7:00 p.m.
Cummings School, 42 Prescott Street

What do Quincy Street neighborhood residents who own dogs want? Come to the meeting and share ideas about how to make Quincy Street and the surrounding neighborhood a better place to live!

If you are interested in connecting with other dog owners who live on Quincy Street and the surrounding neighborhood near Somerville Avenue northwest of Union Square to attend the Quincy Street ResiStat meeting on January 22, please e-mail Michèle: michelebiscoe *AT* somervilledog.com.

Quincy Street is one block away from the Nunziato Off-Leash Recreational Area off Summer Street. More information about the Quincy Street ResiStat Group is available on the web from the City of Somerville.

The goal of ResiStat is to hold 20 bi-monthly meetings, most in neighborhood groups and a few for specific populations. At these meetings, residents give their feedback to SomerStat staff and elected officials about their experience of living in Somerville and receiving City services. Suggestions and comments are recorded and brought back to City staff, and status updates are given at subsequent meetings. Also, residents can request SomerStat data relevant to their neighborhood, which are brought to subsequent meetings. The ResiStat program is funded by generous grants from The Boston Foundation and the National Center for Civic Innovation.

ResiStat serves residents in three important ways:

1. Residents get to share their feedback, concerns, issues, and ideas with the City. This information feeds into the SomerStat program, which oversees the work of most city departments. The result is a more resident-responsive government.
2. Residents get to request City information and data, and hear about City programs, policies, and initiatives. Residents also are kept up-to-date on the status of requests they've made in previous meetings.
3. Residents get to talk to and listen to each other. Residents get to know their neighbors, and learn about how their key issues are similar to and different from each others'.