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The City of Cambridge announced that the City’s dog parks and tennis courts will reopen for public use on Monday, June 15.

The City of Cambridge launched the 9th Cycle of Participatory Budgeting (PB9) in 2022. Between June and July, community members submitted 1,320 ideas for how to spend $1 million on one-time capital projects to improve Cambridge. From August through November, volunteer PB Delegates researched all submitted project ideas and developed the final proposals for the PB9 vote.

After years of research, planning, and community engagement, the City of Cambridge is preparing for new greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements for large buildings to take effect beginning January 1. The Office of Sustainability is reaching out to property owners covered under the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to help them understand and prepare for the new requirements.

As part of the improvements at Sennott Park, Cambridge Arts has restored John Tagiuri's 2002 public artworks "Endless Lamps" near the basketball courts.

Iram Farooq, Assistant City Manager of Community Development, is leaving the City to become the Managing Director of Campus Planning at Harvard University.

The Cambridge Department of Public Works honored three DPW employees with the Ruth and Carl F. Barron Family Achievement Award on October 9, 2025. The Ruth and Carl F. Barron Family Achievement Award, established in 1992, is presented in recognition of outstanding productivity, distinguished performance and service to the City of Cambridge and Department of Public Works.

Regular meeting of the Peace Commission

The Baker-Polito Administration announced the Commonwealth’s Employer Vaccination Program, which will allow Massachusetts employers options to easily and conveniently vaccinate their employees.

Monthly meeting of the Peace Commission

The City of Cambridge was pleased to welcome Secretary Ed Augustus of the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to our community this week to discuss the City’s ongoing work to create new affordable housing.