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Scouting the best of Somerville, MATRANSCRIPT
S O M E RV I L L E
scoutFALL 2009
Buildinga Business-Friendly
City
Scouting the best of Somerville
Do-Gooders,Bring It
Audrey ryan:the Need
to Be Heardpage 21
page 16
page 26
Letter from the Editor 4
Calendar 7–11
Somerville Local First: Why Buy Local 12
Health & Wellness 13–15
Do-Gooders, Bring It! 16–19
Scout This (chance to win $50) 20
Building a Business-Friendly City 21–25
Sounds of Somerville:Audrey Ryan 26–27
EntertainmentSchedules 28–29
So...What Else is New? 30–32
The Wine Report 33
Business Directory 34–35
Contents
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Cover PhotoVincent Bono and Will Locandro,
founders of 2N+1(35 McGrath Highway).
story page 21
Photo by G Telci
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top: Heather Kispert Hagerty
and Tom Hagerty, volunteers
with Somerville Road Runners
(photo by Shannon
Vanderhooft)
middle: Unloading a truck at
Triumvirate Environmental
(photo by G Telci)
bottom: musician Audrey Ryan
(photo courtesy Audrey Ryan)
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PublisherHolli Banks – [email protected]
Business ManagerJon Van Kuiken – [email protected]
EditorIlan Mochari – [email protected]
Contributing WritersIlan Mochari Deborah FraizeJourdan AbelJoe Grafton, Somerville Local FirstDaniel Parsons, Downtown Wine and Spirits
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scout What a difference three months makes. We produced this issue (our third) from our new offi ce at 235E Highland Avenue in the Spring Hill part of town. We’re just about halfway between the O2 Yoga Studio and Arts at the Armory. We’re across the street from Somerville Hospital and three doors down from Supreme Kitchen, a breakfast and lunch restaurant whose food and vibe we wholeheartedly endorse. In short, we’re in the neighborhood – and we’re thrilled. We have a new business manager too. Jon Van Kuiken has joined our team and already tackled a sweeping range of tasks: streamlining our offi ce move, coordinating our photogra-phers and, of course, keeping our books in order. But wait, there’s more: Both Jon and our publisher, Holli Banks, have embarked upon fi tness regimens, supervised by the experts at The Training Room (691A Somerville Ave). Jon and Holli will journalize their efforts on our revamped web site (just go to somervillescout.com/blog). Our updated site includes archived editions and a daily calendar of Somerville happenings as well. Just email your events to [email protected]. One event you’ll fi nd there is the October 17 CD Release Party for Somerville singer-songwriter Audrey Ryan at the Nave Gallery (155 Powderhouse Blvd). Ryan is the founder of the annual Viva la Vinal festival at the Community Growing Center (22 Vinal Ave). Jourdan Abel profi les Ryan in our Sounds of Somerville section (page 26). Also on our calendar: the weekly four-mile runs of the Somerville Road Runners (SRR), departing every Thursday at 7:15 p.m. from Casey’s Bar (171 Broadway). SRR holds fi ve major races a year and donates the proceeds to local charities. In addition, SRR staffers and volun-teers do plenty of giving on their own. For example, SRR board member Heather Kispert Hagerty has run the Boston Marathon 12 times for Dana Farber. She is just one of the do-gooders Scout writer Deb Fraize interviewed for her article about the Somerville nonprofi t community and its inspired volunteers (page 16). Of course, Somerville is also home to plenty of for-profi t activity. From high-tech startups like 3Play Media, cofounded by four students at MIT Sloan, to established companies like Trium-virate Environmental, which moved here in 1994, the city is no stranger to entrepreneurship. But is Somerville doing all it can to attract and retain high-growth businesses? Our lead story (page 21) explores that question. Speaking of area commerce, we also have a column by Joe Grafton of Somerville Local First, in which Joe reiterates fi ve basic reasons for buying local (page 12). Manny’s Auto Center (463 McGrath Highway) has taken Joe’s principles one step further with a promotional deal: Buy a vehicle at Manny’s before year’s end, and you’ll get a $100 gift certifi cate to spend at Somerville businesses advertising in this issue. Businesses like Manny’s are just one more rea-son we’re thrilled to be in the neighborhood. --Ilan Mochari.
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Arts
October 1Girlyman 7pm. SomervilleTheater, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com
October 1 – October 24somatic Mirror II Thu–Sat, 12noon–5pm. Exhibition explores human recognition and how the viewer extracts and identifies “self” in challenging works of art. Second in a series of exhibitscurated by Peter Marquez. Artists include: Gina Halstead, Arthur Hardigg, Pauline Lim, Alisa Minyukova, and Theodore Stanke. Brickbottom Gallery 1 Fitchburg St. brickbottomartists.com
October 1 – October 31the Art of Mosaic: NewEngland exhibit of contemporary and traditional mosaics Thu 2pm–7pm, Fri 2pm–5pm, Sat 12pm–5pm, Sun 2pm–5pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. mosaicsnewengland.com or somervillemuseum.org.
October 2 – October 4In through the Out Door: Photography & Video of Charles Daniels Fri 6pm–8pm, Sat & Sun 1pm–5pm. Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd. navegallery.org.
October 3the Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Film Series 2pm. Double feature mosaic films on Antonio Gaudi and Emile Norman. Library Main Branch, 79 Highland Ave. mosaicsnewengland.com or somervillemuseum.org.NOtLOB Folk Concerts: Malinky. 7:30pm. Unity Church of God, 6 William St.notlobmusic.googlepages.com
October 3 – October 31Washington st Art Center: Sugar and Spice Sat 2pm–4pm. Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington St.washingtonst.org
October 4Os Mutantes 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 9Mirah 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 12randy Weston African rhythms 7:30pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com
October 14stephen Kellogg and the sixers/Carbon Leaf 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com
October 15Mason Jennings 8pm. Somer-ville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com
October 17Art of Mosaic: Bill Buck-ingham & Michael Welch, Artists in residence 1pm–4pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org ormosaicsnewengland.com.Audrey ryan CD release Party 7:30pm. Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd. navegallery.org.Punch Brothers featuring Chris thile 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 18Duo Maresienne: Musick’s Recreation 3pm. SomervilleMuseum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org.
October 21MUM 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square. somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 23 – November 22GeoMorphics: Changing art for a changing landscape Fri 6pm–8pm, Sat & Sun 1pm–5pm. Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd. navegallery.org.
October 23Keb’ Mo’ 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com
October 25the Vic Chesnutt Project 8pm. The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 27Blackmore’s Night 8pm. The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 28the Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Film Series 6:30pm. Double feature mosaic films on Antonio Gaudi and Emile Nor-man. Library Main Branch, 79 Highland Ave. mosaicsnewengland.com or somervillemuseum.org.
October 29 – October 31the Big Broadcast of Oc-tober 30, 1938 Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm & 8pm. Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
October 31Anti-Morris and Pumpkin Carols. 4:30pm. Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave. thegrowingcenter.org.
November 1An Evening with Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop from travis 7pm. Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave. artsatthearmory.org.
November 5 – November 21Open studios Directory Exhibition Thu–Sat 12noon–5pm. Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitch-burg St. brickbottomartists.com.
November 5 – December 6Encore Exhibition: Mosaic Voices Thu 2pm–7pm, Fri 2pm–5pm, Sat 12pm–5pm, Sun 2pm–5pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. mosaicsnewengland.com or somervillemuseum.org.
The Art of Mosaic at the Somerville Museum October 1 – 24.
