Mayor announces “pause” in design process, seeking more community input (Somerville Wire) – Committed to siting a new police and fire complex at 90 Washington St., the City has nevertheless paused the design process for the new building. “We put down our pencils. The design of the building is on pause, so we can take […]
OPINION: GIVE US 100 DAYS TO PLAN FOR 100 YEARS
“Last month, the Planning Division released a 138-page plan, nominally produced by consultants, but heavily influenced by planning staff, that was somehow worse than the draft they had been entrusted with eleven months earlier.” By Mystic View Task Force, Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Green and Open Somerville, and Union Square Neighborhood Council Twenty-three years ago, […]
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM?
“What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville.”
SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY
It was vexing to watch Bird fans that clearly hadn’t even bothered to read the article in question—let alone my broad and deep back catalog—attack me as some kind of car-loving anti-environmental reactionary in the service of flogging their hipster transportation fetish du jour.
‘WALK THE TALK’
Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats
