davis_square | A café on the Community Path (Reply)

My note yesterday about building a café in the Carli Fence property on the Community Path, triggered substantial interest. I'm delighted! Now let's see if we can make this happen.

ah42 says s/he's adopting the idea, and I say Godspeed! It needs an entrepreneur to make it into a business.

ron_newman pointed out that a much larger property, the MaxPac site, will lie alongside the bike path and will extend the path; but that project is currently planned to be strictly residential. We should encourage that developer to include space for a pathside business as well.

Somerville Planning and Community Development is in charge of development on the Community Path as well as the Maxpack site. Write them a friendly letter saying how great it would be to bike up to an open air café on the path.

The Bicycle Committee is having a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 6:30 to 8:30 PM in the Basement Conference Room at City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue. You can email the contact person, Steven Winslow, and encourage him to promote thoughtful development on the path.

Your Alderman, or the Aldermen at Large can bring this to the city government, and can ensure that development of this site gets appropriate community review. The aldermen at large are
William White, who's also the Land Use chairperson;
Bruce M. Desmond; and
Denise Provost.

And, of course, tell your friends.