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November 6NOtLOB Folk Concerts: Lissa Schneckenburger Band w/ Ari and Mia Fried-man 7:30pm. Unity Church of God, 6 William St. notlobmusic.googlepages.com.Warsaw Village Band 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
November 11 & November 12Warren Miller’s Dynasty Thu 7pm, Fri 7pm & 10pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
November 13Kailash Kher’s Kailasa 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com.
November 14richard shindell & Antje Duvekot 8pm. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq.somervilletheatreonline.com.
November 29Hendrik Broekman, harpsichord & Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute 3pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org.
December 3 – December 13the December salon: An Affordable Art Sale Thu-Sun. Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd. navegallery.org.
December 4NOtLOB Folk Concerts: Jeremy Kittel Band 7:30pm. Unity Church of God, 6 William St. notlobmusic.googlepages.com.
December 5Childsplay 8pm. The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq. somervilletheatreonline.com
December 6 – January 16Holy Thu–Sat 12pm–5pm. Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg St. brickbottomartists.com.
December 10All City Elementary Winter Concert 7pm. Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave.
December 17somerville High school Winter Concert 7pm. Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave.
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tuesdaysstorytime 11am. Library West Branch 40 College Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.reading Group 1pm. Homelearners between the ages of 6 and 8 are invited to participate in a reading group at Somerville Central Library. Free. To register or for fur-ther information, please call Tammy McKanan at 617-591-0216. Central Library, 79 Highland Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
Wednesdaysstorytime 11am. Library East Branch, 115 Broadway. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
thursdaysstorytime for 3 to 5 year olds 10:30am. Library Main Branch 79 Highland Ave.somervillepubliclibrary.org.Babygarten 11am. Educational program for caregivers and babies birth to 18 months. To register, or more information, please call the West Branch. Library West Branch, 40 College Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
Fridaysstorytime for 2-year-olds 10:30am. Library Central Branch, 79 Highland Ave.somervillepubliclibrary.org.
sPOrts AND rECrEAtION
Wednesdaytango society of Boston: Tango Break 7pm–12am. Dance Union, 16 Bow St.bostontango.org.salsa Boston at Sagra 9pm. Sagra, 400 Highland Ave. salsaboston.com/sagra.
thursdayssomerville road runners 4.13 Miler 7:15pm. Casey’s Bar, 171 Broadway. srr.org.
October 2tango society of Boston: Vive La Milon-ga at Dance Union 9pm–1am. Dance Union, 16 Bow Street, 2nd fl oor. bostontango.org
October 314th Annual somerville Homeless Coalition 5K road race 9am. Davis Square. http://bit.ly/PXu5G
October 16tango society of Boston: Tango Bar Milonga 8pm-1am. Dance Union, 16 Bow St. bostontango.org.
October 17 & 18tango society of Boston: Weekend Workshops w/ Master Argentine Teacher Ernesto Balmaceda & Stella Baez 12pm–4pm. Dance Union, 16 Bow St. bostontango.org
October 172009 tour de somerville: City of Seven (or More) Hills 10am. Rain date: Sun, Oct 18. Seven Hills Park in Davis Square. somervillebikes.org/events.html
October 17tango society of Boston: La Milonga 9pm–1am. La Milonga is the Tango Society of Boston’s “dress-up” Tango Dance party. Dance Union, 16 Bow St. bostontango.org
November 6tango society of Boston: Vive LaMilonga at Dance Union 9pm–1am. Dance Union, 16 Bow Street, 2nd fl oor. bostontango.org.
November 21 & 22tango society of Boston: Weekend Workshops with Master Argentine Teacher Pablo & Noelle 12pm–4pm. Dance Union, 16 Bow St. bostontango.org
November 21tango society of Boston: Vive La Milonga at Dance Union 9pm–1am. Dance Union, 16 Bow Street, 2nd fl oor. bostontango.org. November 26Gobble Gobble Gobble run Somerville Road Runners and City of Somerville host annual Thanksgiving Day 4 miler to begin in Davis Square at 9am. srr.org
December 13Jingle Bell run 11am. Davis Square. baevents.com/jinglebell.
beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music • beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music
On October 3 from 1pm – 8pm, Somerville Local First, Downtown Wine & Spirits, and Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave) will hold the fi rst annual Harvest Fest, a celebration of local business, food, libations, music, and art. This event is designed to educate and engage the community about the benefi ts of supporting local, independent businesses and artists. Participants include: City Slicker Cafe, Eat @ Jumbo’s, Highland Kitchen, Redbones, and Teele Square Cafe. The fashion show fea-tures styles from Artifaktori, Black & Blues, Poor Little Rich Girl and Suneri. Tables offering handmade Somerville arts and crafts include Blue Cloud Gallery and Magpie. There will be music and art by the Zebbler/Encanti Experience, One Fine Morning and more. A limited number of tickets are available online at tr.im/harvest_fest_tix and at special tastings by Downtown Wine & Spirits. The event is open to the public and free to attend. If attendees wish to sample the food and drink, they will pay a $12 wristband fee. Security volunteers will ID and monitor all alcohol consumption.
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Warsaw Village Band at the Somerville Theatre November 6.
beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music • beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music
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There will be music and art by the Zebbler/Encanti Experience, One Fine Morning and more. A limited number of tickets are available online at tr.im/harvest_fest_tix and at special tastings by Downtown Wine & Spirits. The event is
beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music • beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music
beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music • beer tasting • food samplings • fashion show • arts & crafts • live music
H a r v e s t F e s t O c t 3 , 2 0 0 9 H a r v e s t F e s t O c t 3 , 2 0 0 9H a r v e s t F e s t O c t 3 , 2 0 0 9 H a r v e s t F e s t O c t 3 , 2 0 0 9Oct 3, 1pm–8pm. Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave. Oct 3, 1pm–8pm. Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave.
rEGULArLy sCHEDULED sOMErVILLE CIty MEEtINGs
Affordable Housing trust Fund1st Thurs each month 6:30pm – 8:30pm.
City Hall, 3rd fl oor conference room.
Bicycle Committee Meeting3rd Tues each month 7pm – 9pm.
City Hall, basement conference room.
Board of Alderman regular Meeting2nd & 4th Thurs each month 7pm – 8pm. City Hall. (If meeting falls on holiday, it is conducted prior Tues.)
Board of Health Monthly Meeting3rd Thurs each month 5pm – 7pm. City Hall Annex.
Commission for Persons with Disabilities2nd Mon each month 6pm – 7pm. Hagan Manor.
Design review Committee4th Thurs each month 6:30pm.
City Hall, 3rd fl oor conference room.
Dog Owner’s task Force2nd Thurs each month 6:30pm – 7:30pm.
City Hall, 3rd fl oor conference room.
Fair Housing Commission2nd Wed each month 12pm – 2pm. City Hall Annex.
Human rights Commission3rd Thurs each month 6:30pm. TAB.
Mayor’s taskforce on suicide Prevention & Mental Health
2nd Tues each month 8:30am – 9:30am.City Hall Annex.
Planning Board Meeting1st & 3rd Thurs each month 6pm.City Hall, Aldermanic Chamber.
rec & youth Commission 4th Mon each month 7pm. TAB.
retirement Board3rd Thurs each month 8:30am. City Hall Annex.
shape Up somerville3rd Wed each month 2:30pm – 4pm. City Hall Annex.
somerville Commission for Women3rd Wed each month 7pm. City Hall Annex.
Traffi c Commission3rd Thurs each month 6pm. Traffi c & Parking.
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting1st & 3rd Wed each month 6pm – 8pm.
City Hall, Aldermanic Chamber.
City Hall: 93 Highland Ave.City Hall Annex: 50 Evergreen Ave.Hagan Manor: 268 Washington St.
TAB (Tufts Administration Building): 167 Holland St. Traffi c & Parking: 133 Holland St.
