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Community Development > Small Business Programs - Stories and Impact

Small Business Programs - Stories and Impact

The Economic Opportunity and Development Division is committed to building an inclusive and sustainable Cambridge economy. The Division is responsible for a wide range of activities designed to meet the City's needs for a vibrant, innovative, diverse, and thriving economic base that ensures economic opportunity for all. 

The Division provides a variety of small business programs in the area of technical assistance, trainings/workshops, grants, and other resources. Click here for detailed information on each program, including eligibility requirements. 

Dashboard includes data on services provided from July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026.

 

Events and Activation

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Since FY25, CDD offered the Boosting Business Blocks, Cambridge Plays, and Cambridge NITES programs, all designed to activate and energize Cambridge commercial districts.

Boosting Business Blocks funded for eighteen (18) programs in Central Square, East Cambridge, Harvard Square, Huron Village and Observatory Hill, Kendall Square, and North Mass. Ave., and citywide marketing efforts. 

Cambridge Plays funded forty (40) events throughout Cambridge commercial districts and parks.

Cambridge NITES supported eleven (11) nightlife events in Central Square, East Cambridge, Harvard Square, and Inman Square.

For more information

Click here for more information on the Economic Opportunity and Development Division. If you have questions on programs, please contact us at edd@cambridgema.gov. 

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