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	April 2018
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1	2	3	4	5 Blessing of the Bay Public Workshop Blessing of the Bay Public Workshop April 5, 2018 10:30 pm - 12:00 am Mystic Learning Center, 530 Mystic Ave, Somerville, MA 02145, USA Join us, the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) and the design firm, Offshoots, for the first public meeting for the Blessing of the Bay park revitalization project! We will be sharing existing conditions and hope to hear your ideas for Somerville's waterfront. See more details •	6	7
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15	16	17	18	19	20	21 Spring Clean Up / Comcast Cares Day Spring Clean Up / Comcast Cares Day April 21, 2018 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Somerville, MA, USA Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/242532196290732/ Join The City of Somerville, Groundwork Somerville and Comcast on Earth Day as we celebrate spring and get together with neighbors to beautify our community spaces. The annual Spring Clean Up/Comcast Cares Day is a city-wide clean up and gardening day spread across 11 different sites throughout Somerville. Come out to get our public spaces ready to be used for the spring and summer ahead! We are seeking as many volunteers and groups as possible to get outside, get dirty, and clean up our streets, parks, and gardens! We are also seeking site captains to welcome volunteers and supervise work at each site. If you are interested in being a site captain, please email jess@groundworksomerville.org. Comcast will once again provide generous sponsorship for this cleanup. The more volunteers show up, the more support Comcast gives! T-shirts will be provided by Comcast to all participants! After helping beautify the City, join us at the Blessing of the Bay boathouse for a FREE barbecue, activities for all ages, green initiatives, yoga, and MORE! Schedule for the day: 9am-10am: Kickoff & breakfast provided by Comcast at the Boathouse 10am-12pm: Cleaning at sites around Somerville (see below) 12pm-2pm: SomerGreen Festival & BBQ lunch provided by Mayor Joe Curtatone and the City of Somerville at the Boathouse Come for the entire time, or go straight to any of the cleanup sites to volunteer! If joining for breakfast and/or lunch, volunteers are responsible for their own transportation from the Boathouse to their cleanup site and back. Cleaning begins at 10am at all of the 2018 sites: East Branch Library (115 Broadway) Zero New Washington (New Washington St. & Inner Belt Rd.) ArtFarm (10 Poplar St) South St Farm (138 South St) Quincy Street Open Space (14 Quincy St) Somerville High School (City Hall Steps, 93 Highland Ave.) Morse Kelley playground (Corner of Summer St & Craigie St) Blessing of the Bay Boat House (32 Shore Drive) CHA parking lot, (114 Central St. between Albion & Vernon St.) Davis Square Statute Park (4 College Ave.) Dilboy Stadium (meet at tennis courts, 110 Alewife Brook Parkway) Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/EQVcnxzkJhVCRLpQ2 See more details •
22 Sap on Tap Brunch Fundraiser and Beer Release! Sap on Tap Brunch Fundraiser and Beer Release! April 22, 2018 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA https://www.facebook.com/events/182387519184367/ Aeronaut Brewery and Groundwork Somerville are teaming up to provide you with a truly authentic Somerville brew! Join us at Aeronaut for a Maple Brunch of waffles, syrup, and maple beer. Somerville maple syrup will be available for taste comparisons, but we are not able to produce enough for all waffles Aeronaut's limited edition "Tetra Maple" is brewed with real maple sap collected right here in Somerville. Groundwork Somerville and our volunteers have been collecting sap and making maple syrup in Somerville for over a decade. We had so much sap this year we decided to not just make syrup but beer too! Proceeds will be donated to Groundwork Somerville to support the Maple Syrup Education Project which teaches 2nd graders across the city about tapping trees and boiling down sap. Learn more about Groundwork Somerville by following us on Facebook and Instagram or at groundworksomerville.org. Your ticket purchase gets you entry to this event, steaming waffles with maple syrup, and either a sample sized or full pour of the limited edition Tetra Maple brew from Aeronaut. Please purchase tickets on Brown Paper Tickets in advance. A limited number of tickets will also be sold at the door. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3327286 See more details •	23	24 How to Grow Food in the City: Green Team & SustainaVille Workshop How to Grow Food in the City: Green Team & SustainaVille Workshop April 24, 2018 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm South Street Farm, 138 South Street, Somerville MA 02143 They say that in Somerville the houses are so close together you can reach out your window and shake your neighbor's hand. In the most densely populated city in New England, you might ask, "How can I grow my own food?" Never fear, the Green Team is here! Groundwork Somerville's Green Team youth will be leading this free workshop on how to grow food in small spaces--like containers and yards of all shapes and sizes. You'll also get to tour South Street Farm, our urban ag innovation center, which features many of the container gardening styles we'll cover in the workshop. 5:00-5:30: Tour of South Street Farm 5:30-6:30: Small-space gardening workshop We are glad to be hosting this workshop as part of the City of Somerville's SustainaVille Week! RSVP on facebook to stay updated and for info on how to register: https://www.facebook.com/events/2155745997989105/ See more details •	25	26	27	28
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