Introducing myself & updates on Sacco's

[synergyseeker.livejournal.com]

Hi Everyone,

I had the pleasure of meeting ron_newman last week and he invited me to post (thanks for the invite Ron!). I want to say a quick hi and introduce myself. My name is Trish and I’m in the process of purchasing Sacco's Bowl-Haven. I moved to Somerville about 4 years ago from Northampton, MA. I live on Elm Street and I have spent a lot of time in Davis, enjoying the Diesel, Somerville theater, Johnny D’s and other great local establishments. I have wanted to get more involved in the community and now this project has given me that opportunity.  

There’s a lot to share about myself, my team and our vision for what we hope will be a great addition to the Davis Square community. Its hard to condense into a short blog entry. But I wanted to at least start the conversation ….

 

Very briefly  - our concept is called The Connections Center and it’s a new kind of community center. The quick overview is that we want to develop unique spaces and services that (1) help people meet each other (2) expand people’s homes and offices and (3) enhance the creative/renaissance lifestyle. (Features like flexible meeting space, unique social events, art and music salons are some examples.)

We are still in the process of developing the plans for the bowling alley, and a lot depends on community feedback and support…. and of course, getting the needed permits.  Ideally, we would like to have at least a beer and wine or full liquor license.....and incorporate food as well (catering will be important for events).

 

I know one of the biggest concerns many of you have is losing the tradition of the Sacco’s bowling alley. After learning more about the history of Sacco’s and speaking with other community members, we have now decided to incorporate some of the lanes into our concept. We will be dedicating the lanes to the Sacco family and having information about the history as part of the design.

I will be at the task force meeting tonight but will only have a couple of minutes.  Our plans are to set up a time in the near future were we can present our ideas in more detail and get community feedback. I will also be posting updates and sharing more of our plans as they unfold.

 

Finally, I want to invite you to come to meet the Connections Center team. October 13^th we will be having a free community party with free bowling, pool playing, food and fun at Sacco’s from 5pm -8pm. We would love to have you come meet everyone and play!

 

I look forward to meeting you all!

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Friday's Wall Street Journal?

[warlord-mit.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in the community subscribe to the WSJ and still have Friday's copy I can borrow?  Someone I was talking to over the weekend mentioned a front-page article for me to read so I was hoping that I could get a copy from someone here.  I live in Teele but I'm certainly willing to come meet you to take your recycling from you ;)

TIA.

Window Repair?

[dylanesque29.livejournal.com]

October is here, and the temperature is starting to drop. Unfortunately, our gas bill charges will be the last things to drop thanks to our crappy, crappy windows. Does anybody know any handymen/companies that do windows that they could recomend so our absentee landlord doesn't have an excuse to get these repaired?

Francisco De la Barra show opening Oct. 4 6-8pm

[wbaltic.livejournal.com]

"Expressions", a solo show by artist Francisco De la Barra runs from October 2-28 at Willoughby and Baltic.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 4th from 6-8pm. We'd love to see you there.

Willoughby and Baltic
195g Elm Street
Davis Square

www.willoughbybaltic.com
info@willoughbybaltic.com

Interested in a couch...

[piscesboy311.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in the Davis area have a clean, neutral in color, comfortable couch that they would like to sell or know someone that would like to sell a couch for a reasonable price?  I live in between Ball and Davis and need to rid of an old futon couch in the living room for something better.  

Interested in a couch...

[piscesboy311.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in the Davis area have a clean, neutral in color, comfortable couch that they would like to sell or know someone that would like to sell a couch for a reasonable price?  I live in between Ball and Davis and need to rid of an old futon couch in the living room for something better.  

Shaw's: scanner prices sometimes differing from shelf price

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Happened to shop at Shaw's this afternoon and happened to be paying attention - 2 out of the 12 items I bought scanned at a different (higher) price than what was on the shelf. Customer service resolved it (though I bought 2 of one of the wrongly scanned items and I thought I should have had them both for free - but apparently Shaw's policy is the first for free - the other/rest at the correct price. Seems like a kind of "the house always wins" type rule - considering that other shoppers probably bought the same stuff and didn't track the difference).

Anyway - no big deal but the same ol' caveat emptor, pay attention, use your turn signals, don't wash lights and darks...

Oh - and don't "remove items from the bagging area" even if you didn't... or the robo cashier will yell at you.