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Are you looking to better understand the City of Cambridge's new budget? This issue will provide an overview of the fiscal year 2025 budget. Learn more about the budget process and the goals driving it. Review the City's largest investments and key initiatives. See how the City is preparing for the future. Want to read more outside of this issue? Detailed budget information is available at cambridgema.gov/budget.

If you become trapped in a stalled elevator, call 911 and trained firefighters will respond to make the rescue

The Capital Budget invests in the long-term infrastructure that keeps Cambridge running. Learn more about what projects the City is investing in.

Read about the City’s favorable credit ratings and their implications for the budget.

As part of the City’s Participatory Budgeting process, $320,000 in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget was allocated for a public toilet installation in Central Square.

Police Commissioner Christine Elow is joined by budget analysts in the police department and the City's Budget Office to update the Board on updates to the CPD Budget at the monthly meeting of the Police Review & Advisory Board held virtually via Zoom

Get to know Daniel Liss, Principal Budget Analyst with the City of Cambridge! In his role, Liss collaborates with other budget analysts, the general finance team, and departments across the City to design, monitor, and study Cambridge’s budget. Learn more about Daniel in this article.

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process that empowers community members to help decide how to spend part of a public budget. The City will allocate a record-high $2 million for this year’s process, which doubles the previous budget of $1 million. The PB outreach team will be collecting ideas from the Cambridge community through direct outreach in public spaces and at public events Sept. 11-Oct. 9, 2023.

Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process through which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.

The Cambridge Public Health Department (CPHD) announced today that a total of 212 people who live and work at skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Cambridge have tested positive for COVID-19.