City Calendar

License Commission Decision-Making Hearing

831 Mass. Ave, Basement Conference Room, Basement, 831 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

License Commission Decision-Making Hearing

Elm and Hampshire Plaza Community Meeting

Department of Public Works, Frazier Building Conference Room: 147 Hampshire Street.

Second meeting regarding improvements to Elm and Hampshire Plaza

Cambridge Human Rights Commission Monthly Meeting

2nd Floor Conference Room, 51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139

Human Rights Commission Monthly Meeting

I-90 Allston Interchange Project Informational Public Meeting

City Hall, 2nd Floor Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

This is a Mass DOT highway project that will straighten the Massachusetts Turnpike in the area of the Allston toll-plaza with the goals of reducing traffic, improving safety and enabling all-electronic, open-road tolling.

Harvard's Freshman Musical: HERO

Harvard's Agassiz Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02139

Harvard Office for the Arts presents the Freshman Musical: HERO Performing at the Agassiz Theatre 5/1 7:00 PM - 5/4 2:00 PM Admission: $7

Kuumba Singers of Harvard College

Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard Yard

"My Soul Is Anchored" | 44th Annual Kuumba Singers Spring Concert Saturday, May 3rd from 8:00 - 9:30 P.M. at Sanders Theater Admission: $8, $12

Net Zero Task Force Working Group-Incentives and Financing Tools

City Hall Annex, 4th Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

The Net Zero Task Force Working Group on Incentives & Financing Tools is focused on identifying building sectors that offer the most opportunities for energy savings or renewable energy generation, but for which the greatest barriers to action exist. While energy efficiency retrofits and low carbon construction result in energy savings and financial paybacks in the near and long term, financing tools and incentives are used to offset the issues around upfront costs of implementing these practices. This Working Group will develop a series of recommendations for how financing tools and/or could be most effectively introduced to motivate action among building owners. The group can identify specific program models, target audiences, delivery methods and potential partnerships or opportunities to leverage existing programs.

Net Zero Task Force Working Group-Energy Supply and Offsets

City Hall Annex, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

The focus of the Net Zero Task Force Working Group on Energy Supply and Offsets is to explore the range of possibilities for increasing the supply of renewable energy to buildings in Cambridge, and, more broadly, making the shift away from carbon intensive fuels. This Working Group will explore all scales of renewable and low carbon energy supply, from building level, to neighborhood or district, to mass production energy ‘farms’. Additionally, this group will explore whether and how carbon offsets will be incorporated as part of the net zero strategy, as a supplement to address any gap remaining following implementation of actions around energy efficiency, retrofits and renewable energy supply.

Opportunity Fair

Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

For a youth seeking an employment opportunity or an adult interested in increasing your skills.

Regular City Council Meeting

City Hall, 2nd Floor Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Regular City Council Meeting

Fresh Pond Stewards - Big & Small, Short & Tall - Family Night

Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Pkwy., Cambridge, MA 02138

A fun and kid-friendly volunteer event!

Water Treatment Facility Tour

Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Pkwy., Cambridge, MA 02138

Come learn how the Water Department treats your water to ensure it's clean and safe to drink.

Net Zero Task Force Working Group-Regulation and Planning Approaches

City Hall Annex, 4th Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

The Net Zero Task Force Working Group on Regulation and Planning Approaches will explore the use of regulatory and other policy tools in driving a variety of actions supporting low carbon construction, energy retrofits and uptake of renewable energy. Regulatory tools can influence market transformation at the building level, and at the neighborhood and community scales. Regulations and policies requiring or encouraging, for example, passive design, energy efficiency improvements to buildings, audits, commissioning and minimum thresholds for renewable energy technologies will help move the dial toward deep emission reductions from buildings. This Working Group will assess best practices and recommend a set of regulatory tools and approaches determined to be most effective in the Cambridge context. For more information on the Net Zero Task Force, please check here.

Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee

City Hall, 2nd Floor Ackermann Room, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee

Net Zero Task Force Working Group-Engagement and Behavior Change

City Hall Annex, 4th Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

This Net Zero Task Force Working Group on Engagement and Behavior Change will develop an approach to both raising awareness about the Net Zero target, and engaging stakeholders to take action where applicable. The target audience for education and engagement is a broad mix of Cambridge residents, industry groups, and the business and academic communities. This Working Group’s tasks include, but are not limited to developing strategies for the following objectives: Raising awareness among the general public as to ‘what is net zero?’; Educating the construction, design, and development industry in best practices in energy efficient retrofits, design and construction (may include identifying gaps in local expertise and proposing training programs to build capacity in specific areas); Developing an engagement approach for building managers and operators to address ‘low hanging fruit’ opportunities to optimize building performance; Exploring tools such as building energy benchmarking, reporting and labeling programs, with a view to developing strategies for how the City will make use of the data once collected; Exploring strategies to engage homeowners, tenants and landlords to impact their behavior and purchasing decisions