URGENT CALL: YOUR VOICE NEEDED
Cambridge property owners are facing unprecedented heat and water issues as the climate changes. We've been studying this growing problem for years and now know a way forward, but that path isn't yet part of a comprehensive ordinance to protect people and property. One way we can do that is through zoning. Green Cambridge has signed on to the proposed Cambridge Climate Safety Zoning Petition that will protect the health and safety of everyone who lives and works here to make new buildings climate-resilient and require building sites to have more open space and landscaping, and remove barriers like on-site parking to make affordable housing projects easier to build. Our neighborhoods will be more environmentally equitable across the city.
JOIN US AT TWO CITY MEETINGS FOR YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT AMENDMENT
The City Council's Ordinance Committee and the city’s Planning Board will hold public hearings on the zoning proposal. The City Council will revise and vote on the final version of the zoning later this year. Send emails, attend, and speak out!
Please email your support for the zoning petition to the addresses below. Your email can be brief. Letters of support from organizations and neighborhood groups are especially helpful. Speaking to the City Council at the Ordinance Committee public hearing is key.
Please BCC (blind copy) your emails to CambridgeClimateSafety@gmail.com .
Planning Board public hearing: Tuesday, June 26th, 6:30PM, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Planning Board email: Liza Paden lpaden@cambridgema.gov Comments sent in by 4pm, Thurs. 6/21, will be given to the Planning Board before the hearing date.
City Council’s Ordinance Committee public hearing: Wednesday, June 27th, 5:30PM, City Hall, 2nd Floor.
City Council email: council@cambridgema.gov and Clerk Donna Lopez: dlopez@cambridgema.gov
Visit http://www.cambridgeclimatesafety.info to sign up for timely notices of public hearings and read the proposed zoning and FAQs.
JOIN US AT TWO CITY MEETINGS FOR YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT AMENDMENT
The City Council's Ordinance Committee and the city’s Planning Board will hold public hearings on the zoning proposal. The City Council will revise and vote on the final version of the zoning later this year. Send emails, attend, and speak out!
Please email your support for the zoning petition to the addresses below. Your email can be brief. Letters of support from organizations and neighborhood groups are especially helpful. Speaking to the City Council at the Ordinance Committee public hearing is key.
Please BCC (blind copy) your emails to CambridgeClimateSafety@gmail.com .
Planning Board public hearing: Tuesday, June 26th, 6:30PM, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Planning Board email: Liza Paden lpaden@cambridgema.gov Comments sent in by 4pm, Thurs. 6/21, will be given to the Planning Board before the hearing date.
City Council’s Ordinance Committee public hearing: Wednesday, June 27th, 5:30PM, City Hall, 2nd Floor.
City Council email: council@cambridgema.gov and Clerk Donna Lopez: dlopez@cambridgema.gov
Visit http://www.cambridgeclimatesafety.info to sign up for timely notices of public hearings and read the proposed zoning and FAQs.
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Our urban farm in East Cambridge connects communities to the growing cycle. We’ve helped lead Cambridge toward NetZero energy goals ahead of other cities and towns. We prize the value of all trees growing in the city, no matter whose property they grow from. We support all work toward removing pavement and parking and increasing transit, pedestrian and bicycle facilities for a cleaner, safer, and healthier future. We educate emerging generations on the urban flora and fauna found in our city through multi-generational celebration.
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Cambridge Trees Advisory Committee
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