Mudflat $300,000 closer to State of the Art E.So Arts Center
Mudflat has received a very competitive Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund grant in
the amount of $300,000. This grant is to be used towards the renovation of the Broadway
Theatre into a new home for Mudflat. Included in the new building will be a multipurpose room available to the community for meetings. Click here for more information.
Also this month at Mudflat:
June 14: Parent & Child Wheelthrowing Workshop, June 19: Artist Presentation
June 28: Adult Clay on the Wheel Workshop
see www.mudflat.org
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First Tuesdays After Hours
on the Road:
...Next up, Louie's Ice Cream
First Tuesdays has hit the road with great
acclaim - drawing crowds of 40+ East Somerville
friends and fans each month. The first three
stops have been Sullivan Square Liquor, Casey's Bar & Grill and most recently the Mt. Vernon Restaurant. To
celebrate the summer, First Tuesdays will be moving our neighborhood party to
Louie's Ice Cream on Tuesday July 7th from 6-8pm.
A big thanks to all of our host businesses who have welcomed us so warmly!
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Who Knew Cleaning Could be So Fun?
East Somerville Clean Up a Success:
50+ Volunteers
The East Somerville
site of the City Clean Up set the bar for years to come. More than 50 volunteers came out to clean East Somerville - all the way from Tufts Street to Harris Park! About three quarters of East Somerville's streets were left spic and span thanks to the work of Bill Roche, Maureen Bastardi, and
Dennis Sullivan, as well as the leadership committee Katherine Moxhet,
Christian Waeber, Judy George, and Erica Hubbard.
A special thanks to Casey's Bar who hosted one heck of an after party! |
Congrats to East Somerville's Grossman Marketing Group
You may remember Ben as the keynote speaker at our Annual Meeting. The Boston Business Journal has honored Grossman Marketing for its sustainability practices. Congratulations to an East Somerville business for being acknowledged as a leader in Boston's Business Community.
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Around our neck of the woods... Taste of Somerville --- **TODAY**
Somerville Chamber of Commerce's Event Supporting SCM
Transportation.
Join in TODAY at the Somerville Holiday Inn - Doors
open at 5:30pm, tickets $25. Join East Somerville's own Rodizio among many other Somerville
Restaurants.
Somerville Economic Trends
meeting
Date: Tuesday, June 9th
Time: 6:30 pm, Location: VNA facility, 259 Lowell
St., 3rd fl.
At this meeting hosted by the City of Somerville to help create a vision for the City, participants will learn about what types of
industries exist in Somerville
today, how many people they employ, and what types of wages are offered.
The groups will also discuss the types of work Somerville residents do and where they work.
Somerville Community Growing
Center and Second Chances Spring 2009 Clothing DriveDate: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 4 to 7 p.m.
Location: Somerville Community Growing
Center / 22 Vinal Avenue /
Details: www.secondchances.org
Centro Presente
Community Potluck
Date: Saturday, June 27 Time: 1 to 5 pm Location: Centro Presente's Parking Lot, 17 Inner Belt Road
Admission: Free/Gratis, BRING A PLATE TO SHARE!, To RSVP please write to centro@cpresente.org
Joe's Jazz and Blues FestSomerville
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and The Somerville Arts Council are proud to announce
the program for the first Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest, from Saturday, June 20
through Saturday, June 27. The brain child of Mayor Curtatone, who played
trumpet in the Somerville High School Jazz Band, this jazz and blues festival
is a Somerville
first! | |
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Final Steps: Broadway Rezoning
The City of Somerville
will be hosting community meetings this summer to finalize the proposed zoning
changes for Broadway.
Proposed changes include: *Increasing height
limits from 50' to 55' along East Broadway, with increased height maximums of
up to 70' in the lots surrounding the Mt. Vernon Restaurant and Broadway Brake. *More unified zoning. *Decreased parking requirements for new businesses.
See the specific Zoning Amendments here.
Meeting information:
Meetings will be broken out by 4 sections of the area to be rezoned
Wednesday July 1, 6:30pm, Cross Street Senior Center (area to be discussed: Cross Street to Sullivan Square)
Wednesday July 22, 6:30pm, Cross Street Senior Center (Cross Street to Grant Street)
Wednesday July 29, 6:30pm, Peabody House (Grant Street
to Winter Hill)
Wednesday Aug 12, 6:30pm, Cross Street Senior Center - WRAP UP MEETING
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Taco Loco Mural Artist Honored by the Salvadorian Consulate
 Ever ponder the mural at Taco Loco over the last bites of your burrito? The painter behind this work, Hector Perlera, was honored on May 28th at the Salvadorian Consulate in an exhibition organized to recognize the work and contributions of influential contemporary Salvadorian artists. Perlera, a Somerville resident, "combines vibrant Latino visual traditions and contemporary techniques, his unique works often refer to the rural life and scenes of his native El Salvador." Perlera is very well known in the US and El Salvador and has been featured in a recent book highlighting El Salvador's best artists. See more in the Somerville Journal. |
Jimmy Tingle & A Taste of
Broadway!
Nov. 12th, 2009
Somerville City Club  East Somerville Main Streets is
getting ready to rock your fall, and bring a taste of Broadway your way. Taste East Somerville delights while enjoying
entertainment provided by Jimmy Tingle and Beatle Tracks band, featuring East Somerville's own Dr. Haberstroh of Boston Spine
Clinics.
Tickets $30 - Available Online Now - Click here!
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Carrie Dancy - 617.623.3869, carrie@eastsomervillemainstreets.org.
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New Parking Regulations
A new set of parking regulations recently passed by the Traffic and Parking Commission should be on everyone's radar. To be effective June 19:
- Doubling meter rates citywide
- Making all unmetered parking spots across the city resident only (effective August 1, 2009)
- Extend meter hours until 8pm on weekdays, and 10pm on Saturdays.
Read in the Journal about how the business community across the city is organizing to protest these new regulations.
For more detailed information, see:
Traffic & Parking Department webpage
Traffic & Parking Business Permit
contact:
Donna Amenta, 617-625-6600 x7910 damenta@somervillema.gov
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Help East Somerville Be Represented In the Census
Research shows that in cities entitled to federal funds for every person not counted by the US Census, the city receives $1500 less. As one of the many organizations in Somerville awarded federal funds to fulfill our mission, ESMS would like to see the coming 2010 Census be as accurate as possible.
The City is seeking people to help ensure that each neighborhood is accurately represented, if you are interested contact Daniel Hauck, 1-617-625-6600 ext. 2587, DHauck@somervillema.gov.
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