Porter Square Neighbors Association (Cambridge, MA)

Member sought for the Police Review and Advisory Board

Submitted by ruth on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 2:20pm

Cambridge Police Review & Advisory Board Vacancy

City Manager Louis DePasquale is seeking Cambridge residents interested in serving on the Police Review & Advisory Board. Made up of volunteer members who serve five-year terms, the Board generally meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m.

The Police Review & Advisory Board is responsible for civilian oversight of the Cambridge Police Department and was established by City Ordinance in 1984 to:

AHO Project at 52 New St. - Zoom meeting!

Submitted by ruth on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 1:36pm

https://twitter.com/CDDat344/status/1369804026892722176?s=20

Single/Two Family Zoning Review

Submitted by ruth on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 7:49pm

Our guest at the February 18th meeting will be Councilor Patty Nolan (zoom link below)!

January 2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 7:00pm

Meeting Minutes, January 21, 2021

Helping Our Neighbors and Our Local Businesses

Local efforts underway to keep neighbors and small business afloat during COVID
Continuing Concerns re the change in direction at Davenport Street
Accommodating open discussions during meetings

Matt Stewart, St James Episcopal Church

Parish house to open in spring (hopefully). To comply with state and City COVID regulations, they hope to host a series of small tours for neighbors when they have the CO.

More COVID Vaccine info

Submitted by ruth on Fri, 02/12/2021 - 5:31pm

https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=coronavirus-lp-n...

CVS is now offering vaccines, here in Cambridge.

https://twitter.com/Ammallon/status/1360348196229234688?s=20

Vaccination Updates

COVID Vaccination Information Sources

Submitted by ruth on Sun, 01/31/2021 - 7:53pm

From the Living Well Network (a Cambridge nonprofit) today's update on Covid Vaccinations. Transportation, Tips, help with navigation, etc. Here https://agassiz.org/living-well/links-for-obtaining-covid-19-vaccination/

Also go to:

Resillient Mystic Collabrative

Submitted by ruth on Mon, 01/25/2021 - 7:22pm

https://resilient.mysticriver.org/

Check out the Mystic River website, and some of the data you can find there.

As well as some of the work they are doing.

https://resilient.mysticriver.org/our-work

The business case from "Building Community Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions: A Guide for Local Officials" by FEMA:

PSNA Meeting - HOW WE CARE AND SHARE NOW, Thursday Jan 21

Submitted by ruth on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:39am

PSNA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting Thursday, Jan 21.

PSNA Meeting -- HOW WE CARE AND SHARE NOW

Time: Jan 21, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

We will start the meeting by hearing from Matt Stewart, priest, and others, from St. James Episcopal Church about their work around food insecurity, homelessness, etc. and how these will be affected as the construction of their new community center is completed.