NorthPoint affordable housing rate locked as council progresses toward 20% citywide
With gross procedural confusion, the City Council advanced a slew of amendments to its 20 percent inclusionary housing ordinance, including removal of a controversial section that would have meant more grandfathering of large developments at today’s lower rates.
Talks look at, beyond $183 million budget as City Council, School Committee convene
Free food for all students, new schools in the Alewife and NorthPoint neighborhoods and a debate over whether the city or schools department would lead on universal preschool were among the topics at a meeting of the School Committee and City Council.
Officials seeking more affordable housing argue higher NorthPoint rate is inevitable
While the city advances to nearly doubling developers’ obligations to include affordable housing in their buildings, the 42-acre NorthPoint is stuck in time, possibly for the duration of a 27-year agreement. Some city councillors believe there’s another way.
Lights atop Zinc Apartments could return through settlement discussions with city
Lawyers for the City of Cambridge and Zinc Apartments told the Massachusetts Land Court last week they were “working cooperatively” to settle the pending lawsuit concerning the city’s order that Zinc’s rooftop lighting remain off.
Five things to do this weekend: July 8-10
“Searching for Sanctuary” storytelling night; grand opening parties for Knight Moves and the Somerville Curiosity Shop; seventh annual World Naked Bike Ride Boston; W.C. Fields’ silent double feature; and Strip Zeppelin III.
Not glamorous, but needed infrastructure expected for NorthPoint from $25M bond
A bid for $25 million in state funding for infrastructure such as roads and a dedicated sewer connection comes at a crucial time for future development in the NorthPoint neighborhood off East Cambridge.
Buying rail property in Alewife paves way for more car-free travel paths through city
Fresh on the heels of opening the first section of the Grand Junction Path in Kendall Square for bicyclists, walkers, joggers and inline skaters, the city is putting money down in North Cambridge for land intended to be another crucial section of path.
Medical marijuana dispensary wins vote for Mid-Cambridge location, a ‘milestone’
The City Council voted 8-0 to approve zoning that would allow a medical marijuana dispensary near Harvard Square. The quest for a dispensary by Sage Cannabis began in November, and is far from over.
Medical marijuana dispensary by Harvard gets legal boost from city solicitor opinion
Councillors asked for a legal opinion after some worried that a one-block change in zoning to allow a dispensary in the Mid-Cambridge neighborhood seemed like “spot zoning” that was unfair to other pot businesses and possibly illegal.
Debate over medical marijuana facility nudges officials toward citywide zoning
A change to zoning that would allow a medical marijuana dispensary near Harvard Square deserves examination, city councillors decided, voting to send it on to their Ordinance Committee.
