Download a Garage Sale Registration Form here!
September 10, 2009
Saturday September 12th…
JAMBRA will host a barbecue and Craft Beer tasting competition on Saturday. Local businesses including UTEC’s Fresh Roots, The Village Smokehouse, and the JAM District’s newest business, Garcia Brogan’s Cantina, will be joined by M&M Ribs of Dorchester to provide a tasty array of mouth-watering food and barbecue. More than twelve breweries from New England will provide more than sixty brews for local attendees.
August 11, 2009
Next Meeting…
Wednesday August 12th
Cappy’s Copper Kettle
245 Central Street, Lowell Mass.
245 Central Street, Lowell Mass.
7:00 PM Meeting Start
This month’s meeting will be a working meeting to discuss our September gathering “JAM’s Got Talent.” We’re looking for organizers, and ideas to make our annual September membership meeting fun and exciting. This year we’ll be at the new Garcia-Brogans. More details to follow…
May 29, 2009
JAMBRAree!
Volunteers are needed for JAMBRAree. Please email: info@jambra.org or contact Karen Bell at The Club directly
(978 441-1166.)
Help is needed Friday afternoon for setup, Saturday at 3:00 for preparation, Saturday from 4-8 for the event, and afterwards for cleanup.
Please help make this year’s event a showcase for our neighborhood!
May 24, 2009
Second Round of “City Building Workshops” Scheduled
As discussions continue with residents and other stakeholders in the neighborhoods surrounding the Hamilton Canal District, the City of Lowell in partnership with Goody Clancy and Associates will be holding its second round of public vision sessions, or “City Building Workshops,” in the Downtown/JAM area, Acre, Lower Highlands, and Back Central Neighborhoods.
Following is the schedule and location for each session.
• Back Central Neighborhood: Tuesday, May 26. 6:00PM – 8:00PM Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers, 11 Mill Street
• Lower Highlands Neighborhood: Wednesday, May 27. 6:00PM – 8:00PM Lowell Boy’s & Girl’s Club; 657 Middlesex Street
• Downtown/ JAM Neighborhood: Thursday, May 28. 6:30PM – 8:30PM Pollard Library; Community Meeting Room, 401 Merrimack Street
• The Acre Neighborhood: Tuesday, June 2. 6:00PM – 8:00PM Lowell Senior Center; 276 Broadway
During the first round of workshops, held last month, residents discussed and identified opportunities for neighborhood enhancement that will build off the development of the Hamilton Canal District.
General themes covered during these sessions included Business Development, Housing, Arts/Culture, and Accessibility. More specifically, this first round clearly demonstrated an interest by residents in enhancing connections – cultural, institutional, and physical — between the target neighborhoods and the Hamilton Canal District as well as improving connections among the neighborhoods themselves. During the second round of Workshops residents will have the opportunity to identify and prioritize specific enhancements designed to achieve improved connections, both physical and programmatic.
The City expects the initiative will bring together residents, the City, and other neighborhood stakeholders to work collaboratively in order to realize a vision for each neighborhood, not only to benefit from the development of the Hamilton Canal District, but create improved physical, economic, and social linkages between the target neighborhoods as well as the District. It is expected the outcome of the workshops will provide a roadmap to guide the Hamilton Canal District beyond its significant role as a place-making initiative to become a catalytic force in recombining neighborhoods, and thereby provide a major opportunity to facilitate “city making.”
For more information on regarding the workshops please contact Aaron Clausen at 978-446-7200. CONTACT: Aaron Clausen Lowell, Division of Planning and Development p. 978-446-7200 aclausen@lowellma.gov
May 19, 2009
Lowell Teen Coalition Rally Against The Violence and Budget Cuts
Dear Neighborhood Leaders,
TUESDAY, MAY 19th, 5pm: LOWELL TEEN COALITION RALLY AGAINST THE VIOLENCE & BUDGET CUTS
I have it from Chief Lavallee that UTEC is holding an anti-violence rally on Tuesday at city hall and will be walking to Suffolk St. where Tavaryna Choeun was found shot last week.
It may seem a very small tribute to a young woman who lost her life, but it may also be the first step in gathering neighbors from around the city to say that this is not acceptable and we will stand up for those who may be reluctant to speak.
I am hopeful that you will each contact your neighbors and see if we can get the word out about this very important opportunity to say, “STOP VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY”!
I believe city administration needs to hear this message and understand that there can not be any compromises, budget or otherwise, when it comes to public safety. This is a message that has to come from every neighborhood in the city; I hope that you will encourage people from your area of the city to attend.
I have received the details below from Gregg Croteau at UTEC.
Please let me know if I can be of any assistance.
Thank you.
Kathleen Marcin
President, Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association
I have received the details below from Gregg Croteau at UTEC.
TUESDAY, MAY 19th, 5pm: LOWELL TEEN COALITION RALLY AGAINST THE VIOLENCE & BUDGET CUTS
Last Thursday, Tavaryna Choeun (a young woman of only 17 years of age) was pronounced dead after being shot in the head, an innocent victim of the latest act of violence in our community.
On this same day, youth programs in Lowell and across the state were learning of the difficult news that funding was cut for essential youth services.
This Tuesday, May 19th at 5pm on the steps of Lowell City Hall, young people from the Lowell Teen Coalition will be organizing a rally to speak out against the violence that most recently took the life of Tavaryna, and to speak out against the proposed budget cuts that increase the risk of more youth in our communities being victims of violence. A brief march will follow the rally.
Please join us as we urge our statehouse leaders and fellow community members to take action against such acts of violence.
Join us as we rally to “STOP KILLING. KEEP INVESTING!”
WHEN: Tuesday, May 19th at 5pm
WHERE: Lowell City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street, Lowell
For more info, please contact Gregg Croteau (UTEC) at 978.265.7173 or Andy Chandonnet (YWCA of Lowell) at 978.328.6606.
May 19, 2009
LCHC Project Sheet
The Lowell Community Health Center has provided the attached sheets regarding their project at 26 Jackson Street.
