What's New & Exciting

• For upcoming community meetings and classes go to the City of Cambridge Calendar of Events.
• The Economic Development Division small business workshops. continue in January 2010. A Pricing Strategies workshop will beheld on February 10. A Special Event Planning Workshop has just been scheduled for February 22. A Business Demographics Workshop is being held on March 2.
• Community Development has recently been studying the Charles Riverfront to create a cohesive vision for the riverfront in Cambridge. In winter and spring of 2010, staff will be meeting with neighborhood and business groups, property owners, and the Planning Board to share a preliminary discussion of issues and opportunities, and to gather public input to inform the plan. The first meeting will be on February 10 with the East Cambridge Planning Team followed by a meeting on February 24 with the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association.
• Please join us for the first public meeting of the 2010 North Massachusetts Avenue Improvement Study, Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 6:30 P. M. at the Peabody Elementary School, 70 Rindge Avenue.
• First time home buyer workshops will be held in March. The dates are Wednesday, March10,17, 24, and 31. Space is limited. Registration is first come, first served. Please contact us at 617/349-4622 for more information.
• The 4th Quarter 2009 Development Log is now available.
• The Economic Development Division has completed a report on the recent Central Square Customer Intercept Survey. Read the report to learn more about what residents and visitors want to see in Central Square.
• The Stretch Energy Code is an appendix to the state energy code. Currently, the City of Cambridge is assessing the Stretch Energy Code Appendix for local adoption. Two public meetings held this fall led to the following comments. You can learn more about the proposed stretch code here.
• CASCAP, Inc. is developing 24 affordable homeownership units at 125 Harvard Street (Printshop), near Kendall Square. These units are available to income eligible first-time homebuyers through the City of Cambridge Homebuyer Program. Preferences for Cambridge residents and families with children apply. All units are subject to resale, limited equity and primary residence restrictions. Applications are accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Find more information here.
• The sign up form for the Housing Division's affordable housing mailing list is now available on line.
• The Housing Division is creating a Homeownership Resale Pool to match potential buyers to affordable units being sold by the current owner. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.
• We are currently undertaking a study of Aging in the Cambridge Community as it relates to our work in Land Use and Zoning, Open Space, Environmental and Transportation Planning, Housing, and Economic Development. Please take a few minutes to view a presentation and fill out the questionnaire. In the next six months we will be in contact with neighborhood
• The Housing Division has recently developed an updated list of resources for homeowners facing foreclosure. The document also includes information for tenants of buildings facing foreclosure.
• The City of Cambridge and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation have launched a major new energy initiative called the Cambridge Energy Alliance. The initiative will operate as a non-profit organization and will provide services and financing to dramatically increase energy efficiency in Cambridge buildings of all types. In addition, the initiative will assist installations of renewable energy systems and combined heat and power systems where appropriate. Residents, businesses, and others can register their interest on the Cambridge Energy Alliance web site.
• Did you know that the City Hall Annex at 344 Broadway, the location of the Department's office, is a green building? Learn More.This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.

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