Category Archives: From City of Newton

Newton Transportation Strategy Visioning Workshop

All are encouraged to visit the “Newton-in-Motion” open studio, and take part in visioning the City’s future. This free event will be fun and interactive and will offer opportunities to discuss goals and priorities for the City’s Transportation Strategy. Activities include a games table, a giant map of the City for sharing ideas, transportation questions, and a chance to talk to City staff and consulting planners, NelsonNygaard.

Kids are welcome and encouraged to participate! For those unable to attend, the project website at www.newtonma.gov/transportationstrategy will offer the same activities and opportunity for input both during and after the event.  you can participate digitally in the Visioning Workshop’s activities. To check out the flier for this workshop, please click Here.

February 4th, 5th, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm and 6th, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Presentations at 12:00 pm Thursday, 6:00 pm Friday, and 10:00 am Saturday
275 Needham Street (Marshall’s plaza)

Mayor’s New Year’s Open House & Food Drive

Newton City Hall, Thursday, December 31st ,  1:30 – 3:30pm

Join Mayor Setti Warren to celebrate the incoming New Year with an afternoon of free entertainment and family fun. With performances by: Davey the Clown – silly and hilarious antics and juggling; Matt Heaton & the Outside Toys – a peppy and creative band that gets kids and parents singing and dancing along; and History at Play – an actress chronicling the life of Deborah Samson, the first woman to fight in the American Military disguising herself as a man.

The kids will enjoy the free face painting, arts & crafts and refreshments. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Newton Food Pantries and an item to contribute to the Soldier’s Care Packages.  Visit www.newtonma.gov/culture for more information.

Newton Energy $avers program

Dear Newton PTOs,

On behalf of Mayor Warren and Green Newton, we are asking for your help on an important environmental initiative for Newton residents.

We announced the Newton Energy $avers program (NE$) in October to fulfill Mayor Warren’s vision for sustainability. With an ambitious goal of completing 1,000 Home Energy Assessments (HEAs) in 12 months, NE$ will save energy and money for residents, while protecting the environment for everyone.

An HEA is free, simple to schedule, and provides homeowners with three core benefits:

•Instant Savings Measures: Energy saving improvements, such as no-cost installation of energy-efficient light bulbs and water-saving devices on qualified fixtures.
•Health and Safety Checks: Test for toxic carbon monoxide, asbestos, mold, mildew, and fire hazards.
• A Customized Action Plan: Recommended next steps to save more money and make your home more comfortable and sustainable, such as weatherization measures, insulation or solar solutions.

Some of you may know of the very successful energy efficiency programs that have been implemented in the school buildings. We are now asking Newton’s PTOs to help bring the benefits of this approach to all Newton residents. We will work with you in any way that makes sense to you and we will support the efforts of participating PTOs with:

  • Fliers and other printed material
  • A web landing page for each school, to make it easy to schedule a home energy assessment
  • Information table with staff at events where you would like the school community to be able to schedule an assessment (e.g., Parent-teacher nights, principal’s coffee)
  • Supporting materials including business cards with address of landing page, talking points, phone call work sheets and other materials
  • Brief article for the PTO newsletter

Not only will your efforts help families benefit from energy savings and safety measures, and help slow climate change, but you can also help your PTO. Green Newton will make a $10 donation to your PTO for each completed HEA resulting from your outreach.

To get your PTO started with Newton Energy $avers send an email to us and the NE$ team at GreenNewtonOutreach@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Andy Savitz
Newton Sustainability Director

Marcia Cooper
President, Green Newton

Ride the Tour De Newton Sunday October 6th, 9:30 am

The City of Newton and Bike Newton invite you to join cyclists from across the city in the inaugural year of this 13-village ride. Each village will start the ride simultaneously on a one way circuit connecting all of Newton’s villages. Ride groups will be small and led by an experienced cyclist and an experienced “sweep”, to ensure a safe and leisurely “no rider left behind” Trip.

Riders will be greeted in each village by a community leader, who will hand out a collectible pin for each village. Learn the best ways to get around the city by bike and maybe see parts of Newton you don’t normally visit. Click here for the map: Tour de Newton Route Map. Many riders will complete the entire route but riders welcomed to ride as many or as few of the villages as they want. Registration required. Go to:  http://bikenewton.org/services/tour-de-newton-registration/.