davis_square | Renovation meeting Saturday @ Hodgkins/Curtin Park (Reply)

The playground on Holland St. up towards Teele Square is scheduled for a million-dollar overhaul next spring. There's an informal meeting with a landscape architect from Weston & Sampson, the company the city has selected to lead the project, this Saturday from 2–3:30pm (rain date Sunday morning).

If you or your children (or, like a lot of us, you and your children) use this playground, please join us. This park and playground are very important to our community (the surprisingly vibrant pre-nightlife aspect of Davis Square), and we need to make use of all available lines of communication. I went to the Ward 7 ResiStat meeting last week, and came away feeling confident that the city really does want to take our wishes for our park into consideration — and that the mayor thinks sand is ew, icky.

— Matthew

MEET THE DESIGNERS FOR THE HODGKINS-CURTIN PARK RENOVATION

The design consultant for Hodgkins-Curtin Park has been selected: the firm is Weston & Sampson. The City is delighted that they will be designing this project. Weston & Sampson has extensive experience with athletic fields and playgrounds. The project manager is Cheri Ruane, who is a landscape architect, Somerville resident and mother of two young children.

You are invited to stop by Hodgkins-Curtin Park on Saturday, November 1 for an informal "drop-in" hour from 2:00-3:30pm. We will meet in the playground area. We are hoping for good weather that is not too brisk... The raindate will be Sunday, November 2 from 10:00-11:30am.

This is an opportunity to meet with the landscape architect more informally and discuss your experience of Hodgkins-Curtin Park and any desires for the renovation. Cheri Ruane and I will be in the park to talk about the design process and to take public comments. Please stop by if you are in the neighborhood next Saturday! If you are unable to come to the park that afternoon, feel free to call or email me any comments and I will pass them on to Cheri.

There will also be an evening community meeting to discuss the Hodgkins-Curtin Park renovation and initial analysis in the next few weeks. I will email the details once the date and time are confirmed. By offering opportunities to meet Weston & Sampson on both a weekend and an weekday evening, we hope that everyone will have a chance to participate.

Again, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Hope to see you and other Hodgkins-Curtin Park neighbors on Saturday, November 1!

Best,
Ellen

Ellen Schneider
Landscape Project Manager
City of Somerville, MA
phone: 617-625-6600 x2529
eschneider [AT] somervillema.gov

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