Attend Cambridge meetings from Dec. 5-11: Tow-free street cleanings and green zoning
Public meetings this week look at street cleaning without tows, green zoning, a municipal property inventory; conservative “birthing” clinics, board Stipends and bank frontage; and zoning to decide where labs are allowed.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Studying broadband and issues of the unhoused
Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband feasibility, the unhoused and substance issues, Alewife zoning recommendations and more.
Changes to Affordable Housing Overlay slowed after councillors say residents felt ‘blindsided’
Potential big changes to the city’s Affordable Housing Overlay were slowed as city councillors agreed to send them to two committees for preliminary discussion rather than to the bodies where language gets on track to be voted into law.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 21-27: Building higher in Affordable Housing Overlay
Public meetings this week look at expanding the Affordable Housing Overlay zoning from 2020 and how to use city-owned property; getting more EV charging and a municipal “green fleet”; the findings of the East Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Study Committee; and more.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 14-20: Garden Street lanes; empanadas filling Izzy’s
Public meetings this week look at rat control and climate zoning; Pikalo Empanadas filling the former Izzy’s restaurant space; the effects of a bus route redesign; Linear Park redesign ideas; urban design guidelines; Coffee With a Cop; and more.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Zoning limiting labs, superintendent’s contract
Public meetings this week look at zoning for labs and North Massachusetts Avenue, the school superintendent’s contract, an Alewife neighborhood planning update, and Historical Commission consideration of bike lane projects on Garden Street and apartments in Harvard Square.
Parking minimums are ended in Cambridge, giving choice to eliminate or rent out spaces
The end of parking-space minimums of any kind in Cambridge was enacted Monday by the City Council in an 8-1 vote, with members calling it the culmination of work begun more than five years ago.
Attend meetings on new board member stipends, child’s emotional-support hens and much more
Public meetings this week look at introducing some board member stipends, enacting the choice of zero-space parking minimums, Rindge School of Technical Arts improvements and whether an 8-year-old gets to keep his emotional support chickens.
The future of Cambridge Street could be taller: Presentation sees buildings of up to six stories
More residential and commercial density, expanded bike lanes and improved outdoor spaces are being recommended for Cambridge Street in city staff presentations.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Oct. 17-23: Vassal Lane school name change, lots of linkage
Public meetings this week look at a Vassal Lane Upper School name change, the effect of policy changes on development, a cannabis seller between Porter and Harvard squares, the future of Cambridge Street, a proposed green jobs law, and how to craft “linkage” fees for big construction and get more affordable housing.
