April news from Somerville YIMBY

Getting ready for endorsements

Author

Aaron Weber
April 02, 2025

Election Season

2025 is a big year for Somerville city elections, and we’re hard at work finalizing our endorsement questionnaire. The election will be the main topic for our April 9 meeting, and we hope to have all the questions written and ready to go by the following week. If you’d like to help out, we look forward to your input.

Participatory Budgeting

Given a list of worthy city projects, which ones would you fund first? Participatory Budgeting lets you pick priorities for $1,000,000 of city funding for things like street safety, sanitation and rodent control upgrades, tree care, compost, and more. Vote online now!

Upcoming Events

Thursday April 3: Planning Board will discuss new buildings in Assembly Square, updates to the Arts & Creative Enterprise zoning rules, and the ongoing map change petition for affordable housing at 297 Medford Street. 6:00 pm, online via Zoom.

Thursday April 3: Land Use Committee will cover transit-oriented development bonuses and information about innovations in mass timber construction techniques. 6:00 pm, online via Zoom.

Friday April 4: Somerville YIMBY Monthly Social in-person at Remnant Brewing, Bow Market, 6:00 pm.

Wednesday, April 9: Somerville YIMBY Monthly Meeting focused on our 2025 election endorsements. 6:00 pm, online via Zoom.

Thursday, April 17: Land Use Committee and Planning Board joint meeting takes up the Somerville YIMBY zoning petition to simplify roof dormer regulations and several other agenda items. 6:00 pm, online via Zoom.

Our book club selection for this quarter is Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Stay tuned for the date, time, and location of our meetup.

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