Update from Waltham Fields Community Farm

By Martha Creedon | March 12, 2022 | Comments Off on Update from Waltham Fields Community Farm

We’re pleased to share this update from Waltham Fields Community Farm.

City of Waltham Purchases Waltham Field Station

By Martha Creedon | March 2, 2022 | Comments Off on City 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…

Waltham City Council approves CPA Funding

By Martha Creedon | November 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Waltham 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…

Significant milestone: Mayor McCarthy submits application to secure CPC funds for purchase of the site!

By Martha Creedon | September 10, 2019 | Comments Off on Significant 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.…

Meet and greet with public officials on May 4

By Martha Creedon | May 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Meet 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.  …

Negotiations move forward with Council Authorization on 4/8/19

By Martha Creedon | April 9, 2019 | Comments Off on Negotiations 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…

Important milestone: Mayor requests permission to sign MOA with UMass on April 8

By Martha Creedon | April 8, 2019 | Comments Off on Important 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…

Well-kept secret: UMass has a campus in Waltham, and it does great stuff. The Barrett Report, March 2019

By Martha Creedon | March 27, 2019 | Comments Off on Well-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…

Senator Barrett’s Thoughts on Preserving the Waltham Field Station

By Charlotte Border | March 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Senator 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…

Councillor Nabulime Reflects on Town Hall Meeting

By Charlotte Border | March 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Councillor 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…