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Porter Square Visioning 5 4 09
1. A Vision for Porter Square
q
Somerville Avenue, Beacon Street, and
Elm Street at Wilson Square
Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning
Mayor s
and Community Development
May 4, 2009
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2. Why Visioning?
• Porter Sq./ Somerville Ave./Beacon St are
Sq / Ave /Beacon St.
important commercial corridors
• Transit Oriented Development
• Potential for redevelopment
4. Historical Context
• ‘Beyond the Neck’
Beyond Neck
• Transportation Corridor
•CConnected N
t d New TTown with Ch l t
ith Charlestown
and Boston
• Milk Row
5. Study Area
• Porter Square
• Somerville Ave
Ave.
• Beacon St.
• White Street
• Wilson Square
12. Recent Changes and Challenges
• Lesley Overlay District rezoning proposal
• Somerville Ave. reconstruction project
• T ffi and Parking issues i k
Traffic d P ki i in key
intersections (mainly Beacon St.)
• 369 Beacon St. site
14. Regional Business
• Shaw’s at Porter Sq.
Shaw s
• Lesley University
• Local business
• Strip Mall (Starbucks,
(Starbucks
Dunkin Donuts,
Laundry)
au d y)
• Car Wash
15. Strengths
• Great access to public transportation
• Somerville Avenue improvements
• Commercial corridor
C il id
• Education institutions (Access to Harvard
and Lesley University)
• What else?
16. Impediments to Development
• MBTA rails parallel to Somerville Ave
divide the community
• No key anchors in Somerville
• Shallow parcels limit development
• Little off-street parking on Somerville Ave
• Traffic issues and concerns in keyy
intersections
• What else?
17. Opportunities
• Lesley / Porter overlay district – campus
extension
• Somerville Ave reconstruction project
• Beacon Street reconstruction project
• TOD development opportunities
• Proposed developments on key sites
p p y
• What else?
18. Next steps
• Next Meeting: Monday May 11
Monday,
– Visual Survey
• Monday May 19
Monday,
– Drafting A Vision
• Tuesday, May 26
– Final Review
19. Special Thanks to
• Mayor Joe Curtatone
• Alderman Maryann Heuston
• Alderman S
Ald Sean O’D
O’Donovan
• Madeline Masters, Director of Planning
• Chris Diiorio, Planning Dept.
• David Guzman Economic Development
Guzman,
Dept.
20. Contact Information
City of Somerville
Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community
Development
Economic D
E i Development Di i i
l t Division
Rob May
Director of Economic Development
617-625-6600
617 625 6600 x2524
rmay@somervillema.gov