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Cambridge Community Development Department Clifford Cook
Planning Information Manager
ccook@cambridgema.gov
Expanding Sustainability between Campus and Community:
Town Gown Reporting in Cambridge, Massachusetts
April 24, 2013
About Cambridge • 6.4 square miles of land area • Resident population 105,162 as of 2010 Census • Daytime population 172,600, including workers and students • 10th densest city in the United States • 13 neighborhoods, each with a distinct character • Economic activity centered around five squares • Kendall Square adjacent to MIT serves as the center of the
State’s biotechnology and innovation economy • Four major colleges and universities
• 44,300 Students • 20,600 Employees • 584 Buildings • 12% of land area
375 Years of Coexistence
MIT – early 1920s
1970s & 1980s: Institutional Growth & Conflict
The Town Gown Report
Charge was to “review all key issues regarding the relationship between the city and the large institutions…” and to "...forge the basis for new and more productive partnerships between the City and its large institutions for the future…”
Key to the Process: Annual Reporting
Rocky Start: Building Trust
Understanding the Strategic Plan is Key
Meeting City Goals
Example: University Park
Example: Memorial Drive at Western Avenue
Example: CGIS Buildings
Example: 90 Mt Auburn
Example: Harvard Square Placemaking
Town Gown vs. Master Plan
Resources
• 1991 Mayor's Report on University-Community Relationships http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/Planning/TownGown/towngown_report_1991.ashx
• Cambridge Town Gown Annual Reports
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/planud/institutionalplanning/recenttowngown.aspx
• Planning and Educational Institutions in Cambridge http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/planud/institutionalplanning.aspx
• Kendall Square Central Square Planning Study http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Projects/Planning/K2C2.aspx