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Cambridge City Manager Richard C. Rossi describes the rewards of serving on City of Cambridge Boards and Commissions. Included is a list of characteristics that influence selection for appointments to the city's boards and commissions.

Submit your images depicting City buildings, landmarks, and the beauty of Cambridge to the 2024 Cambridge Resident Parking Permit contest. The winning photo will be featured in the 2024 Resident Parking Permit sticker.

The City of Cambridge is notifying residents, businesses, and visitors of street closures and traffic impacts September 20 and 21 due to the Central Square Night Market and Cambridge Meet Your Neighbor community event.

Little free libraries are beautiful, functional works of art that help build community. They develop literacy skills and encourage a love of reading by making it easy for families to exchange books in an informal, neighborhood setting.

There are separate fee schedules for different License types. Please keep in mind that these documents and charts in this section are here to help you estimate your fees associated with getting licensed.

The 100%-Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO) is designed to help affordable housing developers create new affordable homes more quickly, more cost effectively, and in areas of the city where there are currently fewer affordable housing opportunities.

Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts Revolutionary War heroine, disguised herself as a man and served in the Revolutionary War under the name Robert Shurtliff. She was also perhaps the first woman to lecture professionally in the United States.

Join us for a book discussion and hangout each month as we read books that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ experience. All readers age 10-13 welcome! Registration is required. For questions, email hsaxton@cambridgema.gov. This month we're reading Crushing It by Erin Becker. Copies of the book are available at the Central Square Library Children's Desk. Pizza will be provided!

The Cambridge STEAM Initiative envisions a day when Cambridge residents most impacted by systemic inequities have access to high quality STEAM programming, resources, and skill-building opportunities that will provide a pathway towards social and economic mobility.

A Dutch Traffic Garden, called “Safety School” in the U.S., is a permanent park for children to learn transportation etiquette by role playing. Kids take turns biking, walking, and driving a miniature streetscape in a safe environment.