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Somerville design board hears presentation on proposed public safety campus; architects stress Lowcountry materials and campus layout

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Town staff and Creech & Associates presented a multi‑building public safety campus — police, municipal courts, fire station and a parking garage — for site and facade feedback. Board members praised the concept but asked for more detail on materials, brick color and pedestrian connections.

Town of Somerville staff and Creech & Associates presented the design for the proposed Public Safety Campus during the April 24 Design Review Board meeting, asking the board for early feedback on massing, materials and site layout.

Frank Neal, Somerville’s director of community and economic development and project manager for the campus, described the project as a long‑planned civic campus intended to house police, municipal courts and the fire station, plus a public…

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