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About the Fernald Working Group

The Fernald Working Group (FWG) is a coalition of Waltham organizations working for a community-based plan for the reuse of the Fernald Center site. The FWG's Vision calls for increased open space, housing for a range of incomes and abilities, preservation of some existing services and resources, increased transit options and more. FWG members include representatives from the Waltham Land Trust, WATCH, Waltham League of Women Voters, and from the site's abutting neighborhood.

The Fernald Working Group welcomes the opportunity to speak with civic organizations, neighborhood associations, religious groups and other entities interested in learning about the Fernald reuse process the opportunity for public involvement. To bring the FWG to your group's next meeting or event, contact 781-891-6689.

Voting Members:
Susan Gitelle Baron, League of Women Voters
Marie Daly, Waltham Land Trust Inge Uhlir, Waltham Land Trust
Norm Faramelli, WATCH
Garret Vandermolen, resident abbuter
Marc Rudnick, Waltham Land Trust, WATCH Diana Young, Waltham Land Trust


Advisors
Waltham Councillor Thomas Curtin State Representative Peter Koutoujian
MAPC Director Marc Draisen Waltham Mayor Jeanette McCarthy
Senator Susan Fargo State Representative Thomas Stanley
Office of Commonwealth Development, Priscilla Geigis


Endorsers of the ideas in the Fernald Vision document

Below is a list of endorsers to date. The FWG has conducted outreach to over 50 local and regional organizations. Therefore, our list of endorsers keeps growing. For the most up to date list, contact the FWG at the WATCH office: 781-891-6689.


The Community Day Center of Waltham
Fernald League for the Retarded
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waltham
First Presbyterian Church, Waltham
Goldencrest Hobbes-Brook Association
Hardy Pond Association
Marist Missionary Sisters
Massachusetts Coalition of Families and Advocates for the Retarded (COFAR)
Waltham Council of Neighborhood Advocates (WCONA)
Waltham Fields Community Farm
The Waltham Historical Society
Waltham Affordable Housing Committee
Waltham Alliance to Create Housing (WATCH)
Waltham Land Trust

 


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