From LSanders at somervillema.gov Wed Jun 2 13:40:21 2010 From: LSanders at somervillema.gov (Lynn Sanders) Date: Wed Jun 2 09:54:28 2010 Subject: [ResiStat] Union Square Farmers Market Opening, Art Prom, Comedy Night Fundraiser, Spring Clean-Up Rescheduled Message-ID: <05E737CD9BF1C7479D7F1A4A881272EB068008CF@exchange.somerville.ma.us> Hi all - Please see the below citywide events. UNION SQUARE FARMERS MARKET OPENING SAT. 6/5, 9:00AM-1:00PM, UNION SQUARE PLAZA: Throughout the summer and early autumn, Union Square Main Streets and the City of Somerville bring the Union Square Farmers Market each Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. The market showcases Massachusetts grown produce including, greens, fruits and berries, seedlings, herbs, fresh cut flowers, and baked goods. For more information, please see Union Square Main Streets website here: http://www.unionsquaremain.org/committees/farmersmarket.html ART PROM 2010, SAT. 6/5, 7:00-11:00PM, CENTER FOR ARTS AT THE ARMORY (191 HIGHLAND AVE.): Art Prom is a benefit for the Somerville Arts Council and Arts at the Armory. Admission is $10. DJ Brother Cleve spins classic prom tunes spanning the genres-disco, new wave, hip hop, rock and power ballads. There will also be plenty of activities, like a dress-up photo booth, a slide show of old prom photos, and a make-your-own prom crown table. Trophies will be given for "Best Traditional Prom Dress," "Wackiest Cumberbund," and other categories. Come for a fun night and to help support two great local art organizations! For more information, please see the Somerville Arts Council's website here: http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/10_artprom.htm, or call 617.625.6600 ext. 2985. SOMERVILLE SOCCER & FOOTBALL COMEDY NIGHT FUNDRAISER, THURS. 6/17, 6:00-11:00PM, somerville city club (20 innerbelt rd): The City's department of Recreation and Youth invites you to attend this second annual fundraiser event. Admission is $35 a person and all proceeds will help Somerville High School boys and girls soccer and football players to attend pre-season camp. The event will include a cocktail hour, dinner, DJ, and comedians performing from 8 pm until 11 pm. Please make checks payable to Friends of Somerville Soccer. For more information, please contact George Scarpelli at 781-858-0240, or GScarpelli@somervillema.gov. SPRING CLEAN-UP RESCHEDULED, SAT. 6/19, 10:00AM-12:00PM, LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY: The annual Somerville Spring Clean-Up has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 19th from 10 am to 12 pm across the City. The annual cleanup is held in partnership with Groundwork Somerville. Volunteers should meet a ward captain at 10 am at the following locations throughout Somerville: * Ward 1: Cross Street Senior Center, 165 Broadway; AND Capuano School * Ward 2: Union Square Parking Lot at SCAT Building * Ward 3: City Hall Concourse, 93 Highland Ave. * Ward 4: Blessing of the Bay Boat House, Shore Drive * Ward 5: Community Path at Cedar Street * Ward 6: Davis Square, Statue Park * Ward 7: Teele Square Fire Station All participants will receive free t-shirts, breakfast, and a water bottle. Following the Clean-Up, participants are invited to attend the SomerGreen Festival and Barbecue, at Nunziato Field (at the corner of Summer and Putnam Streets), and the Growing Center on Vinal Avenue. The 2010 Spring Clean-Up will also mark the launch of SomerServe, a new effort to promote volunteerism in Somerville. For more information, please contact Anna Ciccariello-Sherwood at 617-625-6600 x 2600, or see the City's website here: http://www.somervillema.gov/alert.cfm?alert_id=276 Thanks! ResiStat is the City of Somerville's effort to bring data-driven discussions and decision-making to residents and promote civic engagement via the web and regular community meetings. RESISTAT INTERACTIVE TOOLS: Unsubscribe from ResiStat mailing lists: http://lists.somerville.ma.us/mailman/listinfo Subscribe to lists and view archives from mailing lists: http://www.somervilleresistat.org/Mailing_Lists.html View or submit a SomerBlog Question or Comment: http://www.somervilleresistat.org/Blog.html View or submit a Community Calendar item: http://www.somervilleresistat.org/Calendar.html Lynn Sanders ResiStat Intern City of Somerville P: 617.625.6600 x2120 lsanders@somervillema.gov http://somervilleresistat.blogspot.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.somerville.ma.us/pipermail/resistat/attachments/20100602/e6284966/attachment-0001.html From DHadley at somervillema.gov Wed Jun 16 12:21:41 2010 From: DHadley at somervillema.gov (Daniel Hadley) Date: Wed Jun 16 08:35:34 2010 Subject: [ResiStat] ResiStat Survey, Budget Hearing, Combinded Spring Clean-Up/Family Fun Day/SomerStreets/Jazz Fest, BASEA Solar Day, SomerMovie Fest Message-ID: <05E737CD9BF1C7479D7F1A4A881272EB06B9E3D2@exchange.somerville.ma.us> Hi all - Please see the below citywide events. RESISTAT EVALUATION SURVEY: Thank you to everyone who participated in our spring ResiStat meetings! Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback through our easy online survey: http://Spring10ResiStatEval.speedsurvey.com . We will use your input from this survey to make the ResiStat program more useful and enjoyable for you as members of the Somerville community. Your participation is greatly appreciated, and may influence future plans for ResiStat. Thanks! ONLINE RESISTAT MATERIALS: Whether or not you were able to attend our spring meetings, we wanted to give everyone a chance to participate. To that end, we created a VIDEO showing highlights from our walks and the Mayor's budget presentation, as well as a MAP that you can edit. Many of you who came to the meetings shared excellent ideas for how to improve our city. Now you can post comments, photos and other media online for everyone to see[1]. Finally, you can also access the slides from any of our presentations through your ward's website , and see how city officials responded to your questions on our blog . BOARD OF ALDERMEN PUBLIC HEARING, TUES 6/22, 7:00PM @ CITY HALL: The hearing is being held on the Order of Alderman Maryann M. Heuston, chairman of the Committee on Finance, for public input on the city's proposed fiscal 2011 budget. COMBINED SPRING CLEANUP, FAMILY FUN DAY, SOMERSTREETS, & Jazz Fest KIck-off All-day EVENT, Sat. 6/19, 10:00AM-8:00PM, across the city! Mayor Curtatone announced that the City's second SomerStreets event will be held on Saturday, June 19th in conjunction with Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest, the annual Family Fun Day, and the rescheduled Citywide Spring Cleanup. Join us for this great opportunity to celebrate the Somerville community through community service, arts, and music. The day's full schedule is as follows: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm: * Various Locations: Spring Cleanup. 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm: * Trum Field: Community BBQ and Family Fun Day * Broadway from Magoun Square to NAVE Gallery: SomerStreets. * Powderhouse Park: Joe's Jazz & Blues Fest. The Spring Cleanup, will be held from 10am-noon at various locations throughout the City. The community BBQ following the Cleanup will be moved from Nunziato Field to Trum Field, in conjunction with Family Fun Day, from noon-5:00 pm. SomerStreets will take place along Broadway from Magoun Square to the Powderhouse rotary, and along Powderhouse Boulevard to the NAVE Gallery from noon-5:00 pm; and the second annual Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest will also kick off with live concerts in Powderhouse Park from noon-8:00 pm. For the full lineup of Joes' Jazz and Blues Fest, please visit www.somervilleartscouncil.org/10_joesbluesfest.htm, for more information on the SomerStreets program see: http://www.somervillema.gov/Division.cfm?orgunit=somerstreets, and for more information on the combined all-day event, please see the news detail on the City's website here: http://www.somervillema.gov/NewsDetail.cfm?instance_id=1623. BASEA Solar Day, Sat 6/19, 11:00am-4:00pm, the Community Growing center (22 Vinal Ave.): Learn about clean energy options for solar for your home, school, or business and share information on your solar projects. There will be demonstrations of renewable solar technology, including the Growing Center's PVC system, anddelicious dishes made by solar cookers. This event is sponsored by Boston Area Solar Energy Association. The rain date is scheduled for Sunday, June 20th. For more information please contact Henry at 617-354-6952, or visit www.basea.org . SomerMovie Fest 2010, Thursday Nights at Dusk, locations across the city: Mayor Joe Curtatone presents the SomerMovie Fest. Throughout July and August, please join us for the following movies: July 8: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, PG, Seven Hills Park; July 15: Star Trek (2009), PG-13, Seven Hills Park; July 22: The Blind Side, PG-13, Lincoln Park; July 29: Vertigo, NR (PG), Seven Hills Park; August 5: Twilight: New Moon, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 12: Blades of Glory, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 19: Up, PG, Powderhouse Park; August 26: VIEWERS' CHOICE, Seven Hills Park. 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The evening's entertainment includes performances by the 2010 Somerville Sunsetters, local Disco-Funk band Booty Vortex, the USO Metropolitan New York Performers, and, because the week of June 30th - July 5th coincides with Navy Week, the final performance will be by the U.S. Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble, leading up to a 30-minute fireworks display at approximately 9:15 p.m. Also in attendance will be Rear Admiral Mark Boensel, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. A rain date has been set for Thursday, July 8th. * Hodgkins-Curtin Park ribbon-cutting ceremony, Saturday 6/26, 9:30AM-10:30AM. Please save the date, and bring your family and friends to celebrate the occasion with Mayor Curtatone, Alderman Robert Trane, and the rest of the Hodgkins-Curtin ("Yellow Park") Community. For more information, please contact Landscape Project Manager Arn Franzen at 617-625-6600, x2529, or visit the City website at www.somervillema.gov . * The Davis Square and Union Square farmers markets are now accepting EBT/SNAP, debit and credit! Spread the word. * Thursday, June 24th: Living Green Festival, 6:00 to 9:00pm, Argenziano School 290 Washington St, Somerville. The Living Green Festival is a free, fun, family-friendly event open to the public. The event will include workshops, activities, information and hands-on learning about how to live a more Green and Sustainable life! Free food, drinks, kids games and crafts. * Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) is organizing Somerville's 