The Fernald Working Group

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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	Steve Laferriere, WATCH
Marie Daly, Waltham Land Trust	Marc Rudnick, Waltham Land Trust, WATCH
William W. Durkee, ARC	Shannon Sweeney, resident abbuter
Norm Faramelli, WATCH	Inge Uhlir, Waltham Land Trust
Georgie Hallock, League of Women Voters	Diana Young, Waltham Land Trust
Heather Harris, Waltham Fields Community Farm

Advisors

Thomas Curtin, Waltham City Councilor	Peter Koutoujian, State Representative
MAPC Director Marc Draisen	Jeanette A. McCarthy, Waltham Mayor
George Darcy III, Waltham City Councilor	Stephen Rourke, Waltham City Councilor
Susan Fargo, State Senator	Thomas Stanley, State Representative
Laura Goldin, Professor, Brandeis University

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