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The Public Information Office (PIO) acts as the main liaison between the City and the media. The PIO team is happy to assist journalists covering the City of Cambridge. Please contact us for background information on particular stories, to arrange interviews with City staff, or for information on services and programs provided by the City.

Join us for an hour of drumming with Ammaya Dance and Drum to celebrate Juneteenth! This event is recommended for children ages 5 and up and their caregivers. In the event of inclement weather, the drum circle will move to the Curious George Room. Due to rain, this program will be in the Curious George Room.

Cambridge City Manager Louis A. DePasquale submitted his proposed Operating and Capital Budgets for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20), as well as the proposed FY20-23 Operating and Capital Plans, to the Cambridge City Council on April 22, 2019.

Please join staff from the cities of Cambridge and Somerville and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) for a listening session about the Updated Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan project.

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Brandon M. Terry—John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Codirector of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research—for a discussion of his new book Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Democratic Knowledge Project-Learn at the Harvard Graduate School of Education—and Michael Sandel—Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University and the bestselling author of The Tyranny of Merit and Democracy’s Discontent. Registration is required.

Paint the youth buildings in Cambridge with colors and patterns. Students and families from each youth center would participate in deciding the colors/design for each building and help with the painting to increase community involvement.

A feasibility Study Report (.pdf) on Audiovisual Improvements; produced for the City of Cambridge by LDa Architecture and Interiors Firm.

The Budget Office’s primary responsibility is the preparation of the annual Operating and Capital budgets for submission by the City Manager to the City Council.

The Cambridge Community Preservation Act Committee is soliciting project proposals for funding consideration for the FY2025 funding cycle. Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds can be used for affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation projects.

The Harvard Square Advisory Committee reviews applications for variances and special permits within the Harvard Square Overlay District.