Somerville Community Corporation is moving forward with our partners Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) and Gate Residential in planning for the potential redevelopment of the Clarendon Hill/North Street public housing in West Somerville. Read more about Clarendon Hill/North Street Update

On November 29, the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition announced that it will be introducing legislation next year to raise the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2021. Read more about Raise Up MA and the Fight for $15

We are in the final stretch of our 2016 Social Equity Campaign, getting closer to our $300,000 goal. But we still need your support by 12/31/16 to get there! Consider a Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) eligible donation!  Read more about Give a Gift, Get a Gift with CITC

Check out the new SCC video series, #succeedtogether, three separate, yet related, vignettes that illustrate the power of community. They can be viewed  – and shared – separately. The first one can be viewed also on the SCC Facebook page. Read more about Watch the New SCC Video

Shortly after moving to Somerville Cynthia Taft (Cindy) and her husband, Fred Mueller, met their next door neighbor Helen Corrigan, who has a long and rich association with SCC. “She began to tell us a little about SCC,” explains Cindy. “That was our first encounter with it.” Read more about Cynthia Taft: Thankful for Her New Community

As  we approach the holiday season, our staff and members share what they are most thankful for. Read more about We Are Thankful

More than 100 Somerville community members attended a public hearing on Thursday, November 10, 2016, before the City’s Board of Aldermen to discuss the urgent need for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) as part of the Union Square redevelopment.  Read more about Union United Calls for CBA