Pictures from
Somersday Spring
Cleanup
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The Friends of the Community Path are a group of citizens who have adopted an exciting and important mission: to extend the well-loved Minuteman Bikeway/Linear Park 2.5 miles from its current ending at Cedar Street in Somerville to the Charles River Path. This Minuteman Bikeway extension is fully compatible with the proposed MBTA Green Line and Urban Ring projects.
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The proposed route follows the edge of the Lowell line railroad tracks, at street level (the trains run down below, in a cut). The Community Path will link the Minuteman Bikeway/Linear Park (the most-used rail trail in the USA), via Lechmere, to the Charles River Paths! Does
this sound good? We hope so. Paths like this will happen only with
community support, so we need you! more... Click here for important information about the Maxpak project and how it affects the Somerville Community Path.
Click here for SomervilleBikes.org, with listings for bike rides and other issues.
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The Friends of the Community Path wish to thank the O2 Yoga Studio in Somerville for their generous donation of $311.00 from their February 24 class and potluck. We especially thank O2 Yoga's Janet Thompson for donating her teaching proceeds, Mara Pike for her organizing efforts, and owner Mimi Loreriero for her endorsement of the yoga studio's community involvement.
Other supporters of the path include:
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Transportation (ANT) Arlington Department of Planning and Community Development Bedford Bicycle Advisory Committee Belmont Bikeway Planning Committee Belmont Friends of the Path Bikes Belong (industry group) Bikes Not Bombs Boston Transportation Department Broadway Bicycle School Cambridge Bicycle Committee Capuano, Michael E. (US Congressman 8th District) Charles River Conservancy Ciclismo Classico Tours Cycle Loft Friends of the Community Growing Center Groundwork Somerville Inline Club of Boston Jehlen, Patricia (State Senator) Kelly Gay, Dorothy (former Somerville Mayor) Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee Medford Office of Community Development Miller Systems, Inc Montague Bicycles Mystic River Watershed Association |
O2 Yoga
Studio Park Sales and Service Provost, Denise (Somerville Alderman-at-Large and State Representative) Rails to Trails Conservancy Redbones BBQ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Roche, William M. (Somerville Alderman Ward 1) Rubel BikeMaps Seven Cycles Seven Generations Video Somerville Bicycle Committee Somerville Charter School Somerville Community Access Television Somerville Conservation Commission Somerville Historic Preservation Commission Somerville Office of Housing and Community Development Somerville Public Health Nutrition Taskforce Somerville Road Runners Spaulding & Sly Colliers International Toomey, Timothy J., JR (State Representative 29th Middlesex District) Vanu Inc. Visiting Nurse Assisted Living Community Walk Boston Wheelworks (Somerville and Belmont) Wild Women Outfitters Zipcar |
In addition, we coordinate our efforts with MassHighway, MAPC, the Big Dig and the MDC/DCR on path connections.
Do you own
property or live within one block of the proposed path? We want to hear
from you!
The Community Path is a neighborhood effort. We want your input to
design a proposal that meets the needs of everyone living nearby. Your
concerns, ideas, and participation will help to make the best possible
path.
Please call Joel at (617) 776-7769, or send email to friendspath@yahoo.com