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About the Economic Development Division
The Economic Development Division is responsible for a wide range of activities designed to meet the City's need for a diversified and thriving economic base. The goals of the Division include:
- Promoting thriving commercial districts;
- Cultivating a supportive environment for small, women and minority-owned businesses;
- Promoting a real estate market that offers a diverse array of options for the development and leasing of business properties of different sizes use categories.;
- Supporting efforts to sustain a diverse array of employment opportunities accessible to Cambridge workforce;
- Marketing Cambridge as a location for business; and
- Maintaining a supportive business climate.
Cambridge Business News
The
Economic Development Division recently updated the Cambridge Minority and Women Owned Business
Directory. To be included in future editions
of the directory follow this link to print the directory
survey form or to complete it electronically using Microsoft Word.
Cambridge
is excited to be one of the world's major biotech centers. Over the past decade, the biotechnology and life sciences industry has emerged
as an important focus of our business community. Over 100 life science-related companies are in Cambridge. Follow
this link for a listing of Cambridge's life science companies. In addition, a map of biotechnology
company locations throughout the City is available. To provide more information about
this important trend the Department the brochure Cambridge
Biotech: The Brains of Biotech The Heart of Innovation (736 KB).
These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat
viewer.
The
Economic Development Division offers a variety of workshops to assist residents, entrepreneurs, and
local businesses.
For
more information about programs offered by the Economic Development Division see the recently update Economic
Development Brochure. (864 KB)This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free
Adobe Acrobat viewer.
Programs and Services
Programs and services provided by the division fall within the following areas:
For More Information
For more information, please contact Rona Holmes, rholmes@cambridgema.gov, at 617/349-4637. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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Estella JohnsonDirector of Economic Development
estellaj@cambridgema.gov
Phone: 617/349-4616
344 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
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617/349-4621
617/349-4669
8:30 - 8:00 Monday
8:30 - 5:00 T/W/Th
8:30 - 12:00 Friday
