Yes, its true....

Sacco's is being sold to someone else who is going to keep it a bowling alley (as far as we know).  We are happy that it worked out for the community to keep the bowling!

The main reasons for us letting go of Sacco's were that as a smaller project of just the bowling alley without the ability to do any development, our concept just wouldnt work financially. Also, we got excited about what the larger concept could offer ..... and myself, my team and my investors have decided that its best to look for another location where we can have the square footage we need to do our concept to its fullest potential. We are hoping to find a suitable location in Davis Square. 

I will keep you posted!

Trish

The Davis Square Task Force will meet on Monday, December 3 at 7 pm at the Senior Center, 167 Holland Street (Tufts Administration Building). Here's the agenda:

7:00-7:10 - Introductions

7:10-7:45 - Neighborhood Groups Update:

• Willow Ave. traffic study group (Mark Chase, Brian Postelwaite, Ethan Gilsdorf)
• Davis Area Resident Business Initiative (Thalia Tringo)
• Crime Watch
• Go Green Davis Square
• Local First Initiative (Joe Grafton)

7:45-7:55 - Joshua Tree request for 2am license

7:55-8:20 - Davis Square Updates:

• One Davis Square – Davis Square sign island
• When Pigs Fly (Andrew)
• Sacco’s Bowl Haven (Trish)
• Other developments

8:20-8:45 - City Updates

• Hotel RFP for Davis Square (Mayor’s office)
• Green Line extension update
• Shape Up Somerville and Map (Nicole)

8:45-9:00 - Miscellaneous items and next meeting date

Thank you to everyone who came Saturday to our Bowling Party at Sacco's. We had over 100 people show up over the 3 hours. It was really great meeting a lot of you from live journal....and I really enjoyed the conversations and ideas for our project. Still booking dates for round table discussions - will keep everyone posted! 

Thanks for all the great comments about The Connections Center when I last posted. We are continuing to work on a more detailed plan that we can present - your feedback is really helpful.

Due to a few considerations, we have decided to move the bowling party from this Sat. to November 3rd. from 5-8. I hope you can join us!  We will be having free bowling, pool and food -  and will be looking forward to meeting everyone in person for some fun....

:-)

(I will still be there Saturday with some friends, just in case anyone misses the changed date - stop by and say hi if you would like! )

Hi Everyone,

I had the pleasure of meeting ron_newman last week and he invited me to post (thanks for the invite Ron!). I want to say a quick hi and introduce myself. My name is Trish and I’m in the process of purchasing Sacco's Bowl-Haven. I moved to Somerville about 4 years ago from Northampton, MA. I live on Elm Street and I have spent a lot of time in Davis, enjoying the Diesel, Somerville theater, Johnny D’s and other great local establishments. I have wanted to get more involved in the community and now this project has given me that opportunity.  

There’s a lot to share about myself, my team and our vision for what we hope will be a great addition to the Davis Square community. Its hard to condense into a short blog entry. But I wanted to at least start the conversation ….

Very briefly  - our concept is called The Connections Center and it’s a new kind of community center. The quick overview is that we want to develop unique spaces and services that (1) help people meet each other (2) expand people’s homes and offices and (3) enhance the creative/renaissance lifestyle. (Features like flexible meeting space, unique social events, art and music salons are some examples.)

We are still in the process of developing the plans for the bowling alley, and a lot depends on community feedback and support…. and of course, getting the needed permits.  Ideally, we would like to have at least a beer and wine or full liquor license.....and incorporate food as well (catering will be important for events).

I know one of the biggest concerns many of you have is losing the tradition of the Sacco’s bowling alley. After learning more about the history of Sacco’s and speaking with other community members, we have now decided to incorporate some of the lanes into our concept. We will be dedicating the lanes to the Sacco family and having information about the history as part of the design.

I will be at the task force meeting tonight but will only have a couple of minutes.  Our plans are to set up a time in the near future were we can present our ideas in more detail and get community feedback. I will also be posting updates and sharing more of our plans as they unfold.

Finally, I want to invite you to come to meet the Connections Center team. October 13^th we will be having a free community party with free bowling, pool playing, food and fun at Sacco’s from 5pm -8pm. We would love to have you come meet everyone and play!

I look forward to meeting you all!