Davis Square Task Force agenda for Wed 6/28

[ron_newman]

The Davis Square Task Force will meet Wedneday, June 28 from 7-9pm in the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland St. Everyone is invited. Here is the agenda. (I didn't write it up, I'm just passing it on from Chris Daveta, CDAVETA@ci.somerville.ma.us)

7:00-7:10 - Intros

7:10-7:25 - Adam Dash presentation on project next to the Bike Path

7:25-7:30 - Brief update on bike path plans with MBTA

7:30-7:45- DARBI [Davis Area Resident-Business Initiative] Update

7:45-8:00 - Michele Bisoce: Som|Dog presentation about off-leash areas
on bike path

8:00-8:30 - Traffic in Davis Square - Mark Chase, Davis resident and
traffic consultant to present (continued from previous meeting)

8:30-8:40 - Sara Rosenfeld about Community Servings

8:40-8:50 - Dunkin' Donuts' possible proposal for 24 hours
Mr. Crepe coming to Someday Café site

8:50-8:55 - Sign at Middlesex Bank in Davis Sq.

8:55-9:00 - Wrap up and next meeting

Comments

Time to Expand

[push-stars.livejournal.com]

Can we get the the Davis Square Task force and others involved in Union Square and Inman areas as well? We have a huge need to have more residents and community minded people involved here! My home is here ,and I really wish the neighborhood were as involved in these issues. Do you know if anyone else from this area has expressed this?

Re: Time to Expand

[ron_newman]

Davis Square Task Force is narrowly focused on Davis Square, and properly so. People in other neighborhoods should form their own gropus or join groups that already exist there, such as Union Square Main Streets.

Re: Time to Expand

[ron_newman]

Here is the web site for Union Square Main Streets. If that's your neighborhood, I encourage you to get involved there.

Re: Time to Expand

[push-stars.livejournal.com]

Thanks so Much, this is great, I lived here three years and have not heard of them! I just emailed them and joined their newsletter too.

Someday going away?

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Mr. Crepe coming to Someday Café site


Whoa, is Someday leaving? That's be a real tragedy. Don't get me wrong, my love for Mr. Crepe is deep and abiding, but Someday is one of the coffee corners, and it'd be a shame to see it go!

Re: Someday going away?

[moment2shine.livejournal.com]

i will be so sad if that happens. say it ain't so!

Re: Someday going away?

[ron_newman]

Wish I knew more. I don't. I've e-mailed Chris to ask for more information; if I get it, I'll post here.

Re: Someday going away?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in some ways I prefer it to Diesel. Quieter. Dimmer. More ice cream flavours.

Re: Someday going away?

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Wow, really? Quieter? When I moved here seven years ago, I originally went to the Someday, but the volume of the music eventually made me change loyalties. I wonder if that's changed in the intervening years; or did you just mean "less conversational noise"?

Re: Someday going away?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm not sure what it was, but it certainly seemed quieter overall last time I was there. Then again, I'm usually at Diesel on nights when it's very busy, and Diesel does tend to play their music loud when I'm there.

Re: Someday going away?

[unferth.livejournal.com]

The Someday reliably has less conversation noise. The music volume is less predictable, but when it's turned lower the cafe as a whole is quieter than the Diesel.

Re: Someday going away?

[yangelina.livejournal.com]

I agree. I do miss Mr. Crepe and would go frequently if they return, but I don't really like idea that they might replace Someday, and I don't even really go to Someday but once or twice a year.
Kind of makes me want to go to the Task Force meeting.

Re: Someday going away?

[ron_newman]

I walked into Someday about 20 minutes after posting this, and asked the two young ladies behind the counter. They knew nothing about it and were very confused by my question.

Re: Someday going away?

[watercolorblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would be awful. Someday is kind of a necessity to Davis Square culture for me, and I know a lot of others who feel that way.

Re: Someday going away?

[bostonartist.livejournal.com]

I agree... the "Someday" is special. I refer to it as "Somerville's Public Living Room". However, I have often wondered about its commercial viability. It is often not that crowded when the other cafe's are maxed out. Also, I have noticed several times that people just hang out there without buying anything.

Re: Someday going away?

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

I think the owner, who also owns Tuscanini's (right, Ron?), has subsidized Someday for a long time.

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

Someday can't go! Personally, I prefer diesel, mainly because diesel sells a small coffee for $1, but Someday is a true pioneer of the New Davis. I remember going in there when it first opened in, maybe '93'?, when they played music so loud no one could bear it. Odd for a coffee house to be so loud, but then Sligo was quiet as a wake back then, so go figure.

[ron_newman]

1993 is about right. Back then, the Somerville Theatre and Johnny D's were pretty much the only things in Davis that anyone would want to visit at night. There was very little pedestrian traffic east of Dover Street.

The cafe's original location was not at the corner where it is now, but a tiny little storefront next to the theatre entrance. That storefront no longer exists, having been absorbed into an expanded theatre lobby.

A story I've read: it didn't yet have a name, and construction was taking longer than expected. One exasperated partner said to the other, "what is this, the someday cafe?" and that's where the name came from.

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

I remember Someday being smaller, but I couldn't remember quite how. One thing I wish they'd do is get rid of that filthy carpet --bare concrete would be fine and a big improvement. That carpet creeps me out.

Don't forget Redbones as an old-timey night spot--they've been hoovering my wallet for as long as I can remember.

[ron_newman]

Though I recall Redbones then took up only about half of its current space, the other half being occupied by an old townie bar called Barnaby's.

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

That would be great if D/D went 24 hours. Not that I like Dunkin Donuts all that much...but it would be nice to see Somerville loosening up on business closing times.

[ron_newman]

If we can have just one 24-hour business, I'd much rather have Store 24. In any event, come to the meeting if you'd like to have input.

[cleanup-davissq.livejournal.com]

Sorry, no to 24 anything -noise, loitering, taxis pulling up all night long and litter -lots of it...is there to be no peace?!!

[ron_newman]

I like Davis Square because it is lively. I don't see how my 1 am trip to Store 24 for bread and milk will cause noise or litter.

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

Also new on the agenda:

8:40PM Mr. Crepe's return to Davis Square (in Someday Cafe's spot)