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		<title>Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/07/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-planning-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 9, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting

Tues., Mar. 9, 6:30 PM

Upper Hall
Greek Orthodox Church
29 Central St.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the second phase 3  planning meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. At this  meeting, the group will continue specifying goals, policies and actions  to implement the vision statement.

The goal of the comprehensive plan [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/03/events/save-the-date-under-the-roof/#comments</comments>
		<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>Housing and Community Development Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/22/events/housing-and-community-development-committee-meeting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/22/events/housing-and-community-development-committee-meeting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 22, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Housing and Community Development Committee Meeting

Mon. Feb. 22 6:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
2nd Fl. Comm. Rm.
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the regular meeting of  the Aldermanic Housing and Community Development Committee. There will  likely be further discussion of the Route 16 Green Line Extension stop,  which is currently being deemphasized by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter Against the Senior Housing Zoning Ordinance</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/16/housing/letter-against-the-senior-housing-zoning-ordinance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/16/housing/letter-against-the-senior-housing-zoning-ordinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that both the premise for the Ordinance and the approach that it takes are wrong.]]></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>Comment Period on Amendment to MPO Public Participation Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/comment-period-on-amendment-to-mpo-public-participation-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/comment-period-on-amendment-to-mpo-public-participation-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 8, 2010 9:00 am to February 25, 2010 5:00 pm. ] Comment Period on Amendment to MPO Public Participation Plan

Starts: Mon. Feb. 8
Ends: Thurs. Mar. 25

Amendment (PDF) 

This is the beginning of the 45-day comment period on the MPO Public Participation Plan to shorten or waive the public comment period on certification documents.

Ordinarily, amendments have a 30-day public comment period. The change is to allow the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition to Oppose the Senior Housing Zoning Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/07/housing/petition-to-oppose-the-senior-housing-zoning-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/07/housing/petition-to-oppose-the-senior-housing-zoning-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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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>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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		<title>Housing and Community Development Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/24/events/housing-and-community-development-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/24/events/housing-and-community-development-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 25, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Housing and Community Development Committee Meeting

Mon. Jan. 25 7:00 PM

2nd Floor Comm. Room
Somerville City Hall
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF) 

This is a special meeting of the Somerville Housing and Community Development Committee. The agenda includes discussing the committee's position on the Alewife / Rt. 16 Green Line T-Stop. The Committee will also provide an [...]]]></description>
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