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The Climate Committee is a volunteer group of community members who work together to provide feedback and ideas to the City on topics related to climate change. It was formerly known as the Climate Protection Action Committee. The Climate Committee works to help the City reduce climate change impacts, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase equity, and serve as a partner to and example for other communities.

The City of Cambridge will offer the Cambridge Small Business Coaching Program to established Cambridge small services and/or retailers who are eligible based on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG/HUD) criteria.

Dumpster Licenses are required in the City of Cambridge and are issued by the Inspectional Services Department.

1986 study of concerns and opportunities for the section of Massachusetts Avenue between Porter Square and the Arlington line.

Due to the significant drought conditions currently affecting the state, hydrants will NOT be “flow tested” this year.

The City administration and City Council continue to recognize the importance of minimizing increases in water and sewer rates.

One year after opening in Harvard Square, the Cambridge KiOSK has grown into a year-round place for visitor information, cultural programming, and community gathering. On Sunday, June 7, at 1:25 p.m., the City will mark the anniversary with a free public celebration featuring live music, participatory activities, and a gathering recognizing the people and partnerships that have shaped the KiOSK’s first year.

Pole & Conduit Permits are issued by the Pole and Conduit Commission and governed by Massachusetts General Law ch. 166 and Cambridge Ordinance and Regulations.

Uncover the radical roots of urban gardening with Kate Brown, author of Tiny Gardens Everywhere (2026). The history of gardening in European and North American cities in the 20th century is a story about ordinary people working with each other—and with plants and microbes—to cultivate life in the unlikeliest of places. Using the deluge of nutrients that flow into cities, working class gardeners regenerated wasteland, built the first garden city communities, and engaged in the most productive agriculture in recorded human history. Following the plants and microbes, urban gardeners also built mutual aid societies that advocated for equity, social welfare, and rights—rights not to liberty and the pursuit of happiness (who can eat that?) but to food, fuel, and shelter; to well-being for all. Kate Brown is the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science at MIT. Her prize-winning books include Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future (2019), Plutopia: Nuclear Families in Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters (2013), and A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland (2004). Presented in partnership with City of Cambridge Community Garden Program.

The City of Cambridge issued an emergency order requiring that face masks or coverings be worn in indoor public places. The order takes effect at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, September 3, 2021. It applies to everyone over the age of two years old, with exceptions in alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines.