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whnaVia newsletter from the City of Somerville:
In June 2019, City staff held a community meeting to explore whether the community would be interested in the City taking aggressive action on the site. Specifically, did residents want the City to use eminent domain to take the property? As you can see from the meeting notes, the overwhelming majority of participants wanted the City to consider taking the property.
At this meeting, staff presented two similar paths to take the property: a demonstration project or urban renewal. The demonstration project received the most votes as the preferred path, we think because it would be a quicker process and only focus on the Star Market site. Unfortunately, subsequent conversations with City legal counsel suggest that pursuing a demonstration project plan on this particular site may stall the project. Therefore, the remaining options are to wait for private development on the site or to pursue an urban renewal plan.
Given the two possible strategies that remain, we have two questions:
Winter Hill Community Meeting
Tuesday, December 17
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Healey School
5 Meacham St Somerville MA
Please help us get the word out! Forward this email to your neighbors or post our graphic to social media.
In June 2019, City staff held a community meeting to explore whether the community would be interested in the City taking aggressive action on the site. Specifically, did residents want the City to use eminent domain to take the property? As you can see from the meeting notes, the overwhelming majority of participants wanted the City to consider taking the property.At this meeting, staff presented two similar paths to take the property: a demonstration project or urban renewal. The demonstration project received the most votes as the preferred path, we think because it would be a quicker process and only focus on the Star Market site. Unfortunately, subsequent conversations with City legal counsel suggest that pursuing a demonstration project plan on this particular site may stall the project. Therefore, the remaining options are to wait for private development on the site or to pursue an urban renewal plan.
What Do You Think?
Given the two possible strategies that remain, we have two questions:
- Is an urban renewal plan the right path forward for the Star Market site?
- If the City does create an urban renewal plan, what should it look like?
Winter Hill Community Meeting
Tuesday, December 17
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Healey School
5 Meacham St Somerville MA
Please help us get the word out! Forward this email to your neighbors or post our graphic to social media.
