Climate Coalition of Somerville (May 2018)

Today, I went back to the Climate Coalition of Somerville’s monthly meeting. We had a lot of updates to work through, which unfortunately didn’t leave much time for some weighty discussions that we needed to have. But it was to get an update, in particular, about Tufts University’s negotiations with the City of Somerville over their payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT), in essence, getting the school to pay its fair share of taxes for the land that it owns, despite the fact that it’s a non-profit.

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