[SBC] Meeting re: Lower Broadway

[Denison, Charles]

Here are the plans:

http://www.somervillema.gov/spotlight.cfm?id=62

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> From: 	Denison, Charles  
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:12 AM
> To:	'Stephen Winslow'; 'Moore, Alan at Boston'; 'Brian Postlewaite'
> Cc:	'sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net'
> Subject:	Meeting re: Lower Broadway
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> http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x833712444/Talk-about-makin
> g-lower-Broadway-even-more-beautiful
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> Talk about making lower Broadway even more beautiful
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> Mon Jun 16, 2008, 06:51 PM EDT
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> Somerville - 
> 
> Mayor Joe Curtatone, Ward 1 Alderman William Roche, and Monica Lamboy,
> director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community
> Development, announces that, in conjunction with East Somerville Main
> Streets, residents and business owners in East Somerville are invited
> to a community meeting to discuss preliminary plans and designs for a
> streetscape and roadway improvement project for Broadway, between
> McGrath Highway and the city line near Sullivan Square.
> 
> The meeting, which will be held Wednesday, June 25, at 6 p.m. at the
> Cross Street Senior Center at 165 Cross St. East, will give the public
> an opportunity to review and comment on the city's effort to develop a
> pedestrian-friendly, multi-modal, transit-oriented street that
> encourages people to walk, bike and gather along East Somerville's
> central business corridor.
> 
> "Broadway is one of Somerville's major gateway corridors, and Broadway
> is a valuable business district," said Curtatone. "This type of
> streetscape project can enhance economic activity and create an
> attractive environment to draw pedestrian shoppers while smoothing
> transportation access of all kinds. In order to do that, we need to
> balance the needs of the businesses, residents, and the public while
> at the same time being sensitive to the history of the area."
> 
> "This is an exciting project with tremendous potential to make lasting
> contributions to East Somerville's economic development and quality of
> life," said Roche. "Our neighborhood has already proven that real
> leadership and initiative yields exciting, positive new growth
> potential. We have been anticipating this project for a number of
> years now, and I appreciate the hard work that East Somerville Main
> Streets has put into developing an effective public participation and
> advisory process."
> 
> At the meeting, the city will present the new street configuration for
> travel lanes on Broadway to accommodate various modes of travel and
> increase pedestrian activity that has been developed based upon
> community input from this winter. Residents and business owners will
> have an opportunity to offer their input on additional key streetscape
> elements such as paving treatments, street furniture (benches, lamps,
> trash cans) and landscaping.
> 
> "This project will significantly enhance the Broadway commercial
> corridor and make East Somerville into a shopping and dining
> destination for nearby residents and visitors to the area," said
> Lamboy. "We are genuinely excited about getting feedback from all
> interested parties on the concepts we've developed so far."
> 
> The city hopes to develop a final design concept in July. Members of
> the public will find a preview of the proposed concept on the city's
> Web site at www.somervillema.gov.
> For more information, call Martha Tai, senior economic development
> planner, 617-625-6600, ext. 2518, or e-mail mtai at somervillema.gov.
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