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		<title>Save the Date: Under the Roof</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/03/events/save-the-date-under-the-roof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markaf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 24, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Under the Roof, an event recognizing 25 years of support, housing and community by the Somerville Homeless Coalition and honoring Karen LaFrazia, one of our founding board members and now executive director of the St. Francis House in Boston.  At the Center for the Arts at the Armory.  For more information please call 617-623-6111 or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOA Land Use Committee and Planning Board Joint Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-and-planning-board-joint-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 4, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] BOA Land Use Committee and  Planning Board Joint Meeting

Thurs. Mar. 4 6:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
Aldermen's Chamber
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF)

This is a joint meeting of the  Land Use Committee and the Planning Board to consider changes to the  zoning suggested by Some Sense.

This meeting is important because the  proposed changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOA Land Use Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 2, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] BOA Land Use Committee Meeting

Tues. Mar. 2 7:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
2nd Fl. Comm. Rm.
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF)

This is the regular meeting of  the Aldermanic Land Use Committtee. On the agenda is an ordinance  increasing the allowed density for senior housing.

This meeting is important because it  will affect a current proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Coalition fundraiser for Haiti in Somerville!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/24/events/haitian-coalition-fundraiser-for-haiti-in-somerville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/24/events/haitian-coalition-fundraiser-for-haiti-in-somerville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa McWhinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 26, 2010; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] As Franklin Delambert, Executive Director of the Haitian Coalition, says, it will be an evening of solidarity.]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearing for 2010-2011 HUD Action Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/12/events/public-hearing-for-2010-2011-hud-action-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/12/events/public-hearing-for-2010-2011-hud-action-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 18, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] This hearing is important because it is a key step toward getting Federal money for improving Somerville.]]></description>
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		<title>Close out the Bad Accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/11/government-reform/close-out-the-bad-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/11/government-reform/close-out-the-bad-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks and Verizon need to be held to the kind of standards they use to torture their customers.]]></description>
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		<title>Ames Envelope</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/economy-poverty/february-8-2010-ames-envelope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/economy-poverty/february-8-2010-ames-envelope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Wild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling pretty blue that Ames Envelope&#8217;s leaving town. Maybe others know different(ly), but it seemed as if this Somerville-based business has been a good neighbor.
A couple of examples to support that:
1. Ames offered in-house literacy classes for its employees, many of whom were El Salvadoran.
2. Back in the day, Ames invited classroom teachers to help ourselves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers Needed! Foreclosure Canvassing</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/01/events/volunteers-needed-foreclosure-canvassing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/01/events/volunteers-needed-foreclosure-canvassing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rokhlita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 7, 2010; 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Our neighbors are being evicted and our community destabilized by the foreclosure crisis! The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) in collaboration with Cambridge &#038; Somerville Legal Services (CASLS) has initiated a foreclosure outreach and organizing campaign in Somerville.]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Growth/Transit Oriented Development &#8211; What is working or not?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/smart-growthtransit-oriented-development-what-is-working-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/smart-growthtransit-oriented-development-what-is-working-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 4, 2010; 11:30 am; ] Smart Growth/Transit Oriented Development - What is working or not? 

Thurs. Feb. 4 11:30 AM

Radisson Hotel
200 Stuart St.
Boston MA (map)

This presentation by the City of Somerville OSPCD Director Monical Lamboy, developer Ted Tye, and MassDOT Transit Development Director Mark Boy will address how Smart Growth methodologies have worked and how they can be improved. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-planning-meeting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-planning-meeting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 16, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting

Tues., Feb. 16, 6:30 PM

Upper Hall
Greek Orthodox Church
29 Central St.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the rescheduling of the Feb. 9 Phase 3 planning meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. At this meeting, the group will begin specifying goals, policies and actions to implement the vision statement. A guest speaker is [...]]]></description>
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