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Planning Board Meeting Agenda:Tuesday, May 11 6:30 pm
by Ruth Ryals 06 May '21

06 May '21

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS P L A N N I N G B O A R D CITY HALL ANNEX, 344 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 AGENDA Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM Remote Meeting Cambridge, Massachusetts General Business Update from the Community Development Department Adoption of Planning Board meeting transcripts (3/30/2021, 4/6/2021) Public Hearings 6:30 p.m. Missing Middle Housing Zoning Petition (continued from 3/30/2021) Zoning petition by Carolyn Fuller, et. al. to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Cambridge to reclassify all land currently in Residence A-1, Residence A-2, Residence B, Residence C, or Residence C-1 Districts as being in a newly created Residence N District, and to amend Articles 3.000, 4.000, 5.000, 6.000, and 11.000 of the Zoning Ordinance by deleting provisions effective in the Residence A-1, Residence A-2, Residence B, Residence C, and Residence C-1 Districts and creating use and dimensional requirements applicable in the new Residence N District, and by deleting minimum off-street parking requirements for nontransient residential uses, among other amendments. (Materials) 7:00 p.m. Cannabis Delivery-Only Zoning Petition Zoning petition by the City Council to amend Articles 2.000, 4.000 and 11.000 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge to create new land use classifications and associated regulations for “Cannabis Courier Establishments” and “Cannabis Delivery Operators”. (Materials) General Business items may be taken out of the order in which they appear on the agenda above. Times for General Business items are approximate. Public comments are taken only during a Public Hearing. During the discussion and deliberation on General Business items, the Planning Board does not solicit public comment. The City of Cambridge will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities upon request. Please make requests for alternative formats at least two weeks in advance by contacting the Planning Board staff listed below. For further information concerning this agenda, please contact Swaathi Joseph, Planning Board staff, at 617 349 4668, sjoseph(a)cambridgema.gov. Applications and Petitions are online at www.cambridgema.iqm2.com.

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Interesting stats/maps re immigration patterns for the Boston area
by Ruth Ryals 06 May '21

06 May '21

https://www.bostonindicators.org/article-pages/2021/may/recent_immigration

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by Ruth Ryals 05 May '21

05 May '21

A former Cambridge resident is planning to visit her son, who is immunocompromised and cannot travel. She'll be in Cambridge May 22-29 and is hoping to find a room to let for anywhere from 3 to 5 nights, preferably near the Lancaster/Washington streets area. All she needs is a room to sleep; She'll be cooking , etc with her son and her ex. A possible complication is that she has a 4-pound dog, who is coming with her. He's tiny and well-behaved. If a possibility arises that does not allow pets, she may be able to leave him with a friend in the area. She has friends in the area, but none are able to accommodate her. She is 65 and can provide references as to character, if need be. You can reach her at: (512)301-2029 (h) (617) 669-3296

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FW: Housing June 15th-Sept 15th?
by Ruth Ryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

An old neighbor, temporarily on the West Coast, sent this request: Mom and three (mature/ considerate) kids, long time Cambridge residents, are returning to the area from June 15th-September 15th and are looking to rent a 1-2 bedroom apartment/ home in the Avon Hill/ Porter Square area. They are looking for a 1st or 2nd floor (if there is no elevator) furnished unit /home with in-home washer and dryer. A bathtub, outdoor space of any kind and accessible parking would be ideal, but are not essential. We are so grateful for your help spreading the word. Thank you! Please contact Amy 617-470-8177.

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Ca you give a little to preserve this great little place?
by Ruth Ryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

No pretense, just good food at a fair price-The Village Kitchen! https://gofund.me/56f2bfb7

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Want rain barrels?
by Ruth Ryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/publicworks/news/2021/04/springshow…

