Economic choices leave traces. Consumers are becoming increasingly thoughtful about how we spend our dollars – but what about how we save them?

Inspectors will reconsider their approval for a Santander Bank trying to relocate within Harvard Square, while a Chase Bank planned for the soon-to-open building known as The Abbot is still awaiting a permit for a fit-out.

Public meetings this week look at bike lanes and off-street parking, a Net Zero Action Plan update, IQHQ’s life-sciences campus near Alewife, the search for a new city manager, using millions in American Rescue Plan funds, landmarking the Maria Baldwin House and much more.

Public meetings this week look at achieving greenhouse gas elimination goals through better construction methods, helping minority-led cannabis businesses finally open, acting superintendent Victoria Greer’s “entry plan” for schools, MXD and Alexandria plans in Kendall Square, potentially momentous changes to parking … and some ice cream.

The Abbot, a four-story block of retail, offices and restaurants due to open early next year in the heart of Harvard Square, is already signing leases – including one that brought groans from Historical Commission members.

A city purchase of the circa 1904 beaux-arts style Cambridgeport Savings Bank Building in Central Square got enthusiastic backing Monday by city councillors, even if there wasn’t a firm idea of what the building should become.

Cambridge Savings Bank opened its 18th branch location Thursday in Somerville’s Assembly Row. Until the opening, the bank had only one Somerville location: a Wilson Square ATM.

Ice cream lovers don’t need to line up quite yet outside the once and future Toscanini’s at the 907 Main hotel, but those yearning for the Blue Owl rooftop bar don’t have much longer to wait. That both are soon to happen is a relief to hotel owner Patrick Barrett.

Public meetings this week look at gun violence, reparations and the environment; school reopening plans and resolutions for the deceased and the retiring; plans in Central and Harvard squares for apartments; hiring the next city manager; and much more.

Public meetings this week look at a digital equity timeline, outdoor dining and Alewife traffic congestion; the next fiscal year’s budget, department by department; Covid vaccinations for kids and an Eversource brochure backlash; and affordable apartments proposed for 2072 Massachusetts Ave.