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EVENts
WednesdaysDavis square Farmers’ Market 12pm-6pm. Through November 24. Davis Square, Day St and Herbert St.
saturdaysUnion square Farmer’s Market 9am-11pm. Through October 31. Union Square.http://bit.ly/rjKZ8
October 3Open Garden 9am–12pm. 22 Vinal Ave. thegrowingcenter.org.somerville Local First First annual Harvest Fest 1pm–8pm. Celebration of local business, food, libations, music & art. The event is open to the public and free to attend. If attendees wish to sample the food and drink, they will pay a $12 wristband fee. Security volunteers will ID and monitor all alcohol con-sumption. Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave.
October 3 cont.Growing Center Harvest Festival 1pm–4pm. Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave. thegrowingcenter.orgsomerville Home MasqueradeFundraiser Dinner Dance 7pm–12am. George Dilboy Post 529, 371 Summer St. somervillehome.org
October 4somerville Oktoberfest 12pm–6pm. Chester Street, in front of Redbones, will be open for an afternoon of outdoor celebration. Chester St. redbones.com/newsevents.html.
October 6Cultural Cafe: Fasika. Sponsored by Hostelling International. Time TBD. Fasika, 147 Broadway.
October 9 – October 11Honk Fest Fri 3pm-6pm; Sat 12pm-9pm; Sun 12noon-12am. Davis Square. honkfest.org.
October 15Nave Gallery 5th Anniversary Party 7pm–10pm. Music, silent auction, incredible raffl e, food & cash bar. Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd. navegallery.org.
October 16respond, Inc. (serving Somerville) 35th Anniversary Celebration: Under a Tuscan Moon Gala 6pm. To purchase tickets or for more information visit respondinc.org/tuscanmoongala.html or call Daniele Levine, 617-625-5996, ext. 254. Seaport Hotel, 1 Sea-port Lane, Boston, MA.
October 23 – October 25somerville Public Library Book sale Fri 2pm-4pm; Sat 10am–4pm; Sun 1:30–3:30. Library Central Branch, 79 Highland Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
October 31Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Supplies Vendor Show 12pm–4pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org ormosaicsnewengland.com.Wheel of the year Festival: Samhain 2pm–4pm. Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave. thegrowingcenter.org.
November 12East somerville Main streets’ Fall Fundraiser: Jimmy Tingle & A Taste of Broadway 7pm. Musical entertainment by BeatleTracks, featuring East Somerville’s own Dr. Haberstroh of Boston Spine Clinics. Tick-ets: $30. Somerville City Club, 20 Innerbelt Rd. tastebroadway.org.
November 13sCC 40th Anniversary Celebration Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave. somervillecdc.org.
November 142009 somerville News WritersFestival - Book Fair. 11am–4:30pm. Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave. somervillenewswritersfestival.com.
CLAssEs AND WOrKsHOPs
OngoingsCAt Orientation session 10/5, 10/28, 11/16, 12/7, 12/21 7pm; 10/17, 11/21, 12/19 12pm. Learn about SCAT and public access television at a free orientation open to the public. 90 Union Square. access-scat.org.
MondaysLearn English at the Library Session 1 6pm–7pm. East Branch, 115 Broadway. somervillepubliclibrary.org.Learn English at the Library Session 2 7:15pm–8:15pm. East Branch, 115 Broadway. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
tuesdaysLearn English at the Library 6:00pm–7:15pm. Library Main Branch, 79 Highland Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
tuesdays & thursdaysNervous system: Computational De-sign Nights 6pm–9pm. Light refreshments available. sprout, 339R Summer St. thesprouts.org.
thursdaysLearn English at the Library Session 1 6pm–7pm. Library West Branch, 40 College Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.Learn English at the Library Session 2 7:15pm–8:15pm. Library West Branch, 40 Col-lege Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
October 3–October 4the Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Master Class 2pm. Classic Mosaic Design - The Roman Tra-dition. Registration Required. Somerville Muse-um, 1 Westwood Rd. MosaicsNewEngland.com or somervillemuseum.org.
October 8the Art of Mosaic: Lecture on Antioch Mosaics 7pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. MosaicsNewEngland.com or somervillemuseum.org for information.
October 10Art of Mosaic: Artist Presentation Architec-tural Installations 2pm. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org or mosaicsnewengland.com
October 17the Ghosts of somerville 4pm. Produced by the Somerville Historic Preservation Commision. Delightful play features characters interred in Milk Row Cemetery. Dress warmly & in costume, if you like. Hot cider & goodies for all! October 18th raindate. Milk Row Cemetery, 400 Somerville Ave.
October 24Art of Mosaic: Artist Presentation 2pm. Richard Youngstrom: New uses for old ceram-ics. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. MosaicsNewEngland.com or somervillemuseum.org.
November 7 – November 8Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Master Class Lynne Chinn (Plano, Texas), Instructor. Elements of Design for Mosaic. Registration required. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org or mosaicsnewengland.com.
November 14 – November 15Art of Mosaic: Mosaic Master Class. Listening to the Rocks. Registration Required. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd. somervillemuseum.org or mosaicsnewengland.com.
CLUBs & MEEtINGs
MondaysNeedlework Group 6:30pm–8:30pm. Library West Branch, 40 College Ave. somervillepubliclibrary.org.
1st Wednesdaysomerville Garden Club Guest Lecture and Meeting 7pm–9pm. Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland St. somervillegardenclub.org.
1st & 3rd saturdaysomerville Laughter Club 11am–12pm. 6 William St. somervillelaughterclub.com.
3rd Mondaysomerville transportation Equity Partnership (STEP) 7pm. VNA Assisted Living, 259 Lowell St. somervillestep.org.
Honk Fest in Davis Square Oct 9 – 10: Street musicians inspired by New Orleans second line brass bands, European Klezmer, Balkan and Romani music, Brazilian Afro Bloc and Frevo traditions descend upon Davis Square for a weekend of heart-felt, often political, performances and reclamations of public space. (photo by Jesse Edsell-Vetter)
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Why Buy Local?By Joe Grafton,Executive Founding Director,Somerville Local First
In the next two editions of Somerville Scout, we’re going back to basics. You may hear about a variety of topics from Somerville Local First, but it never hurts to reiterate our essential case for buying local. So here are fi ve reasons to buy local – and we’ll have fi ve more in the next Scout.
1. Protect Local Character and ProsperitySomerville is unlike any city in the world. Buying from local independents, you help maintain our commercial diversity and dis-tinctive fl avor. What would Davis Square be without Poor Little Rich Girl or Diesel Café? It would be a lot less interesting.
2. Community Well-BeingLocal Independents fortify neighborhoods by linking neighbors and contributing to lo-cal causes. Entrepreneurs like Rob Gregory (Redbones) exemplify this, donating time, money and resources to build a stronger Somerville.
3. Local Decision MakingLocal ownership means that business de-cisions with community ramifi cations are made by people who live or work in the community – and who will feel the impacts of those decisions. Also, if you have an is-sue or concern, you can usually talk about it with the owner of the business, instead of a deputy who works for a large national entity. In other words: It’s not that tough to fi nd Dave from Dave’s Fresh Pasta, if you need him.
