February 2023 - Neighbors - lists.buenavistasocialclub.org

Fwd: Business Survey
by Comcast 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Please print out copies of this paper based business survey and get them onto the hands of any businesses you think may not access or respond to the online version. Finally, offer to pick it up and deliver to the city (attn: LeeGianetti) before the end of next week! Ruth Ryals rryals(a)comcast.net ________________________________ From: Gianetti, Lee <lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 1:48 PM To: rryals(a)comcast.net <rryals(a)comcast.net> Subject: Business Survey Hi Ruth, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Your website request was routed to the wrong staff member. I have attached a paper version of the survey. The return address is on the survey and I can enter the data for anyone who sends in the paper version. We have not had paper submissions for the past few years, so we have not produced printed copies. Please feel free to share the print version if you have business owners who cannot complete the survey on their phone or computer. The Online survey closes on Monday, and I can add any paper versions that arrive next week. Lee Gianetti Director of Communications

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Fwd: PSNA Meeting on Pot and Charter Review this Thursday!
by raryals 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

Reminder: PSNA February 16th Meeting Feb 16, 2023 07:00 PM EST We welcome Porter Square Remedies, to be located at 1908 Mass Ave (the old Wok 'n Roll site), to make a presentation to us and to answer our questions.. We will also hear from the Cambridge Charter Review Committee. They too promise to answer our questions. Please review: https://www.cambridgema.gov/charterreview This will be another hybrid meeting. In-person: Lesley University Hall, 1815 Mass Ave, 2nd flr, Rm 2-078 The room is large enough to allow for social distancing. You can also attend on zoom (see below): Please join us! ************************************************************************* Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88928847771?pwd=RzlCb1RnUU5ORGxUU3owaUJXRXZCZz09 Meeting ID: 889 2884 7771 Passcode: 390506 One tap mobile +13126266799,,88928847771#,,,,*390506# US (Chicago) +16468769923,,88928847771#,,,,*390506# US (New York) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcnOGAAh1Q -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Harvard Square - A Love Story!
by raryals 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

https://www.harvard.com/event/catherine_j._turco_at_harvard_book_store/ Catherine J. Turco at Harvard Book Store presenting *Harvard Square:A Love Story* - Details - Bio(s) - Order Signed Books Date Mar 2 Thursday March 2, 2023 7:00 PM ET Location Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Tickets This event is free; no tickets are required. Harvard Book Store welcomes CATHERINE J. TURCO—economic sociologist and the author of *The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media*—for a discussion of her new book *Harvard Square: A Love Story*. A Return to In-Person Events Harvard Book Store is excited to be back to in-person programming. To ensure the safety and comfort of everyone in attendance, the following Covid-19 safety protocols will be in place at all of our Harvard Book Store events until further notice: - Face coverings are required of all staff and attendees when inside the store. Masks must snugly cover nose and mouth. About *Harvard Square: A Love Story* “Harvard Square isn’t what it used to be.” Spend any time there, and you’re bound to hear that lament. Yet people have been saying the very same thing for well over a century. So what does it really mean that Harvard Square―or any other beloved Main Street or downtown―“isn’t what it used to be”? Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime denizen of Harvard Square, set out to answer this question after she started to wonder about her own complicated feelings concerning the changing Square. Diving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Turco explores why we love our local marketplaces and why we so often struggle with changes in them. Along the way, she introduces readers to a compelling set of characters, including the early twentieth-century businessmen who bonded over scotch and cigars to found the Harvard Square Business Association; a feisty, frugal landlady who became one of the Square’s most powerful property owners in the mid-1900s; a neighborhood group calling itself the Harvard Square Defense Fund that fought real estate developers throughout the 1980s and ’90s; and a local businesswoman who, in recent years, strove to keep her shop afloat amid personal tragedy, the rise of Amazon, and a globalizing property market that sent her rent soaring. *Harvard Square* tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their own Main Streets and downtowns. Offering a new and powerful lens that exposes the stability and instability, the security and insecurity, markets provide, Turco transforms how we think about our cherished local marketplaces and markets in general. We come to see that our relationship with the markets in our lives is, and has always been, about our relationship with ourselves and one another, how we come together and how we come apart. Praise for *Harvard Square: A Love Story* "Turco brings a novelist’s subtle sense of character, place, and pacing to an incisive, truly new consideration of a universal, though often invisible, fact of life: how we relate to where we live. And, on a deeper level, how we relate to change. A twenty-first-century Jane Jacobs, Turco’s intellect, compassion, and commitment come through each page." —Lea Carpenter, author of *Eleven Days* and *Red, White, Blue: A Novel* "A lovely, well-told story that will change how you think about markets, marketplaces, and perhaps even your own shopping." —Joseph L. Badaracco, author of *Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life* *"Harvard Square* is an emotionally gripping historical ethnography, powerfully connected to both the archive and to the lived experience of our attachments to a real street-level market and the people within it." —Peter Bearman, coauthor of *Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart* *Event Co-Sponsor(s)* History Cambridge engages with our city to explore how the past influences the present to shape a better future. Make history with us at historycambridge.org. -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Re: Invitation to Virtual Community Meeting for 1627 Mass Ave
by RUTH RYALS 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

