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The Moses Youth Center (Formerly known as the Area 4 Youth Center) was originally constructed in 1992. The building is 19,500 GSF with a concrete structure, large windows, skylights, and its original building systems. Named for Bob and Janet Moses, Cambridge residents, educators, and civil rights leaders, the facility is primarily used by the Department of Human Service Programs’ Cambridge Youth Programs division, which serves Cambridge teens through afterschool and summer programming. Nurtury, , an early childhood education provider, operates from the building’s basement level. Moses Youth Center also serves the larger community as a location for programs supporting new parents, community meetings, and a neighborhood voting location. The building has been evaluated for systems upgrades several times and is currently in design for an upcoming capital project to improve the aging HVAC systems, repair critical plumbing infrastructure, and make key elements of the building more visually appealing for users. In addition, DPW Engineering is working on a project for street improvements around the building to help address and improve exterior water infiltration issues that have impacted the Youth Center. (Kristen, you could link to the port project that Gerry is working on if you think it is appropriate). This project will enhance thermal comfort for staff and residents who use the Moses Youth Center. It will also further the climate goals outlined by the Cambridge Net Zero Action Plan through its transition to an electric energy system, which will decrease the building’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission held on June 7, 2021

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission held on February 1, 2021

This project would install free public wifi in 3 Cambridge parks that are in areas with limited access to free wifi and 10 solar-powered benches that allow residents and visitors to charge their electronic devices for free in public areas.

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held August 1st, 2011

The “Getting to Net Zero” Task Force will advise the City Manager on ways to advance the goal of putting Cambridge on the trajectory towards becoming a “net zero community”, with focus on carbon emissions from building operations.

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held August 5th, 2013

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held September 12th, 2011

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission held on January 4, 2021

This report identifies several priority areas for energy use reduction and on which the city should focus and offers recommendations for implementation and further research.