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- 1. Urban Leadership in the 21stCentury The Example of Somerville Mayor Joseph A Curtatone A presentation to students of the Harvard Kennedy School September 17, 2010
- 2. Welcome to Somerville – A 21st century vision for how quality of life and commerce unite to form a more vibrant community.
- 6. 40% Population aged 20-34
- 7. 2nd only to NYC Artists Per Capita
- 12. “Somerville is outperforming its much bigger and wealthier neighbors. What can the Bostons and Wellesleys of the world learn from this little burg that could?”
- 13. If it were only this easy…
- 14. Do you remember what the folks at the DNC told me 2 years ago? About how to take the State House?
- 15. Build something downtown and stick your name on it. Get the crime to go down. Stay away from schools
- 16. And keep my boyish good looks.
- 17. Three out of four ain’t bad
- 18. But running a city is about much more
- 20. “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” – Harvey Mackey
- 22. A Modern Approach to Zoning
- 23. Transit, Connected Like Never Before
- 25. Future Access
- 26. Making Health a Priority
- 27. 18% Drop in Crime This Year
- 29. Open Space for Everyone Foss Park at Sunset
- 30. Environment: Getting Cleaner and Greener
- 31. Connected for the Future
- 34. Credits 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fakeisthenewreal/1807855444/sizes/o/in/photostream/ 3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliemelton/79176160/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 6 http://www.flickr.com/photos/presta/2420381426/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/125507033/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 8 http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbruno/2547256200/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 9 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gauri_lama/2663421966/sizes/o/in/photostream/ 27 http://www.flickr.com/photos/backseatpilot/3358428034/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 29 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theophile/363894425/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rda/2686272456/sizes/z/in/photostream/ 33 http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223839049/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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- Title – Urban Leadership in the 21st Century: The Example of Somerville
- Welcome
- Population: 77,500
- 32,577 Housing Units
- In only 4.1 Square Miles – Densest in New England
- Young:40% of population aged 20-34
- Creative:2nd only to NYC for artists/capita
- Smart40% college-educated adults
- Diverse52 languages spoken
- “we’ve been called an...”All American City
- Fit City
- And the State’s Best Run CityAll with one of the lowest per-capita spending rates
- This is to set up the Tommy Carchetti quote. He is the fictional mayor of Baltimore in “the Wire.”
- You could read the quotes, or just flip through them
- Running a city is about much more…Maybe this would be true if all I cared about were Beacon Hill, but I care about Somerville
- The constellation of policy considerationsThis is about more than the tools we use – You’ll be hearing about those later
- Planning…
- City-wide Comprehensive Plan “SomerVision”Inner Belt/Brickbottom Area PlanDavis Square VisioningPowder House/Teele Square Visioning
- City-wide Rezoning out of Comprehensive PlanPermit Streamlining Union SquareBroadway Industrial A/Industrial ParkHistoric Bed & Breakfast Historic Carriage Houses
- Orange Line Station at Assembly SquareGreen Line Extension Green Line Maintenance Facility MIT Study
- Current transit access
- 85% of Somerville within ½ mile of transit
- Shape Up Somerville Approved RestaurantsWorking with First Lady Michelle Obama to shape her Let’s Move Campaign
- 18% drop in crimeChief PasquarelloExpanded community policing (moving beyond Ward-based NPOs)
- New schools and grounds A curriculum focused on preparing students for the jobs of tomorrow An award-winning school lunch programSomerPromise
- Community Path Extension DCR FacilitiesBoathouseFoss ParkConway Rink Neighborhood Parks
- Green Communities InitiativeEnergy Stretch CodeUS DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block GrantHUD Healthy HomesSingle Stream Recycling PilotMassDevelopment Renewable Energy Trust
- Google Ultra-High Speed Internet PilotNew MUNIS system integrating information from different city departments. Scanning of Zoning and ISD RecordsNew 311 Mobile AppCTY Alerts for Residents and BusinessesWeb 2.0 (Facebook, Blogger, YouTube, etc)
- Recap
- Questions, anyone?