UnionSquareNeighborhoodCouncil

Elections coming soon! Read about our candidates here. docs.google.com/document/d/1IY…

Vote Saturday May 20, 8am-12pm, at Jack Hamilton Center, 29 Allen Street, Somerville, MA or Tuesday May 23, 7:30am-7:30 pm, at Somerville Media Center, 90 Union Square, Somerville, MA

Elections coming soon! Read about our candidates here. docs.google.com/document/d/1IY…

From any perspective, US2 is the wrong choice for developing 200 McGrath site in Somerville cambridgeday.com/2023/03/30/fro…

February has come and gone, yet there is still no plan to permit the D4.3 block for affordable housing. Tom Galligani said on WBUR that this would be done by now. drive.google.com/file/d/1eBNi1R…

Car traffic this morning is backed up on Washington street from Dunkin’ Donuts all the way past McGrath.

We meet first and third Mondays. Next USNC meeting is Monday, 2/20 at 7pm

"Amid Somerville’s housing crisis, Ashley Tienken, the director of the Housing Advocacy Program at the Community Action Agency of Somerville, argues that 'in our community, the biggest threat is gentrification.'" tuftsdaily.com/news/2023/02/0…

The City and USQ are on the clock. The affordable housing set for D4.3 needs to break ground now. On WBUR they indicated it would be permitted by the end of February. Check sites.google.com/view/usnc for the full story.

@FCHWPO we need a better MBTA that is accessible to all -- even tall people

It took almost 2hrs to get to the game yesterday I live 15 minutes away Boston traffic was so bad I’m still traumatized and felt the need to tweet this lol

@eherot Thanks for the clarification!

@square_council This is a misunderstanding of how IZ works. $78k is a *cutoff* not the target rent, which is limited to be 1/3rd of the monthly income for households making $64k (which is ~45% AMI)

At the @WBUR @RadioBoston broadcast from 31 union square

Thanks to @RadioBoston for putting the spotlight on union square! Please stay in touch as events develop.

Greg K. says USQ needs to invest in the community in many different ways.

Jen of the Indo says business owners have a responsibility to help their employees