Neighbors before Developers. Join our fight against the gentrification of Cambridge.
In Cambridge, the Port neighborhood of Cambridge used to be among the most diverse in Massachusetts, but gentrification is changing the community. From Alewife to East Cambridge, Kendall MIT to North Point, the impact of real estate transformation will create irreversible consequences that decide who gets to call Cambridge home.
Currently, our City Government’s encouragement of unregulated development is unsustainable. Please join the Cambridge Citizens Coalition (CCC), to protect the most cherished qualities of a city renowned for our dynamic culture, diverse vision, and rich history. As a nonprofit organization composed of residents from every corner of Cambridge, help us create a more informed community before the upcoming election.
Sign Our Petition to Stop citywide MMH (Missing Middle Housing) up-zoning petition (SEE BELOW) or at: bit.ly/wakeupcambridge
ACTION ALERT: Thursday April 8 5:30. The MMH petition comes before the Ordinance Committee of City Council which will take up this MMH Petition. Please write directly to the City Council by Noon Wed. March 7. Mail to: council@cambridgema.gov also send a copy the City Clerk: awilson@cambridgema.gov
PLEASE ALSO SIGN UP TO SPEAK at this meeting at the City's Open Portal up to 24 hours in advance by going to this link: https://bit.ly/3m6EXM1. Plan to speak for either 2 or 3 minutes (depending on who comes). One can also sign up to speak by calling 617-349-4280 on Mondays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 P.M. within 24 hours of the meeting.
Update: This citywide up-zoning petition (misnamed the "Missing Middle" -MMH) came before the Planning Board on March 30. and they chose NOT to support it - but do in principle support the end of zoning for exclusively Single Family Housing. This petition now is taken up by the City Council Ordinance Committee for discussion a meeting taking place on April 8.
This petition calls for a massive zoning change to build more luxury (market rate) housing at far greater density than currently allowed, and that promotes the demolition of current housing and the removal of scare city green spaces and trees, to make way for McMansions and multi-story duplexes everywhere. Promoted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and others, it will principally benefit investors and developers. Worse it will jeopardize affordable housing efforts, adding ZERO housing for middle income residents. Thank you everyone who wrote in and signed up to speak! You made all the difference!!
CCC's mission is to ensure that future development sustains the health of the entire community. Through citizen activism, change is coming- without citizen activism, we would not have had a progressive city charter.
LEARN MORE: at our "Missing Middle" tab above!
AND READ our letter on the MMH published in Cambridge Day titled "'Missing Middle' zoning is bait and switch, Cambridge Style, and won't add affordability"
Currently, our City Government’s encouragement of unregulated development is unsustainable. Please join the Cambridge Citizens Coalition (CCC), to protect the most cherished qualities of a city renowned for our dynamic culture, diverse vision, and rich history. As a nonprofit organization composed of residents from every corner of Cambridge, help us create a more informed community before the upcoming election.
Sign Our Petition to Stop citywide MMH (Missing Middle Housing) up-zoning petition (SEE BELOW) or at: bit.ly/wakeupcambridge
ACTION ALERT: Thursday April 8 5:30. The MMH petition comes before the Ordinance Committee of City Council which will take up this MMH Petition. Please write directly to the City Council by Noon Wed. March 7. Mail to: council@cambridgema.gov also send a copy the City Clerk: awilson@cambridgema.gov
PLEASE ALSO SIGN UP TO SPEAK at this meeting at the City's Open Portal up to 24 hours in advance by going to this link: https://bit.ly/3m6EXM1. Plan to speak for either 2 or 3 minutes (depending on who comes). One can also sign up to speak by calling 617-349-4280 on Mondays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 P.M. within 24 hours of the meeting.
Update: This citywide up-zoning petition (misnamed the "Missing Middle" -MMH) came before the Planning Board on March 30. and they chose NOT to support it - but do in principle support the end of zoning for exclusively Single Family Housing. This petition now is taken up by the City Council Ordinance Committee for discussion a meeting taking place on April 8.
This petition calls for a massive zoning change to build more luxury (market rate) housing at far greater density than currently allowed, and that promotes the demolition of current housing and the removal of scare city green spaces and trees, to make way for McMansions and multi-story duplexes everywhere. Promoted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and others, it will principally benefit investors and developers. Worse it will jeopardize affordable housing efforts, adding ZERO housing for middle income residents. Thank you everyone who wrote in and signed up to speak! You made all the difference!!
CCC's mission is to ensure that future development sustains the health of the entire community. Through citizen activism, change is coming- without citizen activism, we would not have had a progressive city charter.
LEARN MORE: at our "Missing Middle" tab above!
AND READ our letter on the MMH published in Cambridge Day titled "'Missing Middle' zoning is bait and switch, Cambridge Style, and won't add affordability"
