Somerville by
Design turns 122-124 Broadway into a design charrette studio where
residents and business community interact with City planners and
consultants
The next phase of the City’s Somerville by Design community planning process in East Somerville will take place Monday, Sept. 30 through Wednesday, Oct. 2. A three-day public design charrette will give residents, the business community and other stakeholders numerous opportunities to interact with each other, and with City planners and consultants. This event will build on input from the East Somerville community gathered at a public Crowdsourcing and two public Visioning Sessions held earlier this year.
The
design charrette offers daytime as well as evening opportunities for
public participation and includes one-hour sessions on a variety of
planning topics. A vacant storefront at 122-124 Broadway will be
transformed into a design studio open to the public, with meeting
spaces, working studios and gallery-style displays. Outside the studio, a
“parklet” will be set up with moveable seating, café tables and plants.
The program will culminate in a public “Pin-Up Presentation” at 7 p.m.,
Wednesday, October 3, at 115 Pearl Street.
The detailed schedule is as follows:
- Monday, September 30
- Location: 122-124 Broadway
- 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. - public Open Studios
- 11 a. m. – 12 p.m. and 3 – 8:30 p.m. – public stakeholder sessions (descriptions available at www.somervillebydesign.com)
- Tuesday, October 1
- Location: 122-124 Broadway
- 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. - public Open Studios
- 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. – public stakeholder sessions (descriptions available at www.somervillebydesign.com)
- Wednesday, October 2
- Location: 115 Pearl Street
- 7 – 9 p.m. – Pin Up Presentation
The
Somerville by Design team recently held a three-day charrette in Davis
Square and is posting the ideas generated at the event at http://www.somervillebydesign.com/.
Somerville
by Design is a cutting-edge approach to community planning that uses
resident know-how to solve challenging physical planning and urban
design issues. It makes planning fun, using highly visual, interactive
techniques such as "Open Studio" design sessions, neighborhood meetings,
block walking and online surveys. Most importantly, it provides
multiple ways for the public to get involved in generating and refining
physical design plans that are driven by community members’ preferences
and creative ideas. In 2012, hundreds of residents and businesspersons
participated in the Somerville by Design "Station Area Planning Series"
for Gilman Square, Lowell Street / Magoun Square, and Ball Square
neighborhoods that will soon be served by the Green Line Extension.
Additional information is available on the City of Somerville website at www.somervillebydesign.com.
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