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By Dr. Cristina M. Grossi, Union Square Chiropractic
You suffer from low back pain (LBP) and you’d like to seek a doctor’s care, but you’re not sure where to go. Consider this: A recent study compared the effectiveness of chiropractic care vs. medical manage-ment for LBP and found that chiropractic care had a higher rate of success in treating LBP than did traditional medical care. Researchers examined 2,870 adult patients with acute or chronic LBP from the practices of 51 chiropractic clinics and 14 general prac-tice community clinics. At baseline and at various intervals over the next four years, patients rated the intensity of their current pain levels on a pain scale of 0-100 and completed a questionnaire designed to measure the effects of their pain on functional disability. Results: The greatest degree of improvement was seen within three months of the initial treatment of back pain, with a “modest advantage” seen for chiropractic care over medical care of chronic pain patients in the fi rst 12 months. At the one- and three-month in-tervals, “clinical importance” was achieved with chiropractic care ad-ministered to chronic LBP patients. Comparing chiropractic vs. medi-cal care, the average difference in pain scores was 12.2 points at one month and 10.5 points at three months, favoring chiropractic care. Still undecided? Chiropractic isn’t just for back pain anymore. Regular chiropractic care has been shown to, among other things, re-lieve chronic headache and arthritis pain as well as relieve stress and promote general health.
4. Keeping Dollars in the Local EconomyDollars spent with local independents have two-to-three times the impact on your community as dollars spent at national chains. When shopping locally, you help cre-ate and sustain jobs, fund more city services through the sales tax, invest in neighbor-hood improvement, and promote communi-ty development. You are the active member of a truly participatory local economy.
5. Jobs and WagesLocal independents create local jobs and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefi ts. Moreover, if demand rises at a local independent, that independent can hire at a faster pace than a chain can. That’s because it simply takes less time to enact a hiring decision. At a local independent, new em-ployees can begin tomorrow, without the need for human resources decisions to pass through red tape or a chain of command.
Next time, we’ll cover another fi ve reasons to buy local. Meanwhile, we hope to see you at Harvest Fest on Saturday, October 3 from 1pm to 8pm at Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Avenue). This event is a great way to support the work of Somerville Lo-cal First and check out the amazing space that is Arts at the Armory. And of course, you’ll enjoy an incredible mix of local culi-nary delights. For more info, check out art-satthearmory.org.
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At the Somerville Theatre (55 Davis Square), you can buy a small soda and a small pop-corn for $5. Throw in an adult ticket for a non-matinee ($7-8) and you’ve got a great seat at the movies for $12-13 -- just about what it costs to see a non-matinee at Loews Boston Common ($10.75) -- with no icy re-freshments.
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1. Cut soda. The calories, the corn syrup, the chemicals, the expense. Who needs it? Replace it with tap water which is healthy and calorie free.2. More fruits and veggies, please! Whole fruits and raw veggies make great snacks. Aim for at least fi ve servings every day.3. Get active. You don’t need to join a gym to be active. Commute actively to work and school; use city parks; row on the river; dance with friends; stretch and bend in the garden; bike the Community Path.4. Maintain a healthy weight. Most adults need between 1,600-2,200 calories per day. Try keeping a faithful log for one week. You can do this a few times a year to evaluate your food and physical activity. Free sites like: thedailyplate.com will help you track and analyze your habits. Give it a go!5. Walk every day. How many steps a day should we be walking? About 10,000. Most Americans get in half that number. How can you bump up your steps? Walk your errands at lunch; walk to work; walk your kids to school; invest in a few tote bags and shop locally on foot.6. Cultivate a fi tness friend. Your healthy habits can rub off on those you love. Share healthy meals and recipes with co-workers. Play tag with your kids. Take a Pilates, yoga, dance, fencing, row-ing, or swimming class with your partner.7. Choose healthy meals at shape Up Approved restaurants. To fi nd healthy meals when you’re dining out, just look for the Shape Up Approved decal in the window.8. shop at the farmers’ market. Pick out beautiful produce and plan a healthy meal. Meet local farmers and discover veggie treasures like golden beets, buttercup squash and sugar pumpkins. We have another glorious month of farmers’ markets with Union Square on Satur-day mornings and Davis Square on Wednesday afternoons.
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Anyone with an understanding of yoga (prana) can harness their internal pow-er for self-defense! Here’s why: There is a deep-rooted con-nection between yoga and martial arts that dates back to 1000 BC, which is known as the Vedic Age. These teachings were brought to India then later to China and eventually became the foundation of Buddhism and Asian martial arts. These ancient techniques were used as a method for self development. The Brahman (priests) and Yogis used it for healing, physical and spiritual develop-ment. The Kshatriya (warrior caste), on the other hand, studied it in conjunction with understanding the body and the Marmas (pressure points), and developed internal power for martial art/self defense. Unfortunately, as traditions are passed through generations they often lose pieces of their origin. Today, very few martial arts actually pass down these (once secret)
Why ancient yogis were powerful Martial Artists
teachings, instead favoring speed, technique and external power. Interestingly, modern day yogis have held strong to tradition that tap into these energy-focusing techniques
-- inadvertently studying the very es-sence of what makes a powerful martial artist. This connec-tion inspired Shobu.org to offer yoga and internal martial arts seminars and weekly classes (Mondays at 6pm) that focus on getting back to the traditional energetic forms of martial arts. These classes require no previous martial art experience and focus on condition-ing internal power to ‘use the mind to
master the body.’ Shobu.org is a Martial Art and Yoga Cen-ter located in Union Square, Somerville. Visi-tors are ALWAYS welcome!
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Feeling a little alienated?Well, Somerville has the cure for you: volunteer.
Volunteers are a vibrant part of Somerville. And the city gives vitality back to its volunteers.
Darlene Matthews, an eight-year volunteer in the Somerville school system, said it well: “What’s
great about Somerville is there are so many people vol-unteering and so many creative minds and people that
have all kinds of talents, and they bring it. They bring it to schools; they bring it to different parts of the city. And it’s
nice because the more things I do like this, the more people I know, and then you walk around the city and it feels more like
a small town.”
DArLENE MAttHEWs
Though Matthews moved to Somerville in 1990, it wasn’t until after her fi rst child was born in 1997 that she got more involved with the city. She started out reading to a kindergarten class. She has gone on to establish a team of literacy tutors in partnership with the Arthur D. Healey
School (5 Meacham Street), Temple B’nai Brith (201 Central Street), and the Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (126 High Street, Boston). Now in its fi fth year, her team works one-on-one with K-2nd graders at the school. Each spring, Matthews also organizes a “book-raiser” night at Porter Square Books in Cam-bridge, where students, parents, and teachers purchase books to benefi t the school library while sharing a love of reading. Matthews is quick to point out that she is just one of many community members vol-unteering in the Somerville Public Schools. Ac-cording to Jen Capuano, Volunteer Coordinator, approximately 175 community members volun-teer through the city-run program. Many oth-ers give their time informally or through other programs.
sALADIN IsLAM
Somerville students return the favor by con-tributing their time and energy to the city. One of the ways they do this is by joining the Green Team, a green jobs program for high school stu-dents run by Groundwork Somerville. This summer, 26 Somerville students par-ticipated in the program, which requires three hours a week of community service. You may
have seen their bike brigade heading off to tend to a community garden or public land-scape project. Or you may have seen them selling their produce at the local farmers’ market. Now in its third year, the Green Team has become a highly competitive program. Saladin “Sal” Islam feels lucky to have participated this year. His “biggest regret is not getting involved sooner,” he says. “After Groundwork, I was extremely motivated to move forward with my life. But before, well, I really, really slacked in high school.” Islam, 18, feels that the team gave him a stronger sense of self and community. He tells the story of a young boy from the Clarendon Hill housing complex who befriended the team while they worked on a sustainable land-scaping project on the grounds. When other kids from the neighborhood later threatened to destroy the team’s work, the boy was there to defend the work; he shared the story with the team when they returned. “He saved our plants!” Islam exclaims. The connection with the boy gave Is-lam hope. He wants to incorporate his newly found passion for sustainable design and the environment into his studies at Bunker Hill Community College this fall.
