Armory building at 191 Highland Ave, Somerville.
Last month for the 1st season of the Winter Market. Walk or take the bus to savor this gathering of foods and specialty items organized by the Shape Up Somerville effort of the City of Somerville. EBT, credit and debit cards are accepted
Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market
March 1st, 2011Arts at the Armory building at 191 Highland Ave, Somerville.
Last month for the 1st season of the Winter Market. Walk or take the bus to savor this gathering of foods and specialty items organized by the Shape Up Somerville effort of the City of Somerville. EBT, credit and debit cards are accepted
Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market
March 1st, 2011Arts at the Armory building at 191 Highland Ave, Somerville.
Last month for the 1st season of the Winter Market. Walk or take the bus to savor this gathering of foods and specialty items organized by the Shape Up Somerville effort of the City of Somerville. EBT, credit and debit cards are accepted
The economics of happiness film screening
March 1st, 2011March 28th, 6:45pm
The Economics of Happiness, film screening
Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Avenue
“Going Local” is a powerful strategy to address economies, ecosystems, societies and ourselves. Followed by discussion. See trailer at: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org Co-sponsors with Somerville Climate Action include the Somerville Community Growing Center, Homeschoolers Network, Somerville Local First, Time Trade Circle.
Through April 15th, Monday-Thursday, 5-8pm and Saturday clinics
erence on River Monitoring and Climate Change in Massachusetts
March 1st, 2011SAVE THE DATE! – May 18 & 19, 2011
Conference on River Monitoring and Climate Change in Massachusetts
How citizen-based monitoring can help us understand and address the impacts of climate change on our rivers. Are you concerned about the impact of climate change on rivers? Are you interested in learning what other organizations, government agencies, and universities are doing to address climate impacts on rivers? This conference is presented by the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance in partnership with the MA Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration. Day #1, May 18th will consist of presentations, break-out sessions, and discussions from 9am-4pm at the Trustees of Reservations’ Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, MA. Day #2, May 19th, participants may choose to go on one of two fields trips, to sites in either eastern or western Massachusetts. The conference is funded primarily by a grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. The cost of the conference is $20 per person. www.massriversalliance.org 857-445-0208
The Somerville Trading Post
March 1st, 2011Somerville Community Growing Center at 22 Vinal Ave near Union Square
Formerly known as the Laurel Street Trading Post, this free neighborhood exchange forum will reopen this month. Bring items that you would like to trade—can be things you make, seeds, whatever you have extra have that someone else might need. Be creative! Somerville Community Growing Center at 22 Vinal Ave near Union Square
The Somerville Trading Post
March 1st, 2011Somerville Community Growing Center at 22 Vinal Ave near Union Square
Formerly known as the Laurel Street Trading Post, this free neighborhood exchange forum will reopen this month. Bring items that you would like to trade—can be things you make, seeds, whatever you have extra have that someone else might need. Be creative! April 4th and April 6th, 6-9pm