Thank you for your interest in our upcoming virtual forum on Community Choice Aggregation on Wed. July 22 nd 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. You have been registered and will receive a link to the Zoom meeting on Wed morning and we look forward to “seeing” you on Wed evening at 7:30 p.m. Attached is some information on CCA, Q & A and helpful websites. Thanks again for taking the time to get informed!
Folks can sign up by sending an email to MEAMedfield@gmail.com.
Helen Dewey
Medfield Environment Action
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Shared courtesy of the self-described “Garden Ogre” –
| Subject: A community garden story you will want to read, and what you can do with all the extra zucchini in your garden |
Hi, everyone,
The attached photos shows the ‘before’ and final transformation of plot 48B that, just a week ago, had become unusable. While this photo shows four individuals (Galyna Kryvanch, Cathy Summa, Jane Cobb, and Betty Sanders) at work, I am reliably told more than 20 gardeners pitched in over the course of seven days. We should all stand up and take a bow. This is what a Community Garden is supposed to be about.
Some stories, though, have terrific plot twists, and this is one of those. On Friday, I heard from the gardener on whose behalf the work on 48B was being done: even with the reclamation, she would be unable to continue for this season. That same day, though, I also received an email from one of our gardeners wondering if surplus vegetables might be collected for a group of two dozen food-insecure international students remaining on campus this summer at Wellesley College. As the Medfield Food Cupboard is unable (because of Covid-19 restrictions) to accept donations of fresh produce, I said that not only could we put out bins bi-weekly for such a food drive, but we would also devote plot 48B to the effort.
This morning brought the final plot twist. As volunteers were putting the final touches on the garden, yet another of our members came by to help out. When she heard about the Wellesley College students, she said she had just been made aware of a similar number of international students at Babson College who also face food insecurity until classes begin in September. Then, half an hour later, Heidi Grof, who has long coordinated the Community Garden drive for the Medfield Food Cupboard, also dropped by and said, yes, the Food Cupboard bins are all available and will be in place for our use.
So, this coming Thursday, and every alternate Thursday until the end of the season, you’ll see bins and wheelbarrows at the front of the garden from 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.. Please contribute your garden’s surplus (as in the past, bagged or boxed) to this effort. And, know that Plot 48B is going to be devoted to that very good cause.
It is events like these that make being a garden ogre a proud occupation.
Neal Sanders Garden Ogre
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Posted on: July 9, 2020
NEW: Short-term Lottery Now Open for a 3 BR home at 4 John Crowder Road
Application Application must be postmarked on or before 08/04/2020
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Housing Production Plan Safe Harbor Certification
Valid through May 7, 2022 (Letter)
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Hillside Village Rental Apartments
80 North Meadows Road
Contact: Alison Borrelli at 617-257-3012 or
Link to photos: https://www.alisonborrelli.com/blank-page
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Medfield Meadows Rental Apartments / Condos Under Construction (Coming Soon)
Corner of North Meadows Road and Dale Street
Leasing Office: Paul McGovern paul@pgcminc.com
Affordable Units: SEB Housing at (617) 782-6900 (x1) and leave a message; https://sebhousing.com/property/medfield-meadows/
⇐PreviousAffordable Home Ownership Lottery – 4 John Crowder Road (3BR Home)
Posted on: July 20, 2020
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July 20, 2020
If you have any questions please contact Avi Glaser at aviglaser@comcast.net Omega Ventures Inc, 617-970-2403, www.myfirsthome.info… Read on
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Colleen Sullivan’s Medfield Patch article –
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has issued Phase III, Step 1, guidelines for activities during this time of COVID-19 restrictions.
The CATEGORY of EVENTS which includes Discover Medfield Day – defined as, “large capacity event venues and activities organized to draw together large crowds” such as “street festivals and agricultural festivals” – will not be allowed until Phase IV. Phase IV is not likely to be open before September 26th.
Therefore, Discover Medfield Day is CANCELED for this year.
Exhibitors who have already paid their Booth Fees will be refunded.
Next year’s registration process will reset, using 2019 registrations for Exhibitor Invitations and the registration timetable.
Russ Hallisey, Chair – MEMO Discover Medfield Day 2020
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Alert this afternoon –
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| July 15, 2020 02:35 PMThe Board of Health has announced the following case numbers of COVID-19 in Medfield: 39 confirmed; 2 active Read onClick here for more information |
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Mayor, Colleeen Sullivan’s article in Medfield Patch – register via MEAMedfield@gmail.com
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The following authored by Fritz Fleischmann, Medfield Environment Action member.
Medfield has a new environmental group: Medfield Environment Action (MEA). Its mission statement declares:
Medfield Environment Action (MEA) is a grassroots organization of residents. We share information about the accelerating environmental destruction and climate emergency to empower local action. We seek to build a movement of informed citizens, dedicated to the preservation of a living environment in Medfield and beyond. Our goal is for those informed citizens to support each other and work together for solutions.
MEA will work to:
One of MEA’s first initiatives is to host two virtual forums, on July 22 and August 17, which will provide an opportunity to learn about two environmental choices for Medfield that will be voted on at the next Town Meeting: whether to embrace Community Choice Aggregation, and how to set Medfield’s climate goals.
The first virtual forum on Wednesday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. will take up the question of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). CCA is a method of buying renewable electricity in bulk for a town’s operations and for its residents. MCAN (the Massachusetts Climate Action Network) describes it as “a program towns and cities can use to switch everyone in the town who is on basic service over to cleaner energy. An energy broker helps the community purchase the amount of energy which best fits their needs. Residents may opt out at any time. The energy is still distributed and billed through the town’s original utility (i.e. Eversource or National Grid).” Voters in a growing number of towns in Massachusetts have either approved such a program (Melrose, Brookline, and Lexington were among the early adopters), or are the in various stages of adopting it.
In anticipation of the vote at the next Town Meeting, the July 22 virtual forum will consider such questions as: how does CCA work? What are the benefits (and are there any downsides)? Will residents save money? Can they opt out of it? Is it right for Medfield?
Interested residents can register for this forum by writing to MEAMedfield@gmail.com; once registered, they will receive an invitation with a link to the forum. Information about the second forum on August 17 will be published in due course.
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Per Town Planner Sarah Raposa, “A representative for the plaza will be going to the planning board for informal review on Monday, July 20th.”
Medfield Patch article here –
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MEDFIELD, MA — More than 240 companies and non-profits in Medfield received loans of less than $150,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, helping retain nearly 1,000 jobs.
The U.S. Small Business Administration on Monday released some details of the companies that received loans under the coronavirus stimulus package. While it named all the companies that received loans of over $150,000, it did not name companies that received less than that.
Still, the numbers showed that 242 companies and non-profits got smaller loans totaling $9,152,604.51, helping retain 972 jobs.
Thirty-five businesses and non-profits in Medfield received loans of $150,000 or more from the PPP, helping retain 740 jobs. You can see those here.
PPP loans were established as part of the federal government’s CARES act, and are similar to grants: they will be forgiven as long as businesses keep its employees on their payroll, without cutting their pay. However, the money does not necessarily have to go directly to employees as long as the business keeps paying them, it can also be used to pay interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities.
On Monday, the government released data showing that nearly 5 million businesses have received PPP loans totaling over $521,000,000,000. The U.S. Treasury says that money has supported 51.1 million jobs, as much as 84 percent of America’s small business employees.
The Board of Health has announced the following case numbers of COVID-19 in Medfield: 39 confirmed; 3 active
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