Happy Fall!

November, 2018 is time for:

Annual Election:

Offices for which we invite anyone to stand are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer. In our recent past we have elected one person in the role of Secretary/Treasurer.

If you are interested, please come and bring someone to nominate you, or let me know.

Wrap Up of 2018 & Plan for 2019:

Please also come with your ideas about PSNA, comments on the topics we have addressed this past year, ideas about what we should address next year.

 PSNA Meeting on TREES!

 Thursday, Oct 18, 7-9 pm

 Lesley University Hall

 1815 Mass Ave, Rm 2-078

Porter Square has been identified as one of the city’s heat islands.  Mass Ave—a main thoroughfare for cars, buses, bikes, and pedestrians—is an increasingly hot corridor.  Street trees help reduce that heat! Many of us share the vision of a shady Mass Ave and are interested in doing what we can to improve our tree canopy and our planet.

At our September 20th meeting Owen O'Riordian, Commissioner, DPW and Melissa Miguel, DPW, Senior Engineer working with MBTA and Somerville (on the project described below) will join us to talk about the issues, condition and maintenance of the plazas near the Porter Square T stop and the city sidewalks in the area.

Many of you will remember that we just did a "Clean Up Porter Square and Mass Ave" covering some of this area, and we can briefly update you on that.

https://www.evite.com/event/0238G6QAAUF5WUBUYEPIWBFMFQIEOU/activity?gid=...

Saturday, Sept 8th , 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, we will be joined by upwards of 30 new Harvard student volunteers (and possibly from Lesley too) to clean up the Square and Mass Ave from St. James Church at Beech Street to Starbucks at Shepard St.

There will be an informational meeting about the Saint James Place construction project on Monday, September 17, 2018, at 6:30 pm.  The meeting will be held in the Saint James Church sanctuary. Tony Papantonis of Nauset Construction will be there to review the Construction Management plan, and to answer any questions that may come up regarding the construction.  Below is the contact information for the project:  

Vacant Storefronts in the Porter Square Area

Thursday, July 19th 7-9 pm

Lesley University Hall, 1815 Mass Ave, Room 4-100

Presenters/Speakers: