Attend meetings on LGBTQ+ issues, Alewife, Arpa funds, the upcoming budget and more
Public meetings this week look at LGBTQ+ issues, Alewife zoning and development, the use of federal Covid recovery funds, the budget for the next fiscal year, a school district sexual misconduct policy, implementing a 988 crisis line and some food, drink and event issues – including a new bubble tea business for Harvard Square.
Turkish fare at Lavash Bar & Grille
The family-run Turkish eatery Lavash Bar & Grille is in a soft opening on New Street with dishes from a classic shish kebabs, islak burger and iskender to mezes such as manti dumplings, sigara borek cheese snacks and kibbeh of ground lamb so perfect and neat it feels like a crime to bite into one.
New Street project is greeted as a ‘poster child’ for city’s Affordable Housing Overlay zoning
An affordable-housing project that will overlook Danehy Park won praise from members of the Planning Board on Tuesday. One member called it a “poster child” for new Affordable Housing Overlay zoning that reduces the power of the board in refining projects before they’re built.
Attend a meeting on ending single-family zoning and watch swearing-in events for elected officials
Public meetings this week look at swearing-in the new City Council and School Committee; ending single-family zoning, building an 100 percent affordable-housing mixed-use project on New Street; tearing down the Garage mall; replacing a Harvard Street apartment building destroyed by a 2020 fire; and more.