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Do-Gooders...BRING IT!
Saladin Islam, 18, relished his experience performing community service with the Green Team, a green jobs program for high school students run by Groundwork Somerville.
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Darlene Matthews is founderof a team of literacy tutor
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HEAtHEr KIsPErt HAGErty AND tOM HAGErty
Volunteering can ignite other passions as well. Heather Kispert Hagerty met her future hus-band, Somerville native Tom Hagerty, through the Somerville Road Runners club (SRR). “We are just one of several couples” who met through the club, says Kispert Hagerty. SRR provides a sense of community for running enthusiasts and lots of volunteer opportunities at events and races. The club holds fi ve major races a year and donates the proceeds to local charities. In addition, many club members run marathons to raise funds for their own favorite causes. Kispert Hager-ty has run the Boston Marathon 12 times for Dana Farber. She also serves on the SRR board. She and her husband help organize and staff races and weekly training runs. To organize an average race “takes more than 100 man-hours,” she says. The Gobble Gobble Gobble, the club’s popular Thanksgiving Day four-mile race, attracts 2,400 runners. That means per-mit applications, insurance policies, traffi c and crowd control, public transportation im-pacts and trash cleanup. Club members work closely with the City of Somerville and local sponsors to make it a great community-wide
Where to “Bring It”
Here’s a sampling of ways Somerville residents are contributing to the city –
and what you can do to join them.
• For info on volunteering with the Somerville Public Schools or Darlene Matthews’s literacy team, contact
Jennifer Capuano at [email protected] or 617-625-6600 x 2032; or simply fi ll out an application online at somerville.k12.ma.us following the volunteer links under the “About Us” tab. With 5,000 students in nine schools across the city, volunteers are always in short supply, especially literacy and math tutors. Volunteers are asked to commit to at least one hour per week during the school year.
• For info on the community revital-ization programs run by Ground-work Somerville or applying for a spot on next year’s Green Team, visit groundworksomerville.org or contact at Jennifer Lawrence, executive director, at [email protected] or 617-628-9988.
• For info on Somerville Road Runners events, membership and volunteer opportunities, visit srr.org or email [email protected]. Runners and running fans of all levels are welcome. Inter-ested runners are encouraged to register early for the Gobble Gobble Gobble. It always fi lls up before race day.
• For info on weatherizing homes or participating in the October 24 International Day of Climate Action, contact Vanessa Rule at
[email protected] or look for Somerville Climate Action on Facebook.
event. This year’s proceeds go to Project Soup and Somerville Track PAC.
Somerville resident Vanessa Rule is founder of both GoGreen Somerville and Sustainable Somerville.
VANEssA rULE
But maybe running isn’t your thing. As commu-nity activist Vanessa Rule points out, there is no right issue or activity. “It’s about connecting,” she says. Rule, who moved to Somerville after col-lege in 1991, is continually making connections – among people, organizations and issues – in order to create a more sustainable city. She is Chair at Somerville Climate Action and co-founder of both GoGreen Somerville and Sus-tainable Somerville. Rule tackles big issues like climate change and economic collapse. Surprisingly, Rule describes herself as “pretty shy” at fi rst. She has found her niche as an organizational catalyst, creating and fi nd-ing opportunities for others to come together and take action. Her activities include working with area businesses on their sustainable prac-tices and helping residents reduce their carbon footprints by weatherizing their homes (or someone else’s). Her work is time-consuming, but she fi nds it invigorating. “You think you are alone with this idea or yearning, but you talk to people and you fi nd community.” Rule would be the fi rst to tell you: You don’t need to know the ins and outs of climate change to volunteer in Somerville. You just have to bring it.
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Bob Dempkowski, right, the winner of our summer “Scout This” contest, with son Nat and wife Carol. Bob’s name was randomly drawn from the group of 21 correct answers we received.
Bob knew that the lion’s head depicted in our summer issue’s contest is above the door of the Homans Building at 350 Medford Street. Built in 1925, the Homans Building is a former furniture factory and warehouse located behind city hall, near the proposed Gilman Square stop on the MBTA’s green-line extension. Gilman Square was named after wealthy landowner Charles E. Gilman, who sold his holdings in the 1840s. It developed as a com-mercial center in the 1840s, following the arrival the Boston-Lowell commuter rail line. In 1888, a railway station, the Winter Hill Station, was constructed on the south side of tracks behind the Homans site. Be-tween 1885 and 1940, more homes and businesses arrived. Gilman Square became a bustling civic center with a pharmacy, an athletic equipment store, a post offi ce and a furniture repair shop. In 1940, commuter rail service was discontinued. Winter Hill Station was removed. In 1998, under the administration of then-mayor (and current Congressman) Michael Capuano, the city purchased the
Homans Building for $1.14 million. In 2003, Somerville’s aldermen approved a $7.5 mil-lion bond to renovate the building into 52,000 square feet of offi ce space, serving as a City Hall Annex. In 2004, however, Mayor Joe Cur-tatone announced that his Municipal Property Review Committee had urged the city not to renovate the Homans Building. “The Homans purchase made sense in different economic times,” said Curtatone in a press release from March 29, 2004. You can read the rest at: somervillema.gov/news.cfm?year=2004.
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Building a Business-Friendly City
No doubt, Somerville does plenty to attract and retain entrepreneurs.
But should it be doing more?
The City of Somerville was incorporated in 1872, in the midst of a 6-fold population boom. During this time, the processing of textiles and the manufacturing of brass and copper tubing and bricks carried Somerville into the American Industrial Revolution. At the height of Somerville’s brick mak-ing industry, over 24 million bricks were produced a year.
The Ford Motor Company moved its Cambridge plant to Somerville in 1926, constructing a model assembly plant on fi lled land at the Mystic River near the reputed launch location of the “Blessing of the Bay.” This factory was engaged in military contracts between 1942 and 1945. In 1957 it was used for the assembly of the company’s new line of Edsels.
The following year the Somerville plant closed.
F lash forward to 1993: Another promising manufacturer moved from Cambridge to Somerville. Fresh out of MIT, a startup called iRobot relocated from 238 Broadway in Cambridge to Twin City Plaza (14 McGrath Highway). “There was a space above
the stores there,” recalls cofounder Rodney Brooks, who still sits on iRobot’s board. “There was a high bay in our studio and it was great for testing out robots.”
Today, iRobot is a $307-million NASDAQ corporation (IRBT) based in Bedford, Mass. Scan its offi cial history at irobot.com, and you’ll fi nd scant evidence it spent a fruitful, for-mative decade in Somerville. It was at Twin City where iRobot bloomed from a startup of fewer than 10 employees to a fast-growth entity of more than 100. It was at Twin City where iRobot fi rst developed its top-selling Roomba and PackBot lines. As the company grew, it knocked down walls within and occupied more and more square feet. “We had one offi ce, then another, then another, and then pretty much the whole fl oor,” says co-founder Helen Greiner, who also remains on the board.
Both then and now, it was common for high-tech startups with MIT roots to locate in Kendall or Central Square. But iRobot couldn’t afford those digs. “We were not a venture-funded company at that point. We operated on a shoestring,” says Brooks. In addition to its reasonable rent and adequate space for testing robots, Twin Cities offered proximity to the Lechmere T-stop and plenty of parking. Employees – largely drawn from the MIT community – had an easy commute.
