Left In Lowell

I got the motherload email from the Governor-elect today with a list of the next two weeks’ community meetings of all shapes and sizes. They are listed below the clicky thing. There are definitely a few I’d like to attend myself!

The Patrick-Murray Transition Team is setting up a series of issues-focused Community Meetings across the state. These meetings are a tremendous opportunity for anyone to come and participate in shaping the direction of our government.  Each Community Meeting will be hosted by one or more of the fifteen working groups created to help shape the new administration’s policy agenda.  They need your input to make the administration a success. The first confirmed Community Meetings are scheduled for Friday, December 1st. You will find the details below.   Bring your friends and family. The currently scheduled meetings appear below with more to come. You can always get the most updated information at www.patrickmurraytransition.org. Confirmed working group community meetings  Friday, 12/1 Joint Energy & Environment, Housing and Transportation Community Meeting 8-8:45am and 12:35-1:15pm DCU Center, Jr Ballroom - 3rd Floor 50 Foster Street, Worcester Lead: Conrad Crawford Higher Education Community Meeting with Governor-elect Deval Patrick 10:30am-12:00pm UMass-Amherst Campus Center 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst Site Lead: Kendra Medville Workforce Development Community Meeting 9:30am-12:00pm Ben Franklin Institute of Technology 41 Berkeley Street , Boston Lead: Stacey Monahan Monday, 12/4 Budget and Finance Community Meeting 6:30-8:00pm College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center 1 College Street (Suites B/C - 4th Floor), Worcester Lead: Tom Ryan Budget and Finance Community Meeting 6:30-8:00pm Western New England College, Rivers Mem. Hall 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield Lead: Lonsdale Koester Creative Economy Community Meeting 12:30-2:00pm Worcester Art Museum (Café) 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester Lead: Torin Koester Economic Development 5:30-6:30 pm Goodwill Industries 1010 Harrison Avenue, Boston Lead: Janet Lin Tuesday, 12/5 Budget and Finance Community Meeting 6:30-8:00pm Bernard Sidman Lecture Hall, Plymouth South Middle School 488 Long Pond Road, Plymouth Lead: Lonsdale Koester Economic Development 9:00-11:00 am Radisson Hotel 929 Hingham Street, Rockland Lead: Janet Lin Joint Local Government and Budget and Finance Community Meeting 5:30-7:00pm Lowell City Hall , Mayor’s Reception Room (2nd Floor) 375 Merrimac Street, Lowell Lead: Tom Ryan and Deborah Shah Joint Civic Engagement and Education (Pre-K – 12) Community Meeting 7:00pm Millbury High School 12 Martin Street, Millbury Lead: Alex Goldstein and Michelle Norman Housing Community Meeting 5:30-7:30pm Kittredge Center/People’s Bank Conference Center Holyoke Community College, Holyoke Lead: Jackie Barton Human Services Community Meeting 1:00-3:00pm Garden House 300 North Main Street, Florence ( Northampton ) Lead: Anne Roach Wednesday, 12/6 Civic Engagement 7:00-9:00 pm Roxbury Community College Reggie Lewis Center - Gymnasium 1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury Lead: Alex Goldstein  Joint Education (Pre-K – 12) and Higher Education Community Meeting 4:00-6:00pm Newton North High School (Room TBD) 380 Lowell Avenue, Newton Lead: Kendra Medville Higher Education Community Meeting 8:30-10:00am UMass-Boston Alumni Lounge, 2nd Floor Campus Center, 100 Morrissey Blvd. , Boston Lead: Kendra Medville Human Services Community Meeting 4:00-6:00pm Horizons for Homeless Children 1705 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Lead: Anne Roach Workforce Development 5:30 pm Middlesex Community College , Federal Building, Assembly Room 33 Kearney Square, Lowell Lead: Stacey Monahan Thursday, 12/7 Joint Creative Economy, Economic Development and Transportation Community Meeting 1:00-2:30pm Cape Cod Community College , Upper Commons - Grossman Bldg. 2240 Iyannough Road, West Barnstable Lead: Torin Koester and Conrad Crawford Human Services Community Meeting 3:00-5:00pm Temple Emmanuel 280 May Street, Worcester Lead: Anne Roach Monday, 12/11 Human Services Community Meeting 4:00-6:00pm Lawrence Senior Center 155 Haverhill Street, Lawrence Lead: Anne Roach Workforce Development 5:30 pm UMass-Dartmouth, Library Browsing Area, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth Lead: Stacey Monahan Wednesday, 12/13 Workforce Development 10:00 am IBEW Local 7 185 Industry Avenue, Springfield Lead: Anne Roach Lead: Stacey Monahan