City of Malden

The City of Malden was designated a Green Community by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources in 2017. Since then, Malden has received $1,046,811 in Green Communities Grants, allowing the city to significantly conserve energy, save money and reduce its carbon emissions. The MA Green Communities program helps communities across the Commonwealth conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuel use while saving energy costs for the municipalities. This year with a new Green Communities grant award of $193,022, Malden embarked on a first of its kind project in the Green Communities program - placing solar thermal collectors on a public high school roof to provide solar-heated water for its 150,000-gallon, competition size swimming pool. The pool is used year-round, not only by the MHS swim team, but many other area school district swim teams, as well as summer programs for the public. New England Solar Hot Water of Canton, one of the first solar hot water companies in Massachusetts installed 48 solar thermal collection panels on the high school roof above the pool. The solar thermal system ties into the boiler-heated water supply, reducing dependence on gas-heated water to maintain regulation temperature for the pool. Prior to installing the solar thermal panels, the swimming pool was heated solely from the gas-fired boilers that also heat the building. Keeping the pool at regulation 82 degrees Fahrenheit required running a boiler and heating parts of the school even in the warm months, creating an additional cooling load as well. The new solar thermal system will contribute approximately 36% of the heated water going into the pool. For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/epwGZRsd

MALDEN, MA - Malden announced it has completed its first ever Climate Action Plan (CAP), with a unanimous endorsement from the Malden City Council. A CAP is a detailed strategic roadmap to reduce emissions, protect neighborhoods from climate impacts, and create a sustainable and resilient future for all. Malden’s CAP prioritizes equity and climate justice, and it is driven by 5 key goals: championing good governance, advancing net zero in buildings and energy, accelerating sustainable transportation, mitigating heat and flooding impacts, and enhancing community resilience. "A plan like this is unprecedented in Malden,” says Mayor Gary Christenson. “I am proud of the effort that was put into this CAP, and I look forward to working with residents, City departments, City Councillors, and partner organizations to begin the work of implementation.” Background This CAP planning process was initiated in December 2022 and was facilitated by a resident-led steering committee, with the support of consultants from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). Various workshops, focus groups, surveys, and public meetings were conducted to solicit community feedback for the plan. “What sets this Climate Action Plan apart is the robust, innovative, and multi-lingual community engagement that shaped it,” said MAPC Senior Clean Energy & Climate Planner Julia Nassar. “Community involvement ensures our work reflects Maldonians’ priorities while building buy-in and a shared sense of ownership." For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/e7sYNsrs

Mayor Gary Christenson recently attended the grand opening ceremony of Laundry , a top-of-the-line self-service laundry, with high efficiency washers and dryers, and an in-house Ozone system to sanitize every load of laundry. They strive to do their part for the environment by minimizing use of utilities while giving the best quality wash, all in a bright, clean and welcoming space. They are proud to prioritize their customers’ time by having the fastest washers and dryers on the market. For more information, please visit laundryplus.co or call 780-873-2000. Pictured: Laundry employees with Mayor Gary Christenson (center); business owner Mike Williams (right of Mayor) and Chamber of Commerce Director Marianne Cohen (far right)

Join us for Malden Community Connection Day on Oct. 5th, 12-3pm at Ferryway School! Learn about city services, sign up for organizations, showcase talents, and connect with neighbors! Register or sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dWyWFPY8.

📢 The City of Malden will be hosting our annual vaccine clinics! 💉 📅 Date: October 9th 📍 Location: Malden Senior Center 7 Washington St. ⏰ Time: 10am-12pm 📅 Date: October 9th 📍 Location: Malden City Hall 215 Pleasant St. ⏰ Time: 1pm-3pm 📅 Date: October 9th 📍 Location: Malden Police Station 800 Eastern Ave ⏰ Time: 10am-12pm

Woburn-based battery maker Alsym™ Energy has signed a 60,000 SF lease with real estate developer Berkeley Investments (Berkeley) and its partner, Singerman Real Estate (Singerman), to expand its operations to Exchange 200 in Malden. The Exchange 200 location will become the company’s official headquarters, with operations continuing at Alsym’s existing Woburn facility. This expansion represents the largest lease signing to date at the building, which is Malden’s largest laboratory development, and one of the largest new cleantech lab leases signed in Greater Boston in 2024. The lease further establishes Exchange 200 as one of the region’s key hubs of innovation in the cleantech industry and demonstrates the appeal of the building across a wide spectrum of lab- and R&D-intensive industries, even as the market has seen a slowdown in life sciences demand. Alsym Energy, a developer of next-generation non-flammable, high performance, and affordable non-lithium batteries for stationary storage anticipates using the larger space in Malden to grow its Boston-area team while increasing its production capacity to address increasing demand for customer samples. By signing this 60,000 SF lease, Alsym Energy is affirming the heavy demand for high performance, non-lithium-ion battery technologies. “Expanding our operations to Malden provides us with the space needed to further advance the commercialization of our battery technology,” said Graeme Grant, COO of Alsym Energy. “This represents a significant step in our path to providing the world with safe, clean, reliable, and affordable batteries that are so desperately needed to succeed in the global energy transition. Our new cutting-edge space at Exchange 200 gives us the ability to speed up our pace of innovation, increase our capacity to provide samples to both existing and prospective customers, and get to market as quickly as possible. And being close to so many transit options – the MBTA, bike paths, highways – and great local restaurants make Malden an ideal location for our employees, current and future. We are thrilled to be joining the growing Malden tech and business communities.” For more information, visit https://buff.ly/4eDXQjj

