Fall 2010
Features & Articles
By Ilan Mochari One year ago, Somerville Scout published a feature called “Building a Business Friendly City.” In response, Somerville’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) has taken several steps to attract and retain growth businesses. We’ll detail those initiatives – and some other cool commercial developments – in this story. And on…
On Wednesday evening, April 28, the Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted the Business Town Meeting at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, attracting scores of small business owners, local officials and developers to hear Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone speak about the economic future of the city. Generally, the mayor pushed the idea that all of…
We wanted to call your attention to an article in Friday’s Somerville Journal about the proposed creation of a Green Community and Open Space Task Force, announced at the April 22 Board of Aldermen meeting by Aldermen Rebekah Gewirtz (Ward 6) and Maryann Heuston (Ward 2). Quoting from the story: “The task force is designed…
Everybody knows Earth Day is April 22, but Earth Hour is this coming Saturday, March 27. The premise is simple: From 8:30 to 9:30pm, the City of Somerville will turn off all non-essential lighting. You can learn more in the Somerville Journal and Boston Globe. Last year, more than 4,000 cities in 87 countries participated….
Last week the Somerville Chamber of Commerce announced that Somerville Scout had won the 2009 Powderhouse Award for Small Business of the Year. We are thrilled and flattered. On Wednesday Nov. 4 the Chamber of Commerce will hold its 63rd Annual Dinner, at which Scout and the other Powderhouse Award winners will be honored. ———–…
Of the thousands of cities nationwide vying for the title of “All-America City 2009”, Somerville was chosen as one of ten winners on June 19 in Tampa, FL. The All-America City Award, sponsored by the National Civic League since 1949, is America’s oldest community recognition award. The award honors communities of all sizes in which…
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