While I have been unsuccessful in having them come to a PSNA meeting, this is a good way to catch up on what is proposed for this historic house, beautiful x-Lesley building on Mass Ave. See you there! > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Rebecca Eidelman <reidelman(a)homeownersrehab.org> > To: RUTH RYALS <rryals(a)comcast.net> > Cc: Dave Aiken <dave.aiken(a)outlook.com>, Will Monson <wmonson(a)homeownersrehab.org> > Date: 02/13/2023 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: Invitation to Virtual Community Meeting for 1627 Mass Ave > > > Hi Ruth, > > I hope you enjoyed a nice weekend. HRI is planning our second community meeting for 1627 Mass Ave, which has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 15th—a flyer with the registration details is attached. We looked at PSNA’s schedule when finding a date for this next meeting so as not to overlap with your monthly meeting in March. > > While we are unable to attend the 2/16 meeting this week, we encourage any and all members of PSNA to attend the March 15th community meeting and to raise any questions or comments they have about the project at that time. If PSNA has still has follow up questions after the March 15th meeting, we’d be happy to attend your next PSNA meeting to address your questions. > > I’m copying in my colleagues Dave and Will, who will also be able to answer questions about the next meeting. > > > Best, > > Becky > > > ----- > > Becky Eidelman > > Project Manager > > [cid2268176493*image001.png(a)01D82362.6BAC49D0] > > Homeowner’s Rehab > > 280 Franklin Street > > Cambridge, MA 02139 > > (617) 868-4858 ext. 208 > > reidelman(a)homeownersrehab.org mailto:reidelman@homeownersrehab.org > > >

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Fwd: PSNA Meeting on Pot and Charter Review this Thursday!
by raryals 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

PSNA February 16th Meeting Feb 16, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) We welcome Porter Square Remedies, to be located at 1908 Mass Ave (the old Wok 'n Roll site), to make a presentation to us and to answer our questions.. We will also hear from the Cambridge Charter Review Committee. They too promise to answer our questions. Please review: https://www.cambridgema.gov/charterreview This will be another hybrid meeting. In-person: Lesley University Hall, 1815 Mass Ave, 2nd flr, Rm 2-078 The room is large enough to allow for social distancing. You can also attend on zoom (see below): Please join us! ************************************************************************* Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88928847771?pwd=RzlCb1RnUU5ORGxUU3owaUJXRXZCZz09 Meeting ID: 889 2884 7771 Passcode: 390506 One tap mobile +13126266799,,88928847771#,,,,*390506# US (Chicago) +16468769923,,88928847771#,,,,*390506# US (New York) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcnOGAAh1Q -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Planning Board Meeting on 1730 Mass Ave Cannabis shop
by raryals 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

You can access the documents here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/specialpermits/pb394 Planning Board Planning Board Meeting 2/14/2023 6:30 PM Remote Meeting Remote Meeting Cambridge, MA 02139 *************************************************************** *Downloads:* Agenda Packet <https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=3821&Inline=T…> PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held remotely in accordance with Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2022, signed into law on July 16, 2022. Members of the public can provide comments by 5:00 P.M. the day before the meeting to planningboardcomment(a)cambridgema.gov, view the meeting online or on cable television within Cambridge, and attend virtually online or by telephone. Register for Zoom Webinar to participate in real time (before or during the meeting): https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5pZ4QPLSGyuf04JsbrITw Check your e-mail (including spam/junk folder) for confirmation. If you do not have a computer or e-mail address, attend via phone: Dial: 312-626-6799 or 929-436-2866 or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833 or 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 872 9985 3885 Review Information about Remote Planning Board Meetings: www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/zoninganddevelopment/planningboard/remoteplanningbo… If you have questions about remote meetings, please call Swaathi Joseph at 617-349-4668. *General Business* Update from the Community Development Department *Public Hearings* 6:30 p.m. PB-394 1730 Massachusetts Avenue –Special Permit application by 1730 Mass Ave, Inc. DBA The Boston Garden to convert an existing space to a cannabis retail store pursuant to Section 11.800 Adult Use Marijuana Retail Establishment. (Materials <https://www.cambridgema.gov/specialpermits/pb394> ) *General Business* PB-175 1 Leighton Street - Minor Amendment (Materials <https://www.cambridgema.gov/specialpermits/pb175>) -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
by RUTH RYALS 12 Feb '23

