In urban environments, physical change often takes a long time. Throughout the “Somerville by Design” neighborhood planning efforts, our residents have been interested in ideas for on-the-ground improvements that don’t necessarily need massive budgets and multi-year design and construction schedules. Enter Tactical Urbanism (TU). Around the world, communities are using TU as a quick, inexpensive
In the run-up to the kickoff of the Somerville by Design: Winter Hill neighborhood planning process happening in fall 2014, OSPCD conducted a series of stakeholder interviews with a sample of businesses, along with other key stakeholders, in the Central Broadway corridor to complement our community engagement work on Mindmixer, an online engagement tool to solicit input
Saturday May 31, 2014, 4 – 7 pm Have you ever wondered how to: Build a parklet? Build pallet furniture? Make a street more bicycle and or pedestrian friendly? Activate a Public Space? Create wayfinding signage? Gather metrics on what makes a Better Block? Than we have the workshops for you! Sign up at http://teambetterblock.com/somerville/ and then help
