Tour a wind turbine, and have candy. Apr 28

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Just came across my emails. As part of Sustainaville week, the city is offering a bus trip to an abbey. We will see some green energy, and obtain some carbohydrate energy, it seems. 

Here's what I got in the letter:

 

Somerville's SustainaVille week is coming up, and we're getting involved. On April 28th, we're co-hosting a renewable energy tour with Somerville's Office of Sustainability and Environment to show off the big impacts of Somerville Community Choice Electricity (CCE). You'll see wind, solar, and even geothermal in action.

Come on the tour!

The tour is free & open to the public!

We're offering a free bus ride from Somerville High School to beautiful Mount St. Mary's Abbey in Wrentham, MA. There, we'll see solar and a 100kW wind turbine (supported by Somerville's CCE program) up close. We'll also enjoy a free tasting of Trappistine Candy, handmade onsite by the Sisters of the Abbey.

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainaville-wind-solar-tour-with-handmade-candy-tasting-tickets-43751355482

Public hearing on Proposed Transfer Fee

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https://www.somervillema.gov/news/public-hearing-proposed-transfer-fee-home-rule-petition-be-held-wednesday-april-4

City notice:

Members of the public are invited to attend a public hearing hosted by the Board of Aldermen to discuss the proposed transfer fee home rule petition. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 4, at 6 p.m., at Somerville City Hall on the 2nd Floor in the Aldermanic Chambers.

 

In 2015, Mayor Curtatone established the Sustainable Neighborhoods Working Group to seek bold and innovative ideas that would support the City’s efforts to protect and preserve existing affordable housing, expand the City’s resources for creating more affordable housing, and address the need for middle-income housing for working families. 

 

After nearly a year of research and deliberation the Working Group, which was chaired by Alderman Mark Niedergang and former City Housing Director Dana LeWinter, issued a series of recommendations, including that the City adopt a requirement of a fee of approximately 1 percent upon certain real estate transactions (known as a “transfer fee”) to support affordable housing with specific exemptions be established for transactions such as ownership transfers between family members.

 

The Board of Aldermen will also accept official written comment for the record through Friday, April 6, 2018, 5 p.m. Please send your comments to boardofaldermen@somervillema.gov and cityclerk@somervillema.gov.

 

Visit www.somervillema.gov/transferfee for more information.

Neighborhood cleanup day, April 21 2018.

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Sustainaville week is coming! Lots of events (including the wind turbine tour in another post below)

From the city website: https://www.somervillema.gov/events/2018/04/21/annual-spring-clean-earth-day-barbeque

Get your WHNA t-shirts ready so we can raise awareness of our efforts! This year we'll have the support of the city and Groundwork folks on the day of the event. Go to the boathouse first, and they ask you to sign in (they get grant money based on public participation). They'll give us bags and gloves, and then we break into neighborhood groups for specific action.

Blessing of the Bays Boathouse

32 Shore Drive

Somerville, MA 02145

Come celebrate Earth Day with the City of Somerville, Groundwork Somerville, and Comcast Cares for the annual Spring Cleanup. Afterwards, join your neighbors at the Community Barbeque for food, fun, and information about electric vehicles, renewable energy, climate change, biking, and other City of Somerville sustainability programs.

Breakfast from 9-10am, neighborhood clean-up from 10am-12pm, and Barbeque from 12 -2pm.
 

 

This event is part of SustainaVille week. Find out more at www.somervillema.gov/sustainaville

 

Follow along on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greensomerville

 

All activities are free and open to the public.