Cambridge Redevelopment Authority

The Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) undertakes urban redevelopment projects and other activities provided for in the enabling legislation. In recent years the CRA has focused its attention on the Kendall Square area. While the CRA works with the Community Development Department on occasion, the Authority is not staffed by CDD and is not under the Department's jurisdiction.

Cambridge Redevelopment Authority Membership

  • Kathleen L. Born, Chair (5 year term)
  • D. Margaret Drury, Vice Chair (1 year term)
  • Christopher F. Bator, Treasurer (3 year term)
  • Conrad Crawford, Assistant Treasurer (4 year term)
  • Barry Zevin, Assistant Secretary (State appointee)

Meetings and Agendas

The CRA holds regular Board meetings, usually on a monthly basis.

 Date Agendas and Discussion Documents Minutes
June 20, 2012 Minutes
July 18, 2012 Minutes
September 19, 2012 Agenda
September 2012 Board Book
Minutes
September 27, 2012 Agenda Minutes
October 17, 2012 Agenda and Related Materials
November 14, 2012 Agenda
• Amendment 8
• Cash Flow
Forecast
• Trial Balance
• Draft Meeting Minutes
• Draft Google Connector Meeting Minutes
• Proposed 2012 Budget
Minutes
December 19, 2012 Agenda
Bylaws
Bylaws - Redline/Strikeout Version
Cash Flow
Cash Schedule
Trial Balance
• Transition Outline
Minutes
January 16, 2013 • Agenda
December 2012 Minutes
• DHCD Approval of Urban Renewal Amendment #8
Communication from Steve Kaisser and Response
• Annual Transportation Update
• December 31, 2012 Trial Balance
• December 2012 CD Schedule/All Cash Schedule
• December 2012 Cash Flow
• Draft 2012 Annual Report
• Proposed 2013 Budget
• Google Connector Design Review
• Kendall Square Zoning Presentation 
December 6 2012 Draft By-Laws 
• Draft Executive Director Job Description
Draft Transition Planning Report
Minutes
February 27, 2013 Agenda 
• Letter from Thaddeus Tercyak
Grand Junction Letter and Council Resolution
• 2012 Annual Report
• Draft January Meeting Minutes
• 1 Cambridge Center Proposed Deck Plans
• Draft Signage Review Policy
• Signage Sampler
• Transition Report
Cash Flow and Forecast
Cash Schedule
• Trial Balance
Minutes
March 13, 2013 Special Meeting • Executive Session Notice
• Agenda
Minutes
March 27, 2013 • Agenda 
• Cash Flow and Forecast
• Cash Schedule
Trial Balance
• Design Review Meeting Notes
• Design Review of Microsoft Roof Deck
Minutes
April 2, 2013 • Agenda Joint meeting with Planning Board.
April 17, 2013 • Agenda
• Cash Flow  
• Forecast
• Cash Schedule
• Trial Balance
• Let People Play Plans
Minutes
May 15, 2013 Agenda
• Cash Flow
Forecast
• CD Schedule
• Trial Balance 
Special Counsel Letter
• Executive Development Officer Report to Board
• Memo from Tom Stohlman to Kathy Born
Motion Regarding Executive Development Officer Contract
• Memo from Stephen Kaiser to CRA Board
Proposed Process for Strategic Plan
Motion to Hire Auditor
Motion to Hire Kathryn Madden as Part-Time Employee

Documents

 More documents will be forthcoming:

See also the documents What is Urban Renewal and How to Organize an Urban Renewal Authority on the  Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development web site.

Innovation Boulevard

The Innovation Boulevard project comprises the construction of a linear park parallel to the Grand Junction rail line, which will be situated along the westerly edge of Galileo Galilei Way between Main Street and Binney Street. There is currently no funding identified for the project.  Treatment of this green space will be reviewed as part of the Eastern Cambridge Open Space Study.

For More Information

For more information about the CRA please contact Tom Evans, Executive Development Officer, at tevans@cambridgeredevelopment.org or 617/492-6801. The CRA's offices are located at One Cambridge Center, 4th floor, Cambridge, MA 02142.