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Information about lead paint, what it is, why it poses a hazard, the Massachusetts Lead Law and where to find information and assistance.

Procedure for obtaining City Council permission for permanent signs and awnings that obstruct the public way more than 6 inches.

Part of CWD’s mission and stated goal is to provide public out-reach and education through tours and other presentations at the Water Department.

Zoning and non-zoning recommendations from the 2001 Eastern Cambridge Planning Study, as well as visions for specific focus areas.

An overview of some of the City's policies, including the employee manual and telework policies, of interest to prospective job applicants

Learn how to turn Cambridge’s open data into clear, compelling charts and maps. Free 90-minute workshop on Zoom. Register now.

The Winter Warming Center, open December 1 through April 30 for the 2025-2026 season, provides a safe and welcoming space at night for adults experiencing homelessness. The nightly maximum capacity at the Warming Center is 35 individuals.

This event was rescheduled from May 22 and will now take place on May 28. The new king Charles II sent royal commissioners to New England in 1664 in order to pressure colonists into compliance with his metropolitan agenda. When these royal commissioners tried to claim full authority over local courts and militias, Cambridge inhabitants were among the first to act in defiance. Their grassroots petition campaign drew on the experience of the English civil wars and pointed the way forward to the American Revolution. Adrian Chastain Weimer is a Professor of History at Providence College and is currently a Long-term Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library. She is the author of A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023) and Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England (Oxford University Press, 2011).

Standard details for construction of public infrastructure in the City of Cambridge

The Economic Development staff offers a variety business development Programs to Cambridge small businesses.