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Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people.
May 12, 2024 · Somerville was the last of the Mystic valley towns to separate (1842) from the early Charlestown colony. Its name is said to honour Captain Richard Somers, hero of the Tripolitan-American War.
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- She Comes from A Family of Immigrants
- She Has Decades of Experience in Business, Advocacy, and Volunteering
- She Has A Demonstrated — and Multifaceted — Approach to Affordability
Ballantyne was born and orphaned in Greece, before being adopted by her Scottish father and Czech-German mother. Her family emigrated to New York when she was 4-years-old. “That’s when I learned that sometimes people are afraid of differences,” she said. “Sometimes I was ridiculed and excluded because of those differences — it could have been the a...
Ballantyne worked in business, startups, and international supply chain management before moving into the nonprofit world to do more mission-driven work. She began getting actively involved in Somerville in 1999 when she attended a community meeting on Assembly Row development. She started participating in advocacy for the Green Line Extension in 2...
Ballantyne wants to keep building on the work the city is already doing on affordability when it comes to housing, jobs, transit, education, and food insecurity. Among other things, that looks like creating local jobs, funding universal pre-K and afterschool programs, and coordinating small business stimulus. “When I ask my neighbors in [public hou...
Somerville is home to a diverse mix of 79,815 blue-collar families, young professionals, college students, and recent immigrants from a range of countries, including El Salvador, Haiti, and Brazil. With its ethnic diversity, thriving arts and entertainment scene, proximity to Boston, and new mixed-use development, Somerville has seen its appeal ...
Somerville Community Invited to Immigrant Workers’ Rights Fair on Saturday, June 8 Celebrate Somerville’s Nepali Cultural Community on Saturday, June 1 SPD Update on the Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel Protests at City Hall on 5/20/24
Nov 3, 2021 · Now let's get to work! — Mayor Katjana Ballantyne (@katjballantyne) November 3, 2021. Ballantyne is the second woman to be elected mayor of Somerville, after Irish immigrant Dorothy...
Meet Mayor Ballantyne. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, now serving her first term as Mayor of Somerville, MA, backs up her deep commitment to progress for all with 30 years of leadership experience in government, non-profits, start-ups, and international business. She previously served eight years on the City Council and two terms as Council President.
