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The City of Cambridge launched the 10th Cycle of Participatory Budgeting and collected over 1,100 ideas from the community between September 11 – October 9, 2023, about how to spend $2 million on projects to improve Cambridge.

Page containing information about the custom Common Exchange Newspaper publication and download links to each edition.

Participatory Budgeting, a democratic process that empowers community members through civic engagement to decide how to spend part of a public budget, turned 10 this fall.

This summer, BioMed Realty and the City of Cambridge teamed up to provide local Cambridge teens with a valuable, hands-on introduction to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) careers at some of the world’s most innovative companies.

More than 70 artists. Sept. 9-10, 2023. Noon to 6 p.m. each day.

A beloved apple tree will sprout new life through the process of tree grafting and mature pin oaks will be transformed into interactive sculptures as part of a public art project from the firm IKD that is planned for the City of Cambridge’s Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex.

As our planet heats up, we all need to stay safe from extreme weather and move away from fossil fuels. Sustainable Cambridge includes all that we do to address climate change while keeping our community welcoming, neighborly, and beautiful.

The City administration and City Council continue to recognize the importance of minimizing increases in water and sewer rates.

Grand Junction Multi-use Path project is a rail with trail alongside or within the Grand Junction railroad right of way, which is now primarily owned by the state, without precluding future transit on the corridor. The first segment was constructed in 2016 as part of the Grand Junction Park. Since then, the City committed $10 million for the design and construction of the path north of Broadway, and MIT committed $8.5 million and right-of-way for the design and construction on MIT-owned portions between Main Street and Pacific Street. In 2019 the City began the design process for the multi-use path between the Charles River at the BU Bridge and the Cambridge Somerville city line.

We will travel South to the Colombian Amazon and part of the eastern plains to learn about the beautiful legend of La Leyenda de la Madre Monte.