DavisNow.org

[jlauspitz]

DAVISNOW.ORG
OCT. 27TH, 2018 01:05 PM
A new website is up sparked by the City's ten-year budgeting of zero funds for capital improvements in Davis Square through 2027. The site details repairs immediately needed, with pictures and cost estimates for repairs.

www.DavisNow.org

The 62-page, illustrated punch list, developed by architect Chris Iwerks, a Davis Sq resident, is also available at:

http://online.flipbuilder.com/havm/ixly/


The group's self-description follows:

"DavisNow.org focuses on fixing problems now. It does not address the City’s long-term plans for Davis Square, such as increasing building heights, altering intersections, or completely replacing sidewalks. This is a much more modest scope and cost proposal. It’s just what’s needed to renew the elements we already have.

"We have created a punch-list book of the many issues afflicting Davis Square, which can be viewed here:

http://online.flipbuilder.com/havm/ixly/

"We plan to have a community meeting... to discuss what our next steps should be and how to partner with city officials to fund these needed repairs."
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Comments

[cassandra_beach]

Who is "DavisNow.org"? I saw no names at all on the site.
There should be a list of the people and groups who are behind it and who are funding it.

Hard to believe that $0 is budgeted for DS over the next 10 years (assuming that is accurate).

[dtremit]

Nearly everything in the "punch list" consists of routine repairs -- sidewalk patching, tree issues, landscaping, etc. -- that would be covered by a city-wide general maintenance budget. I'm not sure why anyone would expect a neighborhood by neighborhood line item for such things.

[jlauspitz]

The relevance of the capital budget is to suggest that Davis Square is on a back burner, so much so as to let even routine maintenance slide.