Attend meetings in Cambridge for April 18-25 about after-school and transportation policies
Public meetings this week look at city-funded housing vouchers; transportation planning policy; universal after-school options and the middle-school experience; and what’s next for a church weathervane made in 1721.
Attend meetings in Somerville for April 18-25 about how to dump drugs, get hired by Tufts
Public meetings this week look at safe disposal of drugs and meds, scholarship committee updates, hiring at Tufts, the TSA and other employers and more.
Attend meetings in Somerville for April 18-25 about Earth Day, overdose prevention and bees
Public meetings and gatherings this week include Earth Day events, including a visit to Somerville’s growing Miyawaki Forest and a pollinator plan; a Narcan distribution; and Mystic River pathway and improvements at Draw 7 Park.
Affordable homes for Peter Valentine property draw discussion as fence begins to come down
The process of converting an outsider artist’s home into affordable housing begins this month with a community meeting, and a famous fence is coming down too.
Attend Cambridge gatherings from April 11-18, including a Patriot’s Day with a horseback ride
Public meetings this week look at setting City Council goals for the term and evaluating the city manager, housing and diversity hiring, and a Patriot’s Day celebration filled with history, treats, a horse riding in from Boston and a Humvee.
Taking on the housing crisis in Massachusetts could include foreclosure prevention program
A housing crisis of this magnitude requires a number of bold policy ideas. It also requires us to work together as communities to support people in need of housing.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from April 4-11 about DEI, a ‘road diet’ and effect of bike lanes
Public meetings this week look at a road diet plan and the impact of bike lanes; plans to redo Haskell Street in North Cambridge; hurdles to diversity, equity and inclusion; adapting homes to child care uses; and a housing agenda town hall.
Attend Cambridge meetings for March 28-April 4 about superintendent, public safety and housing
Public meetings this week look at an evaluation for embattled schools superintendent Victoria Greer and the state of policing in Cambridge. There’s also the first of two town halls run by an organization looking into the term’s City Council agenda on housing.
State delegation needs to support rent control along with governor’s Affordable Homes Act
Gov. Maura Healey’s Affordable Homes Act addresses the housing crisis in several useful ways, but leaves out repealing a statewide ban on rent control.
Attend meetings in Somerville from March 21-28 about fixing Broadway conflicts, fate of Armory
Public meetings this week look at resolving conflicts in Ball and Magoun squares and South Medford where parcels split at city lines and zoning districts; the future of the Armory arts building; a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination backlog; and more.
