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Lowell Sustainability Week

Updated schedule can be found here.

http://lowell.org/Pages/sustainabilityweek.aspx

Boston to offer electric car charge stations near City Hall – The Boston Globe

Boston to offer electric car charge stations near City Hall – The Boston Globe

LHS Photography

There are some great new photos posted recently to Panoramia by the Lowell High School Photography Class. Here are two by Monita Khuth.

Jackson St. Improvements

It’s difficult to believe that by fall you’ll be walking down a sidewalk on a tree lined Jackson St. How sweet is that!

NOTICE: Starting Monday, May 23, 2011, Jackson Street will be converted to one-way traffic from Marston Street to Central Street in order to complete the pedestrian and streetscape improvements along this stretch of roadway. Construction will last approximately 1-2 months.

As can be seen, the Jackson Street and Canal Street Bridge Improvement Project is underway! To date, work has included selective demolition, site preparation, and utility relocation/connection activities, among others. The next step in the project is to focus construction on the north side of Jackson Street from Marston Street to Central Street (in front of the Early Garage to Central Street ).

Because this work requires extensive excavation of a significant portion of the roadway, the City will be restricting Jackson Street to one-way traffic from Marston Street to Central Street to complete this portion of the project (approximately 1-2 months). This will allow the contractor to most efficiently and safely complete the improvements along this stretch of Jackson Street .

City Police, DPD, Traffic, and Engineering staff are currently working closely with the project’s contractor to ensure the traffic plan is properly and safely signed, marketed, and implemented.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your patience during the completion of this neighborhood improvement project!

James Errickson | Urban Renewal Project Manager
The City of Lowell
Department of Planning & Development
50 Arcand Drive | Lowell , MA 01852
t: 978.446.7200 | f: 978.970.4262 | www.Lowell.org

Notes from License Commission Meeting Thursday

License Commission Meeting Thursday
http://ltc.org/schedule/municipal/license_commission
It’s a long meeting so skip forward to about 55 minutes. We will soon have two new bars in the neighborhood.

All Star Lounge former home of C’est on the corner of Merrimack and Kirk St. You be the judge…watch the video and see if you can tell what type of place they are planning. I couldn’t tell. Interesting fact; the President is David Cruz former manager of El Rincon. I will say the owners have been given fair warning by the commissioner’s to manage the place well.

Fuse Bistro, Scott Pelletier, Manager. Palmer St. formerly Caffe’ Paradiso.
I think the most important thing about this location being open again is this once vibrant section on the neighborhood will no longer be dead and dark. I am optimistic some of life will be “fused” (no pun intended) back in the block.

SUN story about city proposal to impose security requirements for owners with large cache of firearms.


“Secure storage of the guns should help prevent thefts, and the alarm systems would enable police to respond quickly to potential thefts and keep the guns out of criminals’ hands, said Lavallee”.
http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_18007364

City Survey

A message from Neighborhood Planner Allegra Williams.
The city has hired a consultant to begin conducting randomized telephone surveys with Lowell residents over the next several weeks. The survey will take just 10 minutes of your time and will provide you with a way to share your views on Lowell’s transportation system, public services, job opportunities, housing quality, and so forth. Your feedback will help inform future policy decisions, so we hope you will participate!

Allegra Williams Neighborhood Planner
Department of Planning and Development
The City of Lowell
375 Merrimack Street Lowell, MA 01852
t: 978.446.7200 x1473 f: 978.446.7103

Annual Neighborhood Clean-Up Day

Saturday April 30th 9AM (or join in any time)
Meet at Mack Plaza

THANK YOU – THANK YOU – THANK YOU
to all the volunteers who helped!

Downtown Lowell is for sale

According to the SUN…downtown properties will soon be available. FINALLY!
I have a really optimistic outlook that having these properties on the market will create some great new business opportunities. Let’s hope for the best. There are some really great locations on this list (assessed value is also noted).

“Nearly a dozen properties owned by the heirs of the late Louis Saab are on the block, said his younger brother, Thomas Saab”. Read more: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_17938728#ixzz1KkEVrvdO

198 Central St., $423,500
39 John St., $246,400
53 John St., $23,800
26 Merrimack St., $1,228,000
61 Merrimack St., $261,500
72 Merrimack St., $506,300
101 Paige St., $184,100
147 Central St., (Saab Building), $1.3 million

LHS Photos

Thanks to LHS student photographer Gladys Mayancela for sharing the beauty of spring.