Dear Friends,
Welcome to the summer edition of the Friends of Albemarle newsletter!
The hawks are soaring, the baseballs are flying, and Gath pool is a glistening brilliant blue and doing the important work of keeping our community cool during these very hot days. (Which is increasingly rare, and precious, according to this interesting CNN article.)
Keeping this short for summer:
New traffic laws in effect
Did you see the new 20 MPH Safety Zone signs up around Albemarle? Safety is a great look for our park! The new rules came after important community conversations, so thank you, petition signers, (and also thank you to our Traffic Council for approving them, and DPW for installing them).
The regular accidents this spring (here are some pictures) kept us continuing to worry about our older and younger residents (and everyone in between) trying to cross the intersections. We’re glad that more traffic improvements are on the horizon. A new pilot is planned; bidder selection starts this week.
New pool planning
As you may remember (!!) the new pool design was given unanimous approval and is funded with $7.8 million.
The groundbreaking is scheduled for this coming September.
Cheesecake Brook
The Charles River Watershed Association has shared a vision plan for naturalizing Cheesecake Brook.
Giving the stream more curves and fewer culverts will lead to less flooding, and we are hopeful that these changes can be enacted soon.
As we all learned in the recent Vermont flooding, the trend toward stream straightening has worsened the local impact of climate change.
Annual meeting
Exciting news – for the 3rd anniversary of the founding of FOA on August 23, 2023, we will launch a Capital Campaign! All members will be invited to donate, with different options at a range of tiers of giving.
Look for more information soon!
The View from Albemarle
We’re not talking about the advocacy kinds of fireworks…we’re talking about the July 4th kind. Super fun! A full house at Albemarle (10,000 people!) spent a beautiful evening oooohing and aaaaahing to a spectacular display.
Stay cool and enjoy that open green space,
Cedar
President, Friends of Albemarle
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