The Somerville Community Path is an ambitious project to connect the Minuteman Bikeway and Cambridge Linear Park to the Charles river and downtown Boston. A stretch of 0.8 miles has been completed heading east from Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. The proposed 2.5 mile extension would mostly run alongside MBTAcommuter rail rights of way.
We have a vision of a CommunityPath, between Central and Medford Streets in Somerville, akin to Boston’s Southwest Corridor along the Orange Line, a design that creates new open space and parks where there were none – an enormously needed paradigm in Somerville.
The CommunityPath is the centerpiece of an "Active Living by Design" grant awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the City of Somerville in partnership with Groundwork Somerville.
The linkage of this CommunityPath to others and to metro and commuter train lines will yield enormous benefit to Massachusetts, as residents and tourists alike are enticed by scenic, healthy, and fun traveling options.
Somerville was once colloquially referred to as "Slummerville" and "Scummerville", referring to its blue-collar residents and its reputation for crime, especially in the city's east, where James "Buddy" McLean and the "Winter Hill Gang" were based.
Somerville was first settled in 1630 and was officially incorporated in 1842.
Somerville has experienced dramatic gentrification since the Red Line of Boston's subway system was extended through Somerville in 1985, especially in the area between Harvard and Tufts Universities, centering around Davis Square.
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