Consultant hired & work begins

Hello all,

Since our last post, City staff guided the SPAP Advisory Committee through the process of selecting an applicant from the pool of qualified firms who responded to our "Request for Proposals." They had multiple internal discussions of their impressions and concerns, interviewed candidates, and voted on a final selection. After much deliberation, they selected Offshoots, Inc.! The team at Offshoots is now developing a project schedule, gathering data, research, and getting reading to dig into the "analysis" portion of the project. They'll be looking at data collected by community members over the past few years to understand pollinator populations/species in this area and will work to identify existing and potential pollinator habitat across Somerville.

We are excited to have them on board and look forward to seeing their work over the next few months.

Our next committee meeting will be January 8th from 4-5:30pm. We'll post more information on this page when it is available.

Stay tuned and thanks for following along!