Elizabeth & Brendan

We will be leaving Medford for Somerville.

Some things about Somerville:

• It was an All-America City in 2009. About the All-America City competition: “The All America City Award is America’s original community recognition award, honoring communities of all sizes where community members, government, businesses and nonprofit organizations work together to address critical local issues. To win, communities must demonstrate close and effective collaboration among the public, private and nonprofit sectors to identify and advance the progress of key goals shared by the community. Other criteria include recognition and inclusion of the diverse segments of the population in community decision-making, creative use of community resources, and clear demonstration of project results and impacts, among many others.”
• Prospect Hill was the site of the raising of the first Grand Union Flag, under the orders of General George Washington, on January 1, 1776.
• Marshmallow fluff was started here.
• Barack Obama lived here when he was attending Harvard Law School.
• The Winter Hill Gang met up in the Winter Hill Bakery (in the Winter Hill section of Somerville).
• Most notably, we will be living there.

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