But when iRobot ran out of room at Twin Cities in 2003, it departed for Burlington, where it stayed until last year’s move to Bedford. By that time, iRobot had plenty of ven-ture capital. By all counts, it could have afforded larger space in Somerville – or anywhere in the Boston area. Yet it chose Burlington. The rent was lower, and the workforce – fewer MIT peeps, more grownup engineers – didn’t mind the distance from Boston. “Our aver-age employee got older – buying houses, having kids,” explains Greiner. All told, she says, iRobot’s exodus from Somerville reduced overhead – without affecting recruitment and retention. After 13 years in the city, the company bolted for the burbs. By Ilan Mochari
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In July, MBC gave Somerville a “silver” rating as a bio-ready community. The des-ignation indicates that Somerville’s zoning allows biotech laboratory and manufactur-ing facilities by right; and that Somerville has identified sites (the Assembly Square district and the Boynton Yards) for bio-tech uses in its municipal planning.
However, Somerville still lags behind a majority of the 50 other Massachusetts municipalities with MBC designations. Of the 50, 18 earned the highest platinum grade while nine earned the penultimate gold. Eight cities in addition to Somerville merited silver while another 15 garnered fourth-place bronze.
It was more than two years ago that a Boston Globe headline proclaimed “Somerville rolls out biotech welcome mat.” It was more than three years ago that the city announced the formation of the Somerville Life Sciences Collaborative. Its purpose was “to develop strategies to support life-science ventures already based in Somerville as well as attracting new research and business activity in the life science field,” according to a press re-lease. Today, Bedford Stem Cell remains the city’s only biotech presence. “We have not made as much of an impact as we want to,” says May.
If the biotech dream remains unre-alized, the city still deserves high marks when it comes to easing the
red-tape burden of its entrepreneurs. John McQuillan, founder and CEO of Triumvirate Environmental (61 Innerbelt
Road), has nothing but praise for Somerville’s interactions with his company. “The city has a very healthy approach to business,” he says. “It has regulations, but they set it out in a straightforward way. It is clear what the expectations are.”
McQuillan has some basis for com-parison. His business was based in Quincy and South Boston before it moved to Somerville in 1994, when a growth spurt took it from 18 to 40 employees. “We’re a service company, and we needed good access to our customers in Boston and Cambridge,” he says.
The owners of 2N + 1 (35 McGrath
Highway), a data center launched in November, 2007, also praise the city’s manner. “I’ve done projects in Boston and you get much more personal attention in Somerville. And no attitude,” says co-founder Vincent Bono. “We had a prob-lem with our sprinkler system and the fire chief was really helpful getting it cor-rected. We’ve also dealt with inspectional services and they are really good.”
Like McQuillan, Bono has a basis for comparison. He has opened businesses in New York City and a few other New England cities he refuses to name. He
says Somerville is the easiest municipal-ity he has ever worked with. In fact, 2N + 1 has a 25-year lease at 35 McGrath, an address that was literally off the post office’s map before Bono and cofounder Will Locandro arrived.
How much control can Somerville – or any city – exert over where any business owner chooses to
locate? The arbitrary factors and market forces behind these decisions – rent costs, personal preference – often operate with-out regard to City Hall. “A lot of times
you find that companies locate based on where the founder lives,” observes Barry Horwitz, who teaches strategy and entre-preneurship at Boston University School of Management.
That’s the case for Mark Sullivan, who founded Voter Activation Network (48 Grove Street) in 2001. VAN, a soft-ware maker with 40 employees, began in Sullivan’s Porter Square residence. In 2003, when the business outgrew his house, Sullivan moved to Davis Square. While the location suits Sullivan’s young workforce, his choice to keep VAN in
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Jim St. George and Mark Sullivan, owners of Voter Activation Network.
2N + 1 founders Will Locandro and Vincent Bono.
“A lot of our folks live in Somerville, and I don’t hear them talking about going to a techie event in Davis Square,” says Microsoft’s Gus Weber.
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W hat does it mean to Somerville when a company like iRobot, which now employs more than
400, goes away? Any way you slice it, it’s
a blow to local employment and revenues. More than 85 percent of Somerville’s tax base comes from residential property taxes, as opposed to commercial taxes; so any beefy commercial presence bolsters the city’s coffers and alleviates its fiscal reliance on residents.
In the second quarter of 2009, iRo-bot turned a $16.4-million profit – 27.6 percent of $61.3 million in sales. In the midst of a recession, what city couldn’t benefit from a piece of that action? When you consider that only 12 percent of Somerville’s 4.1 square miles is devoted to commercial use (see chart), the need to maximize revenues from that 12 percent becomes all the more pronounced.
Then there’s the jobs angle. Despite a recent uptick, Somerville’s local employ-ment has decreased in the 2000s (see chart), from 22,948 jobs in 2001 to 21,451 in 2007 (most recent data). Somerville also ranks low among neighboring cities in terms of local employment per capita
(see chart). In fact, most of Somerville’s resident labor force – 84.2 percent of it – works outside of Somerville. “We’re a net exporter of labor – our daytime popu-lation shrinks,” notes Rob May, the city’s Director of Economic Development. The city estimates that 37,266 residents leave Somerville each day to work else-where, while 14,359 people commute to Somerville jobs from other towns – re-sulting in an overall export of 22,907 jobs a day.
All of which explains Somerville’s in-terest in attracting and retaining growth companies. In recent years, the city has aimed to address its lack of bio-tech. According to the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC), there are more than 400 biotechnology compa-nies in Massachusetts, employing nearly 43,000 people. None of those companies is in Somerville, save for the administra-tive offices of Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation (260 Elm Street).
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iRobot founders Helen Greiner, Rodney Brooks, and Colin Angle.
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director, says offi cials from other cities often ask him, “How do I create in my own setting what you’ve done here?”
While other municipalities lack CIC’s proximity to universities and research hospitals, the CIC still has wisdom to of-fer when it comes to luring and retain-ing entrepreneurs. The CIC also knows a thing or two about large companies: When Google fi rst came to Cambridge, it was housed there. But Mamlet says the CIC has had its brain picked by only one other city in Massachusetts. He declined to say which, but he did say that it was not Somerville.
Nor is CIC the only entrepreneurial entity in Cambridge that Somerville has yet to reach out to. Though Somerville has relationships with MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, it has none whatsoever with Sloan, according to May. “We need to build a better relationship with them,” he says. “We need to become more involved.”
If the city has not yet reached out to some key Cambridge resources, do-ing so is on its to-do list. One of the
city’s more immediate goals is a program to match entrepreneurs with loans and credit lines from regional lenders such as Winter Hill Bank and Central Bank. David Guzman, the city’s Business Development Specialist, is leading that effort. Guzman also coordinates regular workshops for the city’s entrepreneurs on topics such as “Tools to Enhance Social Networking” and “Requirements for Licenses and Permits.”
The city is also exploring “leveraging federal dollars for storefront improve-ment programs,” says Brad Rawson, Economic Development Planner. In addi-tion, the team has literally marked its turf: Each member is responsible for walk-ing a particular portion of the city – and getting to know the businesses therein. Guzman is responsible for Porter Square and Somerville Avenue; Rawson handles West Somerville, including Davis Square
and Ball Square. On August 19, Rawson and Monica
Lamboy, Director of Strategic Planning and Community Development, vis-ited Powderhouse Productions (212 Elm Street). Powderhouse’s television programs have appeared on Discovery Channel, History Channel and Animal Planet, among other places. Says Rawson: “It was fascinating to see them at work.”
Founded in 1994 and with $12 million in sales according to the Boston Business Journal, Powderhouse has become a high-profi le staple of Somerville commerce. Perhaps not since the appearance of Gentle Giant Moving Company boxes in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) has a Somerville business (29 Harding Street) gone so national. Gentle Giant, for its part, was founded in 1980. It goes to show: Not every business that comes of age in Somerville equates maturity with a fl ight to the suburbs.