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Fwd: [Porter square] TOMORROW MORNING: Lesley hosts virtual conference on violence against women
by raryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sullivan, John <jsulli24(a)lesley.edu> Date: Tue, May 4, 2021 at 7:44 PM Subject: [Porter square] TOMORROW MORNING: Lesley hosts virtual conference on violence against women To: portersquare(a)googlegroups.com <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com>, Phoebe Sinclair <psinclair(a)agassiz.org> Good afternoon, If you have time tomorrow morning, please consider joining us free, virtual conference. *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *Media contacts: *John Sullivan or Georgia Sparling, news(a)lesley.edu *Lesley University hosts virtual forum on ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women* *Free conference runs 9:30 to 11:30 Wednesday, May 5; features international panel of experts* *CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — *Lesley University invites the public to a free, virtual conference hosted by the Violence Against Women Initiative <https://lesley.edu/node/23476>. "Violence, Resistance & Change - Women’s Voices during the Pandemic," from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, explores the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and prolonged home confinement on violence against women. As Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women argues, “We see a shadow pandemic growing of violence against women.” Launched in 2016, the Violence against Women Initiative at Lesley University is a unique platform for artists, scholars and activists to explore the interplay between global and local representations of violence against women and historical and contemporary discourses. The initiative ultimately is a platform to engage with victims and survivors’ own stories— to bring about a deeper awareness of individual and collective experiences. Register <https://lesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcOuorTkqG9VMxIgCoaTNXipOez7KCk_p> for this Zoom conference via Lesley.edu/shadow-pandemic. The Zoom room will open up at 9:15 a.m. The conference features a variety of national and international speakers: - *Beena Sarwar* is a multi-media journalist, editor and documentary filmmaker from Pakistan who focuses on human rights, gender, media, peace, extremism, violence and South Asia. She has been an editor with major print and television news outlets in Pakistan, and has taught journalism at Princeton University, Brown University and Harvard Summer School. She contributes news and commentary to media outlets around the world including New York Times, Guardian, Boston Globe, BBC, CNN, Voice of America and NPR. She has published essays in several nonfiction anthologies. She is the editor of Aman ki Asha <http://www.amankiasha.com/> (hope for peace), a peace initiative launched by the two largest media groups of Pakistan and India respectively. - *Laura Viñuela* has a degree in musicology and a master’s in Women’s Studies from the University of Oviedo (Spain). She has worked independently as a gender consultant since 2005. She is an expert in feminist education and, specifically, in the prevention of teenage gender violence within the educational system. Her research in feminist musicology and her expertise in Popular Music Studies have allowed her to use music in schools to prevent teenage gender violence. - *Karina Breceda* works as the executive director of a women’s shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, promoting the dignity and safety of the migrant community at the border. In 2019, Ciudad Juárez was in crisis with the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, but Breceda and her team of fellow activists were there to speak for justice and provide for suffering migrants. In 2020, Karina founded her own organization, Haznos Valer, to further serve the border community and confront the humanitarian crisis. She was recently featured in a special issue of Time magazine for “Women and the Pandemic.” - *Mariya Taher* has worked in gender-based violence for over a decade in the areas of teaching, research, policy, program development and direct service. In 2015, she cofounded Sahiyo, an award-winning, transnational organization with the mission to empower Asian communities to end female genital cutting (FGC). She was the subject of an ABC News feature “Underground: American Woman Who Underwent Female Genital Mutilation Comes Forward to Help Others.” In 2018, Taher received the Human Rights Storytellers Award from the Muslim American Leadership Alliance. She has collaborated with the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association to pass legislation to protect girls from FGC. After starting a Change.org petition and gathering over 400,000 signatures, Massachusetts became the 39th state in the U.S. to do so. Taher has an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley and is also an extensive writer in fiction and nonfiction. She has contributed articles and stories to NPR’s Code Switch, Huffington Post and more. - Dr. *Helen M. Glenn-Beady* is the second daughter and ninth child born to the late Essie B. and William Earl Glenn. She serves leads fundraising and grant opportunities for both the Glenn Family Foundation and the ACEs Awareness Foundation. Glenn-Beady’s background and work experiences include founding and serving as president/CEO of two female/minority-owned businesses. Glenn-Beady has worked in several Fortune 500 companies in the capacity of senior-level human resources professionals to include: Weyerhaeuser Paper Company, Amoco Oil Company, International Paper Company Oil & Gas Division, and Ben’s Original Rice, a subsidiary of Mars, Inc. - Rep. *Tram Nguyen* is the state representative for the 18th Essex District of Massachusetts, which includes parts of Andover, Boxford, North Andover, and Tewksbury. She is a first-generation Vietnamese-American immigrant and was the first person in her family to attend college and law school. She earned a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and a juris doctor from Northeastern University School of Law. From the start of her legal career until she took office, Nguyen worked as a legal aid attorney and advocated for domestic violence survivors, workers, seniors, veterans, and children. Nguyen was first elected into office in November 2018 and is the first Vietnamese American woman in elected office in the commonwealth, the first Vietnamese American elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and has received the Women's Empowerment Award (2019), Asian American Women Political Initiative Legislator of the Year Award (2019) and other accolades. - *Iliana Valentín* is a poet, educator and activist. She graduated from Lesley University in 2020 with a double-major in Secondary Education and English Literature. She is a founding member of Informed: Immigrants & Allies — a web-based group committed to presenting information of critical importance to the public. Featuring online materials and podcasts, Informed educates people as to how they can exercise their rights to participate in civic processes. -- View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id -- To post to this group, send email to portersquare(a)googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/portersquare To unsubscribe from this group, send email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Porter Square Neighbors Association" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. 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FW: Housing Perspectives: Are Millennials So Different from the Generations Before Them?
by Ruth Ryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

