Nunziato Field
The first Off-leash Recreational Area (OLRA) in Somerville, MA opened in Nunziato Field in April 2006!Please contact the Alderman for Ward Three, Tom Taylor, and let him know how much you appreciate his support for a space where off-leash recreation is safe and legal in Nunziato Field:
- Thomas F. Taylor
Ward Three Alderman
32 Vinal Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 776-1618
TFTAld32 at aol.com
Maintenance of the Nunziato OLRA is funded through contributions to Somerville Unleashed, the City of Somerville's revolving fund for off-leash recreational areas. Checks payable Somerville Unleashed may be sent to:
- Somerville Unleashed
c/o Carlene Campbell
City Hall
Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development
93 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 625-6600 x2517
ccampbell * at * ci.somerville.ma.us
Check out the Nunziato Field forum, and share your comments and suggestions on the Nunziato Field OLRA!
May 22, 2008
Arliss the Pug and Friends
[via the somdog-discussion group]
Loren, who owns Arliss the Pug, has started a blog to post pictures taken at Nunziato Field. If you have taken pictures at Nunziato Field, you can send them to Loren (lorenbryand * AT * gmail.com).
April 29, 2008
DOG FANCY Magazine Names America's Best Dog Parks
The Somerville Dog Owners Group (som|dog) is featured in the June 2008 issue of DOG FANCY, "the world's most widely read dog magazine," as the chief example of how to build a successful dog park in your community!
Congratulations, Somerville dog owners! Take a bow (wow)!
UPDATE 1 May 2008: Maureen Kochan has kindly granted the Somerville Dog Owners Group permission to reprint her article, "The Evolution of Dog Parks," which originally appeared as "Dog Parks: Then and Now" in DOG FANCY, June 2008, pp 36-39.
August 7, 2007
The Circus is Coming
The Open Air Circus, Somerville's own youth circus, performs this weekend at Nunziato Field in Union Square.
Show times are:
Friday, August 10 @ 7pm
Saturday, August 11 @ 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, August 12 @ 2pm
Tickets are $3
The Somerville Dog Owners Group appreciates that the City of Somerville will allow the Nunziato Off-Leash Recreational Area (OLRA) to remain open the weekend of the Cirucs. We ask dog owners to be courteous to Circus performers and members of the audience.
Please be especially attentive of the double-gates. Though there is no access between the OLRA and the main area of Nunziato Field, people coming to the park for the Circus may not realize this. As users of the OLRA and in the interest of the safety of our dogs as well as the enjoyment of all, please be courteous and take responsibility for the gates.
Thanks to mime and commedia dell'arte instructor, Ian Thal, for posting information about performance times and ticket prices on his weblog.
December 27, 2006
Thank you to the generous people who use the Nunziato OLRA
On behalf of park users at the Nunziato Off-Leash Recreational Area, on Friday, December 22, I dropped off at the Somerville Department of Public Works Dunkin' Donuts gift cards for each of the twenty employees of the Parks Department and the Highway Department who have helped to make the Nunziato OLRA our favorite municipal open space in the City!
To collect the money to purchase the gift cards, for the past couple of weeks, every time I brought Strummer to the park, I asked fellow park users to contribute a buck or two. Many, many park users participated: A lot of people, who don't ordinarily bring cash with them to the park, asked me when Strummer and I would be back so they could make a donation, too.
Thank you to all my friends at the Nunziato OLRA for being the most generous park users in Somerville!
December 4, 2006
Old vs New OLRA: Which do you like better?
"Sukisdad" wants to know: "Do you approve of the changes made to the Nunziato ORLA?" Let him know by voting in the poll he started on the Nunziato Forum on the message board!