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Davis Square is born of personal prefer-ence. “I wanted offi ce space I could walk to in a great neighborhood that’s right on the T,” he says.
CJ Johnson, cofounder of software startup 3Play Media (27 Ellington Road), runs the business out of a converted apart-ment. He and his three cofounders – who met at MIT’s Sloan School of Management – opted for Davis Square for the same reason iRobot opted for Somerville, back in the day: “One Kendall Square is an extremely expensive place to operate,” he says. Davis Square was also an easy commute from the founders’ respective homes.
Somerville is a happy home for Sloan startups like 3Play and established small businesses like VAN, but can
it become – eventually – a home to larger corporations too? Since 2006, both Google and Microsoft have established footholds in the Boston-metro area. Both opted for Kendall Square. “Someone looking for 20,000-50,000 square feet of prime offi ce
space in Somerville can’t fi nd it because it doesn’t exist,” explains May.
Ask Google and Microsoft how Somerville – in the absence of vast tracts of offi ce space – can improve as a high-tech destination, and their suggestions have a social fl avor. “A lot of our folks live in Somerville, and I don’t hear them talk-ing about going to a techie event in Davis Square,” says Microsoft’s Gus Weber.
Steve Vinter, who heads Google’s Cambridge offi ce, agrees that social events are vital. In fact, Vinter is part of an effort to build the Venture Café, a large, late-hours hangout in Kendall Square where students and entrepreneurs can schmooze about ideas, funding, and projects. “It’s im-portant to get people interacting across disciplines and socializing when you’re try-ing to stimulate new companies,” he says.
One force behind the Venture Café project is the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), which since 1999 has leased offi ce space to high-tech startups at One Broadway. Geoff Mamlet, CIC managing
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Dead” and “Cancer Heart,” Ryan tackles challenging subjects. When read on the page, her lyrics sometimes come across as slightly simplistic: “Whatever you do don’t live your life with a can-cer heart. Cause cancer may kill you but don’t live with a cancer heart. Don’t lose your will.” When performed, though, these lines leave you bopping your head and singing along and smiling. Her bit-tersweet voice and use of unex-pected instruments distract the listener from the lyrics’ blow. Her solo performances include an electric Japanese axe, a vintage guitar, an accordion, and a Casio keyboard which found itself in this world during the fi rst Reagan ad-ministration. Ryan’s music skates the edge of being just tonal and twangy enough to make one sit up and pay attention, but still manages to be quite listenable, a quality not easy to master. It is diffi cult to let her music fade into the background. “I like to write songs,” Ryan states, simply, in her book The Need to
be Heard – A book for DIY musi-cians. Ryan is surrounded by and drawn to the do-it-yourself musi-cian community, from her roots in Maine to her current home in Somerville. In the book, she inter-views industry professionals and musicians such as Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi and Dana Colley of Morphine. More than just a musician who happens to live in Somer-ville, Ryan has become part of the city’s musical fabric. Already in 2009, she has played at Bull McCabe’s (366 A Somerville Ave), P.A.’s Lounge (345 Somer-ville Ave), The Burren (247 Elm Street) and Johnny D’s (17 Hol-land Street). She organizes The Loft Series, in which she hosts vis-
iting bands at her rehearsal space; she participates in ARTSomerville events; and she is the founder (and organizer) of the annual Viva la Vinal Festival at the Somerville Community Growing Center (22 Vinal Avenue).
At the second day of this year’s Viva la Vinal on Sunday, August 30, the Growing Center was full of people of all ages, picnicking on blankets and standing in the shadows of the trees. Ryan per-formed songs off of her forth-coming album, I Know, I Know, which Ryan calls “the most solo,
personal material I’m doing.” The new work is a departure from her previous albums, in that it is strictly one-person-band songs, a la Andrew Bird.
Ryan played every instru-ment on I Know, I Know, which was recorded on a four-track device without the assistance of a computer. “I just played every-thing in a room at the same time,” she says. “I played the guitar and then looped it, then played drums alongside it. Most of it’s guitar, but there’s also accordion, kalimba, and banjo.” The release party for I Know, I Know will be held at The Sanctuary at the Nave Gallery, Clarendon Hill Church (155 Powderhouse Boulevard) on Saturday, October 17, 2009, at 7:30pm Ryan will play after an opening band, then there will be a screening of Loft Show Upstairs, a documentary by Mike Boudo about The Loft Series. En-trance to the party is $5 or $10 for admittance and a CD. There will be refreshments and all ages are welcome.
You can learn more about Au-drey Ryan at audreyryan.com or myspace.com/audreyryan. You can view a preview of the documentary at youtube.com/user/bodo7pro.
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Highland Kitchenhighlandkitchen.com150 Highland Ave • 617-625-1131TUES Spelling Bee Night 9:30pmSAT “Soul Shake” 60s & 70s Funk & Soul 11pmSUN Live Bluegrass Noon–2:30pm; Live Music 10pm–midnight
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Johnny D’s Uptownjohnnyds.com17 Holland St • 617-776-2004MON Team Trivia 8:30pmTUES Live Music 8:30pmWED Live Music 8:30pmTHURS Live Music 9pmFRI Live Music 9:45pmSAT Live Jazz Brunch 9am–2:30pm Live Music 9:45pmSUN Live Jazz Brunch 9am–2:30pm Open Blues Jam for all ages (under 18 w/ parent) 4:30pm–8:30pm; Live Music 9pm
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employee, Stephanie Tagg is taking over the store, bringing fresh ideas to the boutique that has been in Davis Square since 1999. Boston Burger Company (37 Davis Square, bostonburgerco.com, 617-440-7361) now serves beer and wine. Buffalo Exchange (238 Elm St, buffaloexchange.com, 617-629-5382) is sched-uled to open October 3. Buy, sell and trade clothing and ac-cessories. This is the 35-store chain’s fourth East Coast store. PowderhouseProductions (212 Elm St, powderhouse.net, 617-629-2200), based in Somerville since 1994, produced “Super-Fetch,” which premieres Oc-tober 3 at 8pm on Animal Planet. The show features renowned dog trainer Zak George attempt-ing to pass his skills onto other dog owners.
sunshine Lucy’s (93 Hol-land St, 617-776-2011) opened September 15, offering vintage and custom-built furniture in a trendy, funky setting.
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World rhythms Dance and Fitness (313 Highland Avenue, wrdancefi tness.com, 617-284-6037) opened just outside Davis Square offering classes for children and adults in more than 20 styles of dance.
East Somerville:Dutch Bicycle Company(161 Broadway, dutchbikes.us, 617-591-1234) has teamed up with Geekhouse Bikes of Bos-ton to relocate their design and production from overseas. They now use local labor to build their bikes right here in Somerville. East somerville Main streets’ new cookbook project, “Savoring East Somer-ville: A Taste-Based Guide to the Neighborhood,” is stirring
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Ball Square:AngeltronicsInc (735 Broad-way, angeltronicsinc.com, 617-996-9270) moved to Ball Square on August 1 after three years in Davis. They offer Metro PCS, computer/laptop repair and Free to Air (FTA) satellite systems. Ball square Fine Wines and Liquors (716 Broadway, ballsquare-fi newines.com, 617-623-9500) is expanding the store to add a tasting bar and even more selec-tion. A grand tasting is scheduled for October 17.
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Inman Square:trina’s starlight Lounge (3 Beacon St, trinastarlitelounge.
com, 617-576-0006) planning to open this October at the address of the departed Abbey Lounge.
Trina’s serves com-fort food and cock-tails with seasonal juices, fruits, herbs and spices.