From: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies <jchs(a)harvard.edu> Reply-To: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies <jchs(a)harvard.edu> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 11:10 AM To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> Subject: Housing Perspectives: Are Millennials So Different from the Generations Before Them? Share Tweet LinkedIn Forward Are Millennials So Different from the Generations Before Them? By Hyojung Lee on May 04, 2021 08:00 amWith all the buzz surrounding millennials and their choices, it is tough to separate myth from reality. Often, myths have been promoted without careful consideration of the difference between age and generation. Some have compared millennials to baby boomers, although they are in different stages of life. Others assume that the struggles of millennials during financial crisis would persist over time. I examine these issues in “Are Millennials Leaving Town? Reconciling Peak Millennials and Youthification Hypotheses,” a paper published earlier this year in the International Journal of Urban Sciences which examines how millennials are faring compared to previous generations at the same ages. Building on earlier work published when I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center, I find that millennials, on average, delayed their transition into adulthood as compared to older generations, consistent with popular portrayals, but they have begun to catch up in recent years, with rising incomes and as they move from multifamily apartments to single-family homes.For the analysis, I used the 1962–2019 IPUMS Current Population Survey (IPUMS-CPS) microdata and selected five birth-year cohorts to represent their respective generations: 1950 (early baby boomers born 1946–1955), 1960 (late baby boomers, 1956–1965), 1973 (Generation X, 1966–1980), 1985 (early millennials, 1981–1990), and 1995 (late millennials, 1991–2000). In the paper, I analyze various aspects of their life-course trajectories. In this first of two blogs based on the paper, I report on four notable findings: marital status, homeownership, personal income, and multifamily residence share. (In the paper, household formation and educational attainment were analyzed as well.) Marital status: As is well known, millennials are less likely to get married than earlier generations, and tend to marry later if they do. The share of people ever married (including currently and formerly married) when they were 20 years old was about 40 percent among early baby boomers born in 1950, but was only 7.2 percent among late millennials born in 1995. However, this is not a peculiar trait among millennials but a long-term trend: compared to earlier generations, the younger birth cohort has always had lower “ever-married” share at any ages. The trajectory patterns suggest that there have been not only delays but also declines in marriage over the life course among younger generations. Homeownership: While millennials have been less likely to become homeowners than previous generations at the same age, the gaps between them are narrowing. Indeed, the homeownership rate at age 30 among the early millennials was about 41 percent, while it was 50.5 percent among Gen Xers and even higher among the early boomers (57.8 percent). However, as indicated in my co-authored paper, millennial homeownership has been rapidly catching up in recent years, narrowing the early millennial-Gen X gap from 9.5 percentage points at the age of 30 to 4.8 percentage points at the age of 34. Average Personal Income: Despite the popular media portrayal of struggling millennials, their average personal income has surpassed that of earlier generations as they age into their 30s. Since average income is a function of wage and employment rates, women have taken an important role in these changes as they’ve had a large increase in educational attainment and labor force participation. Also, millennials’ higher education level could explain the rapid income growth during the recent economic boom. Multifamily Residence Share: The millennial generation is living in multifamily housing far more frequently than boomers did, but they are following their parents’ migration into single-family homes. The share of people living in multifamily buildings with five or more units tends to peak around the mid-20s and then declines rapidly as people transition into adulthood and move into single-family homes in their late 20s and early 30s. Millennials are not forever young, and it’s time for many to admit that (sadly, I am one of them). Source: Authors’ analysis based on the 1962–2019 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 7.0. Note: Early/Late B = Early/Late Boomers; Early/Late M = Early/Late Millennials. All figures are computed using three-year moving averages to avoid yearly fluctuations. All dollars are adjusted to 2019 dollars. Given that multifamily rental units are predominantly built in urban areas, the changes in millennial homeownership and multifamily residence might hint where millennials are heading. Indeed, another finding of this paper was that millennials started to move out of urban centers to suburbs. However, while some might suspect this would result in urban decline, or even urban exodus, my next blog post will explain why the demand for urban living is not going anywhere. Read in browser » Recent Blog Posts: Young Families and the Growing Number of New Single-Family Rentals Three Decisions the Biden Administration Will Need to Make If the Supreme Court Eliminates FHFA’s Independence How Have Community Development Organizations Responded to the Racially Disparate Impact of COVID-19 in Black Communities? Remodeling Upturn to Carry into 2022 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: The Rule is Back, but Can It Make a Difference? Blog Twitter Website Email Copyright © 2021 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, All rights reserved. Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences | View this email in your browser

