Assembly Square Neighborhood Plan Update

This process has concluded and the edits from the public draft have been incorporated. The document has been forwarded to the Planning Board for the adoption of the plan.

The overview presentation made to the Planning Board at the May 15, 2025 regular meeting can be found here. The Board has reviewed the draft, asked questions and requested clarifications, so the document has been updated.

You can download the latest version (dated July 17, 2025) here.

A huge thank you to all who contributed to this process!

You can view the previous draft here and the original public draft here, the presentation from the October 13 meeting by following this link, and read the Boston Globe article on this initiative by following this link.

The Assembly Square neighborhood planning process will be unique. Where in other areas the challenge faced by Planning Staff has been to preserve and enhance the most desirable characteristics and potential of an existing neighborhood, here we will focus on realizing Assembly's full promise as a Transformational Area. This neighborhood also requires that we assess and develop an infrastructure framework suited for the needs and pressures of what is becoming one of Somerville’s major new Regional Centers, an effort that will rest heavily on assessing the status of current infrastructure to ensure it provides support for expected new growth. Visit Assembly's SomervilleByDesign Page to learn more about the planning history of this area.

We have completed our virtual meeting series that lasted from November 30th through December 4th, thank you to all who attended! If you missed it, you can catch up by viewing the videos below and these presentation slides. You can also still provide feedback through the surveys at the bottom of this page or by emailing our staff listed on the right side.

Work-in-progress presentations from the meetings:

• Introduction & Vision
• Mobility
  
• Infrastructure
• Economics & Closing

Informational videos created prior to the meetings:

• Process Introduction
• What is a Neighborhood?
  
• Example Scenarios
• Mobility Analysis & Vehicles Study

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