These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal.
Buses at North Point on March 21, 2022. (Photo: Marc Levy)
Child care for Cambridgeport
Board of Zoning Appeal, 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday. There’s a proposal to allow educational and institutional uses on the second story of 90 Hamilton St., Cambridgeport, so it can become Sunshine Child Care, also known as Harvard Brillante Academy. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Town hall about black business
Cambridge Black Business town hall meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. A Cambridge Disparity Report released Dec. 21 revealed only $60,000 of $261 million of city contracts over five years went to Black-owned businesses; this discussion gathers entrepreneurs, experts and community leaders to strategize how Black businesses can sustain, grow and thrive. It’s planned for the Community Art Center, 119 Windsor St., The Port, Cambridge. Free, but register.
Krispy Krunchy and Too Hot
License Commission, 10 a.m. Tuesday. Krispy Krunchy Chicken is close to opening at 336 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge, replacing an underused laundromat with 14 seats for dine-in and proposed hours of 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. all days; an eatery called Too Hot is looking at filling the empty 1,800 square feet of basement restaurant space at 18 Eliot St., Harvard Square, with seating for 50 and proposed hours of 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. all days. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
City-funded housing vouchers
Housing Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillors Burhan Azeem and Sumbul Siddiqui looks at whether city-funded housing vouchers, as proposed Feb. 26, are feasible. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Transportation planning policy
Planning Board, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. A briefing on “current transportation planning and policies” could be essential viewing in a city that is trying to get people out of cars and onto buses and bikes (for which improvements are fought over if they eliminate parking spaces) and where development is often based on train transit that has been failing for more than a year with no announced end date. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Universal after-school options
Human Services & Veterans Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. This committee run by city councillors Patty Nolan and Ayesha Wilson discusses progress being made to bring universal after-school program options to Cambridge. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Harvard, MIT and Lesley report
Economic Development & University Relations Committee, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 2. This committee run by city councillors Paul Toner and Sumbul Siddiqui bring in Harvard, MIT and Lesley representatives to hear their community-focused reports and talk programs and partnerships. The Planning Board heard these reports in February. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
The middle-school experience
School Committee School Climate Subcommittee, 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 2. This hearing chaired by Rachel Weinstein examines the experience of students in grades 6 through 8. Watchable online.
Next for church weathervane
Historical Commission, 6 p.m. May 2. First Church in Cambridge reports on the condition of its 5-foot, 5-inch 172-pound golden cockerel weathervane – actually solid copper with gilding – that had been overlooking Cambridge Common for 150 years until its removal last fall. (It’s much older, having been created in 1721, and was deteriorating.) The church asks to install a replica on its tower. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
