Notes from the March 10 Gilman Square Implementation Update Meeting

Thank you to the approximately 70 people who joined us for the City’s virtual community meeting on March 10. We would like to thank Councilors Clingan, Ewen-Campen, McLaughlin, Niedergang, and Strezo for attending.

This was the first of two meetings that the City will hold as part of the Gilman Square Implementation Update: Zoning Feasibility & Massing Study. The City’s consultant for this project, NBBJ, presented on the work they’ve been doing to explore different designs to achieve the goals of past planning work done in Gilman Square while accounting for zoning requirements and recent changes in nearby projects including the Gilman Square Station design, the Central Hill Campus Plan, and the redesign of Medford Street.

You can watch the video recording of the meeting here and view the slides here.

We will be posting a survey to gather additional feedback soon. If you registered for the meeting or have signed up for through SomerVoice updates on this project you will receive an email notifying you when the survey is available.

This feedback will be valuable as we work through refining the designs presented at the March 10th meeting and developing massing diagrams of the preferred options.