April 30, 2019
The Economic Development and University Relations Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss updates from the Retail Strategy Plan.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 12:00 P.M.
Additional information and remote viewing of the meeting is available through the City's Open Meetings Portal.
February 13, 2019
The Economic Development and University Relations Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss updates from the Retail Strategy Plan.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 12:00 P.M.
Additional information and remote viewing of the meeting is available through the City's Open Meetings Portal.
September 12, 2018
The Economic Development and University Relations Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss the Storefront Vacancies Best Practices report recommendations, and any other updates from the Retail Strategy Plan.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Additional information and remote viewing of the meeting is available through the City's Open Meetings Portal.
March 28, 2018
The Economic Development and University Relations Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss implementation of the final recommendations related to the Retail Strategic Plan. The presentation can be viewed here.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 12:00 P. M.
Additional information and remote viewing of the meeting is available through the City's Open Meetings Portal.
January 2, 2018
CDD's economic development division staff presented to the Planning Board to discuss implementation of the Retail Strategic Plan's final recommendations.
Location: City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 6:30 P.M.
June 14, 2017
The Economic Development and University Relations Committee conducted a public hearing to discuss the final recommendations from Larisa Ortiz Associates (LOA) in regards to the Retail Strategic Plan. Policy and programmatic opportunities related to the retail environment in Cambridge were also be discussed. LOA's Retail Strategy Action Plan was presented at the meeting and is available in the Documents tab.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 P. M.
The meeting was livestreamed through the City's Open Meetings Portal.
May 17, 2017
After extensive community outreach, LOA presented retail data and strategy updates at 3 public meetings on May 17th. The content of each meeting was the same, although different times were provided to ensure maximum participation. The public was encouraged to attend any one of the meetings.
Carl Barron Business Forum
The Barron Forum brings together the Cambridge business community to discuss updates and is sponsored by the Cambridge Business Coalition (Cambridge Chamber, KSA, CSBA, ECBA, ISBA, HSBA and CLF) in partnership with the City Manager's Office. Please register here.
Location: Cambridge College 1000 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
Time: 8:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M.
Economic Development and the University Relations Committee
A public hearing will be hosted by Economic Development and the University Relations Committee. More details available here.
Location: City Hall Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 3:30 P. M. – 5:30 P. M
Retail Strategic Plan Public Presentation
A public presentation will be hosted by the Economic Development Division.
Location: City Hall, Ackerman Room, 795 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139
Time: 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
March 2, 2017
Meeting with representatives of business associations (8:00-10:00 A.M. Police Headquarters, 1st Floor Community Room).
Minutes from the Business Association Meeting with Larisa Ortiz Associates are now available here.
Please see notes organized by topic here.
March 1, 2017
Meeting with representatives of neighborhood resident groups (5:30-7:00 P.M. City Hall Annex, 2nd Floor Arts Council Room).
Minutes from the Neighborhood Resident Focus Group with Larisa Ortiz Associates are now available here.
Please see notes organized by topic here.
Meeting Materials: February 14, 2017 University Relations and Economic Development Committee meeting
Presentation materials from the University Relations and Economic Development Committee meeting on February 14, 2017 are available online:
Cambridge Business Owners Survey
The survey was open until March 3, 2017. Click here for survey results.
CDD's economic development division had an internal kick-off meeting with a consultant team from Larisa Ortiz Associates (LOA). LOA was one of two respondents to the Request for Proposals that was issued by the city in the fall of 2016.
RFP