The March/April Belmont Citizens Forum Newsletter is now available as a color PDF—or read articles below.
Please also consider attending
- a public meeting on the Rock Meadow Parking Lot Re-Design Project Tuesday, March 10
- the Annual Lone Tree Hill Cleanup Day Saturday, April 25.
The proposed route of the Massachusetts Central Railroad from 1871. Map: Massachusetts State Archives.
Community Path Began Decades Ago
It has taken over two decades of stop-and-start development, but construction of the Community Path is finally in sight. Here is a chronology of the events that shaped current plans for the Belmont Community Path.
Read the latest news about Belmont’s Community Path.
Annual Lone Tree Hill Cleanup Day
The Belmont Citizens Forum, in conjunction with the Judy Record Conservation Fund, is holding its eighth annual cleanup and trail maintenance day on Saturday, April 25, from 9 AM until noon.
Select Board Candidate Answers BCF Questions
Adam Dash answers BCF questions about Belmont’s response to global warming, the Community Path, housing, and more.
Arlington Group Opposes Mugar Site Plans
The Mugar wetlands are 17.7 acres of open land in East Arlington. Oaktree Development has proposed constructing a 207-unit apartment complex and six duplex townhouses on this site. The Coalition to Save the Mugar Wetlands opposes building on the site.
Paper Bag Fee Would Reduce Emissions
Producing a paper bag emits three to four times as much carbon as producing a plastic bag. This fact has led many cities and states across the country to do what the author proposes forBelmont: implement a town-wide 10-cent fee on paper bags.
Belmont’s Town Hall chimneys. Source: Boston Chimney and Tower.
Belmont CPC Supports Four Projects
Belmont’s Community Preservation Committee has recommended funding historic preservation projects on the Homer House and Town Hall, affordable housing at Belmont Village, and rehabilitating Town Field Playground.
Lydia Ogilby on her family’s Belmont farmland. Photo courtesy of Richard Cheek.
Lydia Phippen Ogilby was known as a spirited preservationist of its heritage and land.
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