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FW: Posts from Project Updates - 2072 Mass Ave for 05/04/2021
by Ruth Ryals 04 May '21

04 May '21

The hearing is at 6:30 tonight. https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/zoninganddevelopment/planningboard/remotepl… From: 2072 Mass Ave <2072massave(a)capstonecommunities.com> Reply-To: 2072 Mass Ave <2072massave(a)capstonecommunities.com> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:04 AM To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> Subject: Posts from Project Updates - 2072 Mass Ave for 05/04/2021 Excerpts: May 20, 2021 Board of Zoning Appeal Supplemental Application Materials Please use this link to access to access the supplemental materials for the May 20, 2021 BZA hearing: 2072 BZA Supplemental Application 042821 Read on » Copyright © 2021 2072 Mass Ave, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: 2072 Mass Ave2072 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02140-2011 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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FW: [Kenfield-local] Live sax & tuba this Friday night! And eye-popping "Transmitter" video out now!!
by Ruth Ryals 03 May '21

03 May '21

For the jazz lovers out there. From: KenField-local <kenfield-local-bounces(a)two.pairlist.net> on behalf of Ken Field <ken(a)kenfield.org> Date: Monday, May 3, 2021 at 2:36 PM To: Friends-Local <kenfield-local(a)two.pairlist.net> Subject: [Kenfield-local] Live sax & tuba this Friday night! And eye-popping "Transmitter" video out now!! I'm thrilled to have a live performance this Friday night 5/7 at 7:30pm Boston time, streaming worldwide at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJB8VvXnJQ This will be a streaming concert, with no live audience. I'll be playing alto & sopranino saxophone with electronic processing, and the great David Harris will be playing tuba, also with electronic processing. We have music in the set by me, David, J.S.Bach, Charlie Parker, and others - it will be an interesting mix. It's free, and donations are gratefully accepted. This is part of the Boiler House Jazz series hosted by the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. I'm one of the co-curators of that series, but this one was curated by John Bechard, who kindly asked me to perform for his part of the series this season - thanks John! We'll be playing live, immersed in the wonderful acoustics of the Museum's boiler room & its 40' ceiling. Everyone has repeatedly commented on how good the sound, video, and lighting have been for these shows. View it live this Friday night at 7:30pm Boston time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJB8VvXnJQ I'll be doing some live looping, which reminds me to tell you again about my latest solo release of loop-based improvisations. You can get it as a CD or a digital download or stream. Info is here: https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/ken-field-transmitter "A very innovative effort, Field’s use of looping, echo. and texturing keeps the listener consistently amazed at the complexity and impact of the arrangements, as he basically forges an entire new subgenre of jazz with his art." https://takeeffectreviews.com/april-2021/2021/4/6/ken-field "Far from being art for art's sake, this is going to take you to some far out new places and make you re-evaluate how you think about ‘solo' sax. Quite the lofty achievement here." http://midwestrecord.com/MWR1752.html "Highly recommended." https://cdhotlist.com/2021/04/05/april-2021/ [Translated from Dutch] "From the first notes it is clear that we are dealing here with an unconventional solo saxophone album. The music has a somewhat unreal atmosphere, but it is not distant. The musical experiments are designed in such a way that in each track the total sound is decisive, without compromising the individual voices. It is an original way to explore the possibilities of the instrument...Transmitter is a spirited and impressive album." https://opduvel.com/2021/04/11/ken-field-transmitter/ There's been airplay in South Africa, Belgium, Canada, USA, and elsewhere, including on John Schaefer's wonderful show "New Sounds" on WNYC in NY. And you are among the first to know about a mind-bending video to the track "Transparent" from the twisted brain (and I mean that in a GOOD way!) of Allison Tanenhaus, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/2Ok5J_204Uw But getting back to the concert, we appreciate the support of the KeyedUp initiative of JazzGeneration, and we hope you'll drop by for our hour-long concert this Friday evening. Plus there will be a Q&A following the concert, so hit us up with your most challenging questions and we'll dig up some answers!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJB8VvXnJQ With best wishes, -Ken ------ Ken Field * ken(a)kenfield.org * http://kenfield.org _______________________________________________ KenField-local mailing list KenField-local(a)two.pairlist.net https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/kenfield-local

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