Davis Square:Black & Blues (89 Holland St, blackandbluesbou-tique.com, 617-628-0046) has new and experienced ownership: After three years as an
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Two ‘Woody’ bicycles custom designed and fi nished by The Dutch Bicycle Company (161 Broadway). Woodwork completed by another Somerville company Architectural Openings. Bikes are parked in front of the DBC’s showroom on Broadway.
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When we buy wine, we usually don’t intend to fi nish the bottle by ourselves. Whether we intend to share it over a casual dinner or during a family get-together, we have to consider more palettes than our own. What with autumn ushering in its wave of holidays and their respective parties, the coming months can get a little overwhelming when it comes to selecting wines. How to reconcile grandma’s old-fashioned tastes with your cousin’s cut-ting-edge preferences? It isn’t as hard as you might think. Here are a few suggestions that might help you avoid any anti-festive behavior and save you a lot of headaches. First, look for variations within the most popular categories. Chardonnay, for instance, isn’t restricted to the buttery, toasty juices with which we are most familiar. Un-wooded chards express more fruit, pair better with foods, and appeal to a wider audience. You’ll surprise guests with a wine they thought they knew well. Try looking outside the most obvious regions. If Aunt Edna demands a cabernet with her Thanksgiving meal, don’t assume you need to sift through the dozens of Califor-nia offerings. Take a look at Bordeaux. Most of these French wines have copious amounts of the grape in their blends, but stand on the opposite end of the spectrum from their American counterparts. When all else fails, follow the one piece of advice that applies in any situation: Ask your local wine shop. There are dozens and dozens of grapes that make excellent wines. An expert from your local wine shop can point you towards varietals you might never have heard of that will satisfy lovers of jammy wines and delicate ones. And that way, you’ll have someone else to blame in the event of a catastrophe. Happy holidays and best of luck.
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Powderhouse Circle:Broken yolk (136 College Ave, brokenyolkbreakfast.com, 617-628-6621) now serves dinner Fri-day through Sunday, 5pm–10pm. spün (860 Broadway, spu-nyogurt.com, 218-760-0938) opened September 8. It serves made-on-site, tart frozen yogurt and fresh-daily fruit toppings.
Spring Hill:somerville scout (235E Highland Ave, somervillescout.com, 617-996-2283) has a new offi ce, a new business manager, a new Facebook page (search un-der Somerville Scout), online ar-chives editions and a daily calendar (somervillescout.com/calendar) of Somerville happenings. Email your events to [email protected]. We also have a new blog (somervillescout.com/blog), where you can follow the workout diaries of Holli and Jon as they toil at The Training Room (691A Somerville Ave). You can follow us on Twit-ter too (twitter.com/SomervilleS-cout).
supreme Kitchen (233 Highland Ave, 617-628-4440) is now serving Jon’s Almost Famous Oatmeal Ginger Cookies.
Teele Square:teele square Café (1153 Broadway, teelesqcafe.com, 617-625-0082) now offers free Wi-Fi.
Union Square: Design Annex (67-70 Union Square, dannex.org, 617-955-0080)
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opened in September. A project of Union Square Main Streets, De-sign Annex provides resources for small fi rms and solo practitio-ners in design fi elds to grow their businesses in shared offi ce space. There will be a grand opening cel-ebration in late October. For more info, contact Mimi Graney at the above phone number. red Peppers Pizza (67 Summer St, 617-629-9200), which opened in August at the corner of
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Wilson Square:the training room (691A Somerville Ave, thetrainingroom-boston.com, 617-284-6088) offers personal and small group training, cycling, yoga and bootcamp class-es. Follow Scout staff on our blog (somervillescout.com/blog) as we sweat it out with The Training Room’s trainers.
Winter Hill:Bread & Company Bistro(394 Broadway, breadcompany.net, 617-623-9455) remodeled and added a full bar. Menu changes are coming soon. Maria’s Italian Cold Cuts (314 Broadway, mariascold-cuts.com, 617-628-2310) now of-fers free delivery in Somerville for orders of $15 or more.
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Anthony’s Function Hall156 Highland Ave.................................617-628-4220anthonysfunctions.com see ad page 5
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La Chic Boutique235 Elm St, Davis Sq............................617-821-6229Buy & Sell Furniture, Art, Jewelry, Estates. Cash for old & new furniture. FREE pick-ups.
sunshine Lucy’s93 Holland St........................................617-776-2011 see ad page 30
GIFt stOrEs
Blue Cloud Gallery713 Broadway, Ball Sq.........................617-776-2700bluecloudgallery.comWe dedicate a majority of our space to locally made goods.
GrAPHIC DEsIGN
Justin Perricone, Perricone Designperriconedesign.com...........................617-575-9399
see ad page 4
HAIr & sKIN CArE
Amal Niccoli salon731 Broadway,......................................617-666-0722amalniccolisalon.com see ad page 19
INsUrANCE
Wedgwood-Crane & Connolly19 College Ave, Davis sq..617-625-0781wccins.com see ad page 5
JEWELry
La Chic Boutique235 Elm St, Davis Sq............................617-821-6229Buy & Sell Gold, Silver, & Costume Jewelry. Coach, Tiffany, Louis Vuitton & Chanel.
LIQUOr
Downtown Wine & spirits225 Elm St.............................................617-625-7777downtownwineandspirits.com see ad page 33
PEt sErVICEs
stinky’s Kittens & Doggies too110 Bristol Rd, 617-623-0265stinkyskittens-doggiestoo.com see ad this page
Zen Dog trainingzendogtraining.net............617-233-5496
34somervillescout.comFall 2009
Chalupa in Winter Hill.
tundraAn eight-year-old tuxedo who moved to
Somerville from a big city in Europe a few years ago, Tundra is currently living just
outside Porter Square.
Cat Call
Somerville ScoutP.O. Box 43452Somerville, MA 02143
Fall 2009
MannysAutoCenter.com617.623.8815
No Kidding!We’re automotive match-makers: Our expertise is fi nding the perfect car for you – at the ideal price.• Our lot is just the beginning of our certi-fi ed pre-owned inventory• We won’t stop searching until we’ve found a car – and a deal – that thrills you• Selling your vehicle? We’ll pay top dollar in cash or trade• We provide on-site service to all vehicles purchased at Manny’s Auto Center• Financing is available for all types of credit• All our vehicles are sold with a warranty
Nosso time de profi s-sionais fará o possível para trazer a melhor satisfação para com os nossos clientes - sempre. Nossa meta é de ofer-ecer ótimo atendimento e adquirir sua confi ança. Manny’s Auto têm ser-vido Somerville por mais de 30 anos com grande respeito e reputação. Manny’s: A melhor opçâo e experiência na compra de seu vehíclo.
463 McGrath Highway, Somerville
sem Brincadeira!Nós somos quem você procura, quando procura: Nossa missão é encontrar o carro perfeito - pelo preço ideal.• Em nosso estabelicimento apenas uma parte de nosso inventório de carros usados e certifi cados• Não interrompemos sua busca até encontrarmos o seu carro - pelo preço ideal - verdade!• Vendendo seu carro? Pagamos o valor mais alto na venda ou troca• Providenciamos serviço e manitência a todos os carros comprados no Manny’s• Todo o tipo de crédito será bem-vindo - fi nan-ciamento disponível• Todos os nossos carros são vendidos com garantia
CERTIFIEDPRE-OWNED
VEHICLES
Our prompt and knowl-edgeable team aims to exceed your customer-
service expectations – every time out. We
are family owned, and our goal is to earn
your business for life. Manny’s Auto has been
serving Somerville for more than 30 years.
Manny’s: The best auto-motive experience you’ll
ever have. MannysAutoCenter.com