Community Meeting to discuss the Vinfen facility at 155 Central St

[mderidder.livejournal.com]

On the fringe of Davis, but for those who are interested/concerned:

Alderman Bill White is having a meeting of the Committee on Public Health and Public Safety on Monday, Nov. 24 at 6:30 at the committee room at City Hall (to discuss the Vinfen facility at 155 Central Street and 81 Bartlett St.  This facility is an assisted living/halfway house facility that experienced a large fire a couple of months ago.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/archive/x941710159/A-bathroom-fire-stopped-on-Central-Street

Since the fire, repairs have been in progress to the house.

Neighbors are getting together to discuss the presence of this facility in our neighborhood as this fire was not the first incident.  Some of the other incidents that have occured in the past include:

-  A second fire where the contents of a trash can were set on fire in the backyard
-  Past Tenants smoking marijuana and drinking on other neighbors property (it is against their policy since this is a rehab house)
-  Disposing of empty beer cans/alcohol containers in surrounding neighbors yards
-  Excess calls to fire and police department
-  One tenant that was recently staying there had a medical history of extreme violence and severe mental instability, and had been arrested in the past for such behaviors.  Several women in the neighborhood were concerning with safety at night.

I plan to attend to find out if they plan to reopen as a halfway house and to learn more about the facility and what they plan to do to reduce the number of incidents.