Attend meetings on tenant rights, climate crisis and cutting the ribbon at the Foundry building
Public meetings and gathersings this week include a ribbon-cutting at the $46 million Foundry community building, a tenants-rights forum sponsored by A Better Cambridge, Brattle Street safety improvements, a school district nondiscrimination policy, the restaurant replacing Loyal Nine in East Cambridge, and much more.
Attend meetings on a new problem at preschools, rodent solution, bike lane delay, Cherry Street lot
Public meetings this week look at problems with rats and a change in preschool hours, missing a May 1 deadline on bike lane construction, turning a vacant lot in The Port into affordable homes, special education policies, an energy-use disclosure law, Alewife-area lab moratorium, city manager search, law against wage theft and much more.
Attend meetings on ending parking minimums, a Green New Deal, the schools’ budget and more
Public meetings this week look at ending parking space minimums at developments; a local Green New Deal; fare-free buses; a school district budget; licensing rules and regulations; rethinking the Garage mall in Harvard Square; and more.
Bill by state reps would enact a ‘polluter’s fee,’ focus on utilities instead of maximizing profit
As the season keeps getting colder, I am eyeing my thermostat nervously and worrying about the higher bills that Eversource announced in December. Having to choose between heating my home and an exorbitant gas bill is the latest example of corporate greed.
Attend meetings on an Alewife lab moratorium, bike lane installation, raising linkage fees, more
Public meetings this week look at bike lane installation issues, a freeze on labs and offices around Alewife, a new universal playground at Danehy Park, a bunch of potential landmarking and property tear-downs, raising developer linkage fees, redesigning Cambridge Street and much more.
Watch meetings on Lechmere pot proposal; Renewed looks at Alewife, East Cambridge
Public meetings this week look at Nuestra, a recreational cannabis shop seeking to open in Lechmere; renewals of proposed Alewife zoning and an East Cambridge Conservation District Study; and help for educators and students in the coming school year.
Watch meetings on evaluating superintendent; switching off fossil fuels; Quadrangle building
Public meetings this week look at evaluating superintendent Kenneth Salim, ensuring students’ social, emotional and mental health, building a life sciences center in a drab part of the Alewife Quadrangle and a petition that would urge developers to turn away from fossil fuels.
Watch meetings on affordable housing zoning; switching off fossil fuels; pot shop near City Hall
Public meetings this week look at zoning petitions that would urge developers to turn away from fossil fuels and to build structures of all affordable units, including in parts of the city that have none. Also on agendas are a City Hall-adjacent pot shop and Eversource substation plan.
Swap your incandescent bulbs for free LEDs at Energy Alliance events starting March 17
Residents can exchange up to three incandescent or CFL lightbulbs for LED lightbulbs at upcoming events this spring. The Alliance-hosted swaps, starting Saturday, are free and open to all Cambridge residents.
Kendall Square gas leak illustrates worries spoken about by Mothers Out Front group
Today’s massive gas leak in Kendall Square is a safety and health concern for us all and demonstrates everything Mothers Out Front has been saying about the dangers of “natural” gas.
