Meetings for all seven wards will be held mid-September through mid-October 

Community members are invited to join Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and Somerville City Council at the 2024 City Hall Community Meetings. Join us to get an overview of the latest city news, learn more about city programs and initiatives, meet your neighbors, find ways to get involved, and talk with elected officials and city staff.  

The in-person meetings kick off with a social half-hour with free pizza and kid-friendly, healthy snacks, where you can chat one-on-one with elected officials including the Mayor and your Ward City Councilor or At-Large City Councilors as well as staff about issues important to you.  

Mayor Ballantyne and city staff will then share updates on projects in your neighborhood, citywide initiatives, and a look at neighborhood crime stats followed by a roughly 20-minute open Q&A. 

All Ward meetings will be held in person and one all-virtual, all-ward meeting will be held on Zoom and will be accessible online or by any phone. Two additional, all-ward meetings will take place in person: one in Portuguese and one in Spanish. All in-person meetings will be recorded for later on-demand or TV viewing. 

Fall 2024 Community Meeting Schedule 

Meetings run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with refreshments and meet-and-greets starting at 6:00 p.m.

Unsure about which ward you live in? Find out with the MySomerville address lookup tool at www.somervillema.gov/mysomerville. 

Date: Monday, September 30 

Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 

Details: This meeting will also be livestreamed on the City of Somerville YouTube page and shared on the Portuguese language Facebook page fb.com/SomervilleCidade. 

Ward 5 (Magoun Sq., NE Ball Sq., Cedar & Lowell St. areas, NW Porter Sq., and more): 

Date: Tuesday, October 1 

Location: Kennedy School Cafeteria, 5 Cherry St. 

Ward 1 (East Somerville, Assembly Sq., and more): 

Date: Tuesday, October 8 

Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 

Ward 6 (Greater Davis Sq. neighborhood and more): 

The Ward 6 Community Meeting originally planned for this time has been rescheduled to Monday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the same location: Somerville Community Baptist Church, 31 College Ave. Additional announcements to note this date change will be made

All Ward Meeting in Spanish: 

Date: Tuesday, October 15 

Location: East Somerville Community School Cafeteria, 50 Cross St. 

Details: This meeting will also be livestreamed on the City of Somerville YouTube page and shared on the Spanish language Facebook page fb.com/SomervilleCiudad. 

Ward 2 (S. Union Sq., Perry and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, Beacon St. area, and more): 

Date: Wednesday, October 16 

Location: Argenziano School Cafeteria, 290 Washington St. 

All Ward Virtual Meeting: 

Date: Monday, October 21 

Location: Online via Zoom with interpretation into Spanish and Portuguese, as well as other languages by request. You may join online or call in on any phone. 

Details: For sign-in information, please visit www.somervillema.gov/communitymeetings or call 311 at 617-666-3311.  

Interpretation into your language is available for all meetings upon advance request by contacting the SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs at somerviva@somervillema.gov or calling 311 at 617-666-3311. Interpretation availability is also being advertised in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Kreyol, Nepali, Mandarin, and Cantonese. 

For more information about the Community Meetings and to attend virtually, visit somervillema.gov/communitymeetings. With any questions, please contact Kristine McNulty at kmcnulty@somervillema.gov.