News & Updates
Update from Waltham Fields Community Farm
We’re pleased to share this update from Waltham Fields Community Farm.
Read MoreCity of Waltham Purchases Waltham Field Station
From Councillor George Darcy on Waltham Patch: All good things in life are worth waiting for. I am happy to announce that today, Tuesday 3/1/2022 at 2:11pm, the City of Waltham closed in it acquisition of the 28-acre former University of Massachusetts Field Station farm located at 240 Beaver Street. While it took over 3…
Read MoreWaltham City Council approves CPA Funding
At its meeting on November 12, 2019, Waltham City Council voted unanimously (W. Fowler absent, R. LeBlanc recused, Pres. Brasco not voting) to approve the Long Term Debt Committee’s recommendation to use $13,750,000 from CPA funds for the Field Station purchase. Thank you to every single person for each action you took to get to…
Read MoreSignificant milestone: Mayor McCarthy submits application to secure CPC funds for purchase of the site!
EXCITING NEWS! At its 7PM meeting on September 10, 2019, the City of Waltham Community Preservation Committee will consider an application to purchase the Waltham Field Station and Lawrence Meadow property. Representatives from several Waltham Field Station tenants, as well as other members of the public, plan to deliver testimony in support of the application.…
Read MoreMeet and greet with public officials on May 4
On May 4, tenant organizations of the Waltham Field Station hosted a meet and greet with local and state officials. Everyone gathered in the distribution barn located behind the main building and in front of the cultivated fields. Each organization spoke about its mission and the significance of working together at the field station. …
Read MoreNegotiations move forward with Council Authorization on 4/8/19
We’re thrilled to announce that the Waltham City Council voted in favor, on April 8, to authorize Mayor McCarthy to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with UMass, thus advancing current negotiations. After several Councillors stood to voice their support for the negotiations and for continued use of the parcels for farmland and the building as…
Read MoreImportant milestone: Mayor requests permission to sign MOA with UMass on April 8
We are encouraged to learn that the Mayor of the City of Waltham, Jeannette McCarthy, is seeking Council approval to sign a Memorandum of Agreement between UMass and the City at City Council on Monday, April 8. While this is not a Public Hearing where the members of the public are invited to address the…
Read MoreWell-kept secret: UMass has a campus in Waltham, and it does great stuff. The Barrett Report, March 2019
Dear Friend, Samuel D. Warren II grew up on Cedar Hill, his family’s estate in Waltham. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1877, started his own firm with wicked smart classmate Louis Brandeis, and teamed up with Brandeis to co-author “The Right to Privacy,” the journal article that launched a revolution in American constitutional…
Read MoreSenator Barrett’s Thoughts on Preserving the Waltham Field Station
From Senator Barrett’s Facebook, MARCH 10th, 2019– We shouldn’t let this happen: By the end of 2019, the University of Massachusetts plans to evict eight nonprofit organizations, each of them involved in advancing sustainable agriculture, local produce, and healthy urban diets for eastern Massachusetts, from a century-old “field station” it owns in Waltham. Profoundly disappointing, to say…
Read MoreCouncillor Nabulime Reflects on Town Hall Meeting
From Sharline Nabulime’s Facebook, MARCH 10th, 2019— I am so grateful to everyone who came to the town- For your voice in the fight for our only remaining farm, I thank you. To Senator Barrett, for your fight, leadership, and clear call to action, I thank you. To Mayor McCarthy, Representative Stanley, and all the…
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