The Great Malden Outdoors invites you to sign up for a FREE guided Bird Walk on Saturday 10/5 at 8am with Nature Man Mike (@naturemanmike). No experience or equipment required, please register on https://buff.ly/3THaGoW

The Great Malden Outdoors, a program to improve outdoor access in the City of Malden, will collaborate with Bike to the Sea, the Malden based non-profit, for a group ride offered to all 175 kids who completed the Learn to Ride a Bike Program earlier this summer. The ride will kick off Saturday, September 28th at 9:30AM from the Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen at 158 Canal St in Malden and will be a two mile out and back ride along the Northern Strand Trail for new cyclists and their families. Out of the 175 kids who registered for the Learn to Ride a Bike Program, 62 of them did not own a bicycle. The Great Malden Outdoors worked with REI’s Experiences Team to have demo bikes for each class so all kids could participate in the classes. To increase long-term access to cycling in the city, The Great Malden Outdoors was able to provide bikes for all 62 children to keep and continue to ride after the class was complete. The campaign worked with Bike to the Sea and the City of Malden’s Facilities Team to locate discarded bikes, refurbish them, and deliver them to those in need. The campaign also purchased new bikes with a significant donation from Mason Slaine, Malden High School Graduate class of 1971, along with additional funding from The Kristin Gennetti Group, and multiple fundraisers with Idle Hands Craft Ales. All families who received bikes have been asked to return them back to the Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen when their child has outgrown them, so the organization can pass them along to the next child, ensuring these bicycles remain in the city for years to come. The combined effort from these local business leaders proves the collective desire to see outdoor equity improve is shared by many in Malden. “Cycling is the gateway to getting outside and one that’s become more difficult for the current generation,” says Darren Josey, the creator of The Great Malden Outdoors and CEO of First Seed Sown. “With many parents in the city working multiple jobs, long hours, and living in homes along busy city streets, it’s hard to find time and space to teach your child how to ride a bike. The cost of bikes has also skyrocketed since the pandemic, adding yet another hurdle to learning how to ride. The Kid’s First Group Ride is the culmination of many months of work to equitably: teach kids how to ride, get their first bike, and experience the joy of riding with others who’ve also just learned.” For more information, visit https://buff.ly/4ehwZtt

In commemoration of Fire Prevention Week, the Malden Fire and Police Departments will hold their sixth Annual Public Safety Day at Linden Park and School, 29 Wescott Street on Sunday, October 6th from 11 AM-2 PM. Fire Prevention Week is a time that all are encouraged to recognize the dangers that can occur in the places we feel the safest. This year’s theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you.” The theme strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. Families and residents are invited to the free event for fun and interactive ways to learn more about safety. There will be “touch-a-truck” events where children can learn about and climb on fire engines and ladders, police cars, an ambulance and DPW trucks. There will be music, face painting by the Girl Scouts, free hotdogs, slush, pumpkins, raffles, and much more! The event is being sponsored by Cataldo Ambulance, Malden Housing Authority, Malden DPW, Piantedosi Baking Co., Stop & Shop, Anthony’s of Malden, Ward 8 Councillor Jadeane Sica, City Councillor-At-Large Craig Spadafora, and Malden Girl Scouts. Fire Prevention Week is observed every October in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire that began on October 8, 1871, and killed more than 250 people, along with destroying more than 17,400 structures across 2,000 acres. In 1911, 40 years after the fire, the Fire Marshals Association determined that the anniversary of this fire should be observed annually to generate awareness about fire prevention.

The family and friends of Malden resident Mattie Lexis Fitzgerald, a graduate of Northeast Metro Tech High School (NEMT) who lost her life in a tragic car accident in 2022 recently came together to honor her memory. A fundraising event was held at Mixx 360 to help raise funds to enable students to attend drivers’ education programs. MLF Forever19, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit that works to provide students of NEMT High School the funds to attend a driver’s education program to teach the important skills students need to practice safe driving. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Pictured: Mayor Christenson with the family of Mattie Fitzgerald (from left): Kristopher Sherburne, Courtney Fitzgerald, Taylor McNally, Jordan Sherburne, Mayor Christenson, Shannon Fitzgerald (mother of Mattie Fitzgerald), Ashley Fitzgerald, and Michael Miller