Past Newsletters

January 2008 Newsletter (PDF)

• City plans $96M CRLS renovation.
• MCNA rejects infill, backs zoning change.
• Cott zoning peition expires: backers plan to re-file.
• Library, War Memorial construction on schedule.
• Cambridge Police report rash of M-C housebreaks.
• Cambridge Police meet with MCNA officials and announce enhanced neighbor centric website.
• Shady Hill Square neighbors battle plan to build mansion on 'village green'.
• Lights on Joan Lorentz Park.

Harvard Square Liquor Licensing Issues
Backgrounder 

Please read the 9/26/06 status and Call to Action

Main Library Expansion Project

see architect's models
project news and information

MCNA Statement to City Council
MCNA Neighborhood Library Meeting Votes

November  2007 Newsletter (PDF)

- Special Neighborhood Meeting on 'infill' and zoning in M-C.
- Police meet with residents on crime and safety in M-C

September 2007 Newsletter (PDF)

- MCNA to host Candidates' night.
- Harvard plans major art museum renovations
- Library, War Memorial construction underway
- MCNA sets up five working committees - Neighbors encouraged to join effort.
  (City Government, Community Outreach, Construction & Development,
    Environment, and Quality of Life: Retiring in Place)

May 2007 Newsletter (PDF)

- Youville House/MCNA parnership proposed.
- M-C board poised to okay infill townhouse
- MCNA annual meeting tackles divers topics
- Library constrution begins in earnest
- Prospect Street rezoning aims to spruce up street's image
- City Council continues push to ease liquor policies

- Mass. Ave. bars to stay open 'till 2.am.
- Library construction is finally underway; War Memorial is next
- ACN lets neighborhoods share ideas, struggles
- Green movement grows in Mid-Cambridge
- Public support needed to protect Joan Lorentz Park

October 2006 Newsletter (PDF)

- Oct 24th meeting featurs "Rapid Response" strategy
- License Commission relaxes liquor rules, rejects Duck tours
- George Hinds Sr. wins first Good Neighbor award
- Swiss Consulate gets OK to expand on Broadway
- Neighborhood yard sales were big succes$
- Members to vote on Longfellow’s future use
- Budget constraints force library design changes

May 2006 Newsletter (PDF)

- Annual meeting topics: M-C oral history, library, parking, and more
- MCNA to consider 2nd rosolution on use of the Longfellow building
- Residents to take stand on parking in front yards
- Proposed MCNA resolution on front yard parking
- Good Neighbor Awards recognize M-C quality of life

January 2006 Newsletter (PDF)

- Library, bus shelters, trash on agenda for Jan. 31 meeting
- Library project director to update neighbors on construction progress
- Swiss House consulate unveils plan to expand
- For the record: Knafel controversy revisited
- Should curb cuts for front yard parking be banned?

October 2005 Newsletter (PDF)

- Neighbors seek to strengthen library construction mitigation
- Annual meeting recap
- Candidates' Night to focus on neighborhood
- How clean is your electricity?
- Happenings around the neighborhood
- MBTA plans for Harvard Square Conductors' Building
- Mid-Cambridge Oral History Project

Feb 2004 Newsletter (PDF)

- School Committee OKs temp library at Longfellow
- Concerns remain over library design
- MCNA neighborhood meeting tackles issues
- Call for MCNA Coordinating Committee nominations
- Fundraising update: the check was in the mail
- Cambridge Hospital eyes infill expansion

Oct 2003 Newsletter

- Longfellow School closing leaves neighborhood void
- Library schematic gets conditional OK
- Six main issues surface with park redesign
- MCNA draft guiding principles for Longfellow School
- Survey: How neighbors use Joan Lorentz Park
- Trowbridge Street condos proposed for Gallup house
- MCNA residents quiz Council hopefuls
- Police brief neighbors on rash of housebreaks

July 2003 Newsletter

- Longfellow Community School Saved
- Joan Lorenz Park Slated for Redesign
- Ice Cream Social was a Cool Treat
- Annual Meeting Yields Revised By-Laws
- An 'Angel' for Swedenborg

April 2003 Newsletter

- Longfellow School to close
- Could Library Addition Go Underground?
- Special meeting on changes to MCNA bylaws
- Dispute over ‘carriage’ house before M-C Commission

January 2003 Newsletter

- Library Plan Moves Forward with Reservations
- Library/park project: It’s deja vu all over again
- MCNA accessibility policy
- Police offer ways to cope with neighborhood crime
- Broadway Market promises to reopen after renovation
- Be a good neighbor--Shovel that snow!

December 2002 