12 Feb '23

> > > > A wonderful annual event. Always inspiring and delicious. Watch this year's presentations and plan to join in person next year! > > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Cambridge NAACP <naacpcambridgema(a)gmail.com> > > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > Date: 02/12/2023 8:25 AM > > Subject: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > We would like to thank you all for JOINING US In-Person this year! This year was yet again another incredible event. So THANK YOU all for participating! PLEASE WATCH THE PROGRAM https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mlk/s23/1/ > > > > > > Featuring Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley > > > > Special Guest: The Honorable Senator Elizabeth Warren > > > > Musical Performance By: Ron Savage Trio > > > > Delicious Meal Catered By: Taste De Tropkis > > > > 🎉And Another CONGRATULATIONS to Our 2023 Awardees🎉 > > > > Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Parravano, MIT > > Drum Major for Education Award: Dr. Beverly C. Sealey > > MLK Community Leadership Award: My Brother’s Keeper > > Drum Major for Community Service Award: Darrin Korte, Cambridge Community Center and Lonnell Wells, Cambridge Bike Give Back > > Drum Major for Justice Award: Rev. Dan Smith, First Church in Cambridge Congregational > > MLK Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship: Bernard Hicks, NuImage Barbershop and Vicki Gray, New Chapter Home Improvement > > > > -- > > On behalf of NAACP Cambridge, MA Branch > > > > >

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Cambridge Business Survey happening now!
by raryals 11 Feb '23

11 Feb '23

https://www.cambridgema.gov/news/2023/02/thecityofcambridgeonlinebusinessop…

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Fwd: [Porter square] Housing needed--looking for leads
by RUTH RYALS 11 Feb '23

11 Feb '23

Any one know of something? > ---------- Origina Message ---------- > From: pe kutcher <pekut(a)outlook.com> > To: 'Porter Square Neighbors Association <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com> > Date: 02/11/2023 12:56 PM > Subject: [Porter square] Housing needed--looking for leads > > > Hello PSNAers, > I just found out that my young cousin (30-something) in Allston must leave his apartment fairly quickly and is looking to find something he can afford ( $1650 tops) on his own. He is VERY responsible and would make a great tenant. If anyone has leads, please email me. He's looking in a variety of areas--Watertown, Arlington, Brookline, Belmont, Cambridge , etc. > PeggyK > > > -- > 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 mailto:portersquare+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/MN2PR07MB654109B722C37673411… https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/MN2PR07MB654109B722C37673411… . >

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Another pot shop? Just a couple blocks from the last one we heard from?
by raryals 10 Feb '23

10 Feb '23

We may have as many as 5 cannabis shops along our part of Mass Ave, just North and South of Porter. I call that oversaturation. AGENDA Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 6:30 PM Remote Meeting Cambridge, *Members of the public can provide comments by 5:00 P.M. the day before the meeting to planningboardcomment(a)cambridgema.gov <planningboardcomment(a)cambridgema.gov>*, view the meeting online or on cable television within Cambridge, and attend virtually online or by telephone. Register for Zoom Webinar to participate in real time (before or during the meeting): * https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5pZ4QPLSGyuf04JsbrITw <https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5pZ4QPLSGyuf04JsbrITw> * Check your e-mail (including spam/junk folder) for confirmation. If you do not have a computer or e-mail address, attend via phone: Dial: 312-626-6799 or 929-436-2866 or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833 or 253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 872 9985 3885 Review Information about Remote Planning Board Meetings: www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/zoninganddevelopment/planningboard/remoteplanningbo… If you have questions about remote meetings, please call Swaathi Joseph at 617-349-4668. *General Business Update from the Community Development Department Public Hearings 6:30 p.m. PB-394 * *1730 Massachusetts Avenue –Special Permit application by 1730 Mass Ave, Inc. DBA The Boston Garden to convert an existing space to a cannabis retail store pursuant to Section 11.800 Adult Use Marijuana Retail Establishment. (Materials) * General Business PB-175 1 Leighton Street - Minor Amendment (Materials) -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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