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Defining an Attractive and Vibrant Lexington; LexingtonNext Public Forum Oct. 26
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As part of LexingtonNext, the Town's comprehensive plan update, the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) will host a public forum focused on defining what our community sees as an attractive and vibrant Lexington.
October 26, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Held via Zoom
Mandarin interpretation (翻译) services will be provided.
About the Public Forum
In September, the CPAC public forum focused on housing in Lexington. Now it’s time to shift gears to think about Lexington’s commercial areas and corridors. As an open discussion focused on engaging all members of the Lexington community, your input will help the CPAC determine:
- What makes a commercial area vibrant and attractive?
- What improvements could we make to Lexington Center, East Lexington, and other commercial areas in Lexington to be more attractive and vibrant?
- How can we attract more patrons to our commercial areas? How can we entice visitors to stay longer?
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Bedford St./Hartwell Ave. Transportation Improvements: More Opportunities to Provide Feedback | |
On October 19, the Planning and Engineering Divisions and VHB, Inc. (Town consultants), held the first of three public forums to develop the 25% design plans for the Bedford/Hartwell Complete Streets Project.
The purpose of the meeting was to gather information on how people experience the roads in this corridor, their concerns, and their desires for future multi-modal transportation improvements.
The team recorded 210 comments, questions, and ideas from 76 attendees. These thoughtful comments and questions will help inform the 25% design as we move forward.
Opportunities to Submit Feedback
There is still time for input on this important project! We've developed a survey, and a geo-point comment form where you can pinpoint your comments on a map of the Bedford St. / Hartwell Ave. corridor. The survey and the map can be accessed through on our website at LexingtonMA.gov/BedfordHartwell.
Over the next several weeks, the team will review the comments from the meeting, the survey results, and geo-point form comments. When complete, a summary will be available on the project web page listed above. The next meeting on this project will consider alternative designs for the corridor and will be held in spring 2022.
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Hiring Lexington's Next Police Chief: Submit Your Questions by October 24 | |
As part of the interview process for the next permanent Police Chief, Town Manager Jim Malloy recently sought 5 residents to serve on a panel to interview Police Chief candidates. Nearly 60 residents submitted applications to serve on the interview panel. The Town's leadership team would like to thank the community for its high level of interest in being a part of this important process.
As the interview process is set to begin soon, the public is encouraged to submit questions that they would like Town leaders to consider asking of the candidates.
You can submit your questions by filling out this form.
The deadline to submit questions is Sunday, October 24.
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Proposed Mt. Independence Historic District Public Meeting October 27 | |
The Historic Districts Commission (HDC) will be holding a public meeting on the proposed establishment of the Mt. Independence Local Historic District.
October 27 at 5:00 PM
Via Zoom
Following an overview of the project from its beginnings a year ago, the HDC will hold a question and answer period. A panel of HDC commissioners and Follen Hill residents will be available for the open dialog.
Learn more about the proposed Mt. Independence Local Historic District.
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LexSORT: FREE Community Composting Pilot Program; Space is Limited; Registration Required | |
The Town of Lexington has partnered with LexZeroWaste to launch LexSORT (Lexington Shared Organics Recovered Together), a 6-month community composting drop-off pilot program. This program, launched in September, has added resources to enable more people to participate.
Registered Lexington residents can drop off household food scraps and compostable kitchen waste at their convenience at 2 locations in Lexington:
- Carriage House at Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Rd.
- 173 Bedford St. (location of former Liberty Mutual building)
Residents must register to participate in this 6-month pilot program.
For more details and to register, visit Lexzerowaste.org/lexsort/
Support for this pilot was provided by a grant from the Community Endowment of Lexington, an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest.
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Cary Lecture Series Presents: Ghost in the Machine: Thomas Jefferson, Maria Stewart, and the Specter of Racial Slavery in America, Oct. 27
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Join us for the first speaker of the Cary Lecture Speaker Series 2021-22 season.
Wednesday, October 27, 8:00 p.m.
Keidrick Roy, a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at Harvard University, is an educator, exhibition curator, documentary filmmaker, and former military nuclear operations officer.
He draws on the intersection of American history, literature, and political philosophy to put Maria Stewart, the first African-American woman to deliver a public political lecture, in conversation with Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and brightest son of America’s Enlightenment tradition.
Roy shows how Stewart’s devastating critique of the contradictions in Jefferson’s ideas remains relevant today amid public scandals, ongoing inequities, political divisions, racial tensions, and a pervasive nostalgia that hopes to bring back to life an America that never existed.
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Lexington Police Pink Patch Campaign to Fight Breast Cancer | |
The Lexington Police Department (LPD) is proud to announce they have joined the Pink Patch Initiative and have created Lexington Police pink patches available during the month of October.
The Pink Patch Project is an innovative campaign to support breast cancer education and research.
With a donation of $10 or more, you can pick up your patch at the Lexington Police Station, or you can send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Lexington Police Department
1575 Massachusetts Ave.
Lexington, MA 02420
Enclose your donation, and make checks payable to the Town of Lexington. LPD will send back your patch.
All proceeds received will be donated to the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Cancer Support Center in Harvard, MA, which provides education and therapeutic services to area residents affected by cancer.
Additional information is available on our website.
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East Lexington, Arlington Heights, Bedford Center Local Rapid Recovery Grant Update | |
Earlier this year, the towns of Arlington, Bedford and Lexington were jointly awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Rapid Recovery Plan Program. The towns have since been working to develop a plan to capitalize on the common asset of the Minuteman Bikeway to drive economic development.
The Local Rapid Recovery Plan (LRRP) highlighting East Lexington, Arlington Heights, and Bedford Center is complete. The consultants working on the project have compiled a report with data and recommendations. Town staff is now working on securing funding to begin the implementation of some of the recommendations.
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Fire Department Welcomes Four New Firefighters on October 20 | |
On October 20, Town Clerk Mary de Alderete swore in four new firefighters to the Lexington Fire Department. The new firefighters were joined by the Fire Chief, Town Manager, Select Board members, Town staff, family, and friends.
Congratulations and welcome to firefighters:
- Paula Gageiro
- Ryan Kennedy
- Trevor Jones
- Robert Swasey
Thank you for your dedication and commitment to serving Lexington!
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