Davis Square Task Force meets Monday 12/3, 7 pm

[ron_newman]

The Davis Square Task Force will meet on Monday, December 3 at 7 pm at the Senior Center, 167 Holland Street (Tufts Administration Building). Here's the agenda:

7:00-7:10 - Introductions

7:10-7:45 - Neighborhood Groups Update:

• Willow Ave. traffic study group (Mark Chase, Brian Postelwaite, Ethan Gilsdorf)
• Davis Area Resident Business Initiative (Thalia Tringo)
• Crime Watch
• Go Green Davis Square
• Local First Initiative (Joe Grafton)

7:45-7:55 - Joshua Tree request for 2am license

7:55-8:20 - Davis Square Updates:

• One Davis Square – Davis Square sign island
• When Pigs Fly (Andrew)
• Sacco’s Bowl Haven (Trish)
• Other developments

8:20-8:45 - City Updates

• Hotel RFP for Davis Square (Mayor’s office)
• Green Line extension update
• Shape Up Somerville and Map (Nicole)

8:45-9:00 - Miscellaneous items and next meeting date

Comments

[dominika-kretek.livejournal.com]

So way back in the day, when the Aquarium closed, I rejoiced because I would no longer have to walk home from the T past loud, drunk, sometimes aggressive, sometimes merely leering nightclub patrons. I don't know why the Aquarium was like that and the Burren, Sligo, Joshua Tree and Redbones were not, but it was clear back then that the Aquarium was the problem and when they closed, the problem went away.

That feeling is back in Davis Square, and I don't really understand why. I think the biggest offender is Diva Lounge, but I'm not sure. It seemed to correlate with the later closing times, but I don't see why that should be the case. Probably it doesn't help that people have to go outside to smoke, but people can smoke outside (even drunk!) without being rude. Joshua Tree didn't seem to have this problem, but now it does. I seem to detect more Tufts students around, but surely they didn't suddenly realize that Davis Square exists last year. And so on.

If anyone can give insight into this problem, I would definitely appreciate it.