7th annual National Night Out, a community crime and drug prevention event. It will be held Tuesday, August 3rd from 5pm-8pm at Foss Park. Last year, Somerville's National Night Out was a huge success: over 900 attendees joined us for free performances, refreshments, demonstrations, and youth activities. In addition, multiple organizations had information tables to educate the Somerville community. We are also in need of volunteers to help before and during the event. If you are interested in volunteering, please email your contact information including your name, address, and phone number to this address: SomervilleNNO2010@gmail.com. All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt. SomerMovie Fest 2010, Thursday Nights At Dusk, Locations Across The City: Mayor Joe Curtatone presents the SomerMovie Fest. Throughout July and August, please join us for the following movies: July 8: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, PG, Seven Hills Park; July 15: Star Trek (2009), PG-13, Seven Hills Park; July 22: The Blind Side, PG-13, Lincoln Park; July 29: Vertigo, NR (PG), Seven Hills Park; August 5: Twilight: New Moon, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 12: Blades of Glory, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 19: Up, PG, Powderhouse Park; August 26: VIEWERS' CHOICE, Seven Hills Park. For more information, please call 311, or visit http://www.somervillema.gov/alert.cfm?alert_id=286. Thanks! ResiStat is the City of Somerville's effort to bring data-driven discussions and decision-making to residents and promote civic engagement via the web and regular community meetings. RESISTAT INTERACTIVE TOOLS: To unsubscribe to the weekly ResiStat emails, please respond to this message with the term "unsubscribe me." 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The evening's entertainment includes performances by the 2010 Somerville Sunsetters, local Disco-Funk band Booty Vortex, the USO Metropolitan New York Performers, and, because the week of June 30th - July 5th coincides with Navy Week, the final performance will be by the U.S. Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble, leading up to a 30-minute fireworks display at approximately 9:15 p.m. Also in attendance will be Rear Admiral Mark Boensel, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. A rain date has been set for Thursday, July 8th. More info here . * ResiStat is participating in a challenge to find new ways of increasing government accountability and transparency through the use of technology. We are asking three questions: 1. What government information do you think people should have access to? 2. In what format do you think this information should be delivered? 3. How do you think technology can be used to make government more transparent and accountable to citizens? If you would like to respond, you can either post on our blog , or respond privately via this email or this questionnaire . * A public meeting on the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Greenline extension will be held on Wednesday, June 30th at 6 PM at the Somerville High School Auditorium. The meeting will provide an opportunity for members of the public, agency representatives, and other project stakeholders to learn about changes to the project and ask questions * There is a neighborhood meeting in Winter Hill tonight Wednesday, June 30 at the Elizabeth Peabody House at 277 Broadway in Winter Hill from 7 to 9 p.m. to introduce "Ocean State Job Lot" as a potential tenant at the former Star Market site. * Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) is organizing Somerville's 7th annual National Night Out, a community crime and drug prevention event. It will be held Tuesday, August 3rd from 5pm-8pm at Foss Park. Last year, Somerville's National Night Out was a huge success: over 900 attendees joined us for free performances, refreshments, demonstrations, and youth activities. In addition, multiple organizations had information tables to educate the Somerville community. We are also in need of volunteers to help before and during the event. If you are interested in volunteering, please email your contact information including your name, address, and phone number to this address: SomervilleNNO2010@gmail.com. All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt. * SomerMovie Fest 2010, Thursday Nights At Dusk, Locations Across The City: Mayor Joe Curtatone presents the SomerMovie Fest. Throughout July and August, please join us for the following movies: July 8: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, PG, Seven Hills Park; July 15: Star Trek (2009), PG-13, Seven Hills Park; July 22: The Blind Side, PG-13, Lincoln Park; July 29: Vertigo, NR (PG), Seven Hills Park; August 5: Twilight: New Moon, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 12: Blades of Glory, PG-13, Seven Hills Park; August 19: Up, PG, Powderhouse Park; August 26: VIEWERS' CHOICE, Seven Hills Park. For more information, please call 311, or visit http://www.somervillema.gov/alert.cfm?alert_id=286. Thanks! Daniel Hadley ResiStat Coordinator City of Somerville 93 Highland Ave. Somerville, MA 02143 W: (617) 625-6600 ext. 2116 ResiStat is the City of Somerville's effort to bring data-driven discussions and decision-making to residents and promote civic engagement via the web and regular community meetings. 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