THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022 Page 9 Mayor and Cabinet Members invite residents to “Community Conversations with the Mayor” to meet city leaders, engage with neighbors and discuss citywide initiatives M ayor Brian Arrigo and Cabinet Members announced this week the start of “Community Conversations with the Mayor,” an in-person and virtual opportunity to meet with city leaders, engage with neighbors and discuss various citywide initiatives. “Throughout the COVID pandemic, city leaders were consistently thinking of ways to connect residents to City Hall, which is where the idea for this event was raised,” said Mayor Brian Arrigo. “We have so much great stuff happening in our city, and we want our residents to understand our priorities while also learning theirs.” The fi rst Community Conversation will take place on Tuesday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m. at the Rumney Marsh Academy. To register in advance, please visit: www.revere.org/conversationMay24. Spanish interpretation will be available both inperson and online. During the event, Mayor Arrigo and cabinet members will outline plans for the city, including the new high school, Suff olk Downs and citywide infrastructure improvements. Residents will have an PROTECT your PET! RABIES CLINIC The City of Malden and Malden Police Dept. are pleased to announce the return of the Annual Rabies Clinic This year’s clinic will be held: On SATURDAY, JUNE 18th from 10 a.m.-12 noon @ the Malden Central Fire Station, 1 Sprague St., Malden, MA 02148 *The cost is Only $15.00 per shot *ALL DOGS MUST BE LEASHED *ALL CATS MUST BE IN CARRIER *PLEASE COMPLY with all SOCIAL DISTANCING REGULATIONS This Clinic is organized by the City of Malden and the Malden Police Department. For further information contact Malden Police Animal Control at 781-397-7171 x1302 Malden Police Department 800 Eastern Ave. Malden, MA 02148 Please protect your Pet by getting them Vaccinated! ————— This Rabies Clinics is open to All Malden residents AND Non-Residents are welcome to bring their pets, also Attorneys at Law opportunity to ask questions on a virtual platform and engage with both elected offi cials and city leaders. After the fi rst event on May 24, the program is expected to expand, branching into diff erent neighborhoods across the city. Community visioning process could be on tap for proposed arts center By Adam Swift F or the better part of a year, the Public Arts Commission has focused on the possibility of transforming the unused Beachmont Fire Station into a community arts center. Now, the city is taking steps to bring in outside consultants and the public into the process. At Tuesday afternoon’s commission meeting, Elle Baker, the city’s open space and environmental planner, said the city has secured funding for a hazardous materials and structural analysis of the old fi re station. “I hope by the next meeting, we hope to have both completed or at least have them scheduled,” said Baker. In addition, Baker said the city has submitted an application to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to fund a community visioning process for the space. “We understand that at a high level we would like to make the transformation from a fi re station into something that celebrates the fi re station, as well as a welcoming space for community artists and a community art space,” said Baker. “With that, we have to fi nd out what is the best way to facilitate that. The city is absolutely not in the habit of renting space to artists and things like that.” The city recently completed a visioning process for the shuttered McKinley School that sought input on how to best use that space for early education, community learning and performing arts space. “We know we are not reinventing the wheel, and MAPC can really help us strategize and plan with community input,” said Baker. In addition to the Public Arts Commission, the Fire Department and the Revere Society for Cultural & Historical Preservation were listed as community partners on the application. 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. Patricia Ridge, Esq. But Baker said any residents or neighborhood groups interested in the project should feel free to support and give feedback on the proposal. In addition to using the fi rehouse as a community arts space, the Fire Department has expressed an interest in using part of the building as a fi re museum. “Fingers crossed we get funded for that,” said Baker. “We should fi nd out before the next meeting whether or not that has been funded.” Public Arts Commission Chair and Ward 1 City Councillor Joanne McKenna, who has been a vocal proponent of the project, noted that there are artist lofts in East Boston that Revere could possibly use as a model for future development. “That is exactly what MAPC will help us do by looking at other case studies or other local areas in the state that have done similar types of projects … and were successful with it,” said Baker. www.eight10barandgrille.com We Have Reopened for Dine-In and Outside Seating every day beginning at 4 PM WE'RE OPEN! 8 Norwood Street, Everett (617) 387-9810 STAY SAFE!
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