The forum will be held on October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at First Parish along Vernon Street.
FRAMINGHAM - Candidates for the Framingham City Council will be on hand for a climate forum on Saturday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at First Parish along Vernon Street.
Most of the candidates in the running for seats this November will be in attendance at the event, which will be hosted by Energize Framingham. There, they will be asked questions from community members regarding topics such as federal and state funding being brought to Framingham for climate-related projects, the promotion of resiliency to climate change, and fossil-free construction. This event has been done in the past with both mayoral and council candidates.
Even with most of the City Council races not being contested this year, Community Lead for Energize Framingham Aimee Powelka said that it’s still important to get candidates on the record during this discussion on climate.
“There’s a lot of decisions that the City Council makes,” Powelka explained.
“There’s pros and cons that need to be discussed by the community, but at the end of the day: it’s a City Council responsibility.”
District 1’s Christine Long and Michael Cannon of District 4 will both be unable to attend to forum, according to Powelka. She added that those two candidates—who are both running unopposed—have been invited to make a video to be shown at the event outlining their thought on climate topics.
Powelka added that the forum provides a unique opportunity for residents to have their questions on this matter heard. Questions are screened by the event team prior to being presented to the candidates.
“We’ve had a lot of great response from different community members saying that they really think this is an important event, to hear from the candidates,” Powelka continued.
The event is free for the public to attend, and it will also be shown live on YouTube. For more details, visit Energize Framingham’s website by clicking here.
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On January 3 at the Massachusetts State House, Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky officially signed control of the Thomas Danforth Building along Union Avenue over to the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance. Current plans are to develop the site into a regional justice center.
Esta semana no The Frame: o Finance Subcommittee ouve as mudanças propostas para as classificações e compensações de funcionários municipais, subsídios estaduais estão prontos para impulsionar programas de faculdade antecipada na Framingham State University e no Massachusetts Bay Community College, e uma revisão dos eventos recentes na State House: a nova bandeira de Framingham está pronta para ser exibida em Beacon Hill, enquanto o estado recebeu o controle de um prédio no centro da cidade para abrir caminho para um novo centro regional de justiça.
This week on The Frame: the Finance Subcommittee listens to proposed changes to municipal employee classifications and compensation, state grants are set to boost early college programs at Framingham State University and Massachusetts Bay Community College, and a review of recent events at the State House: Framingham's new flag is set to be displayed on Beacon Hill, while the state has been given control of a downtown building to pave the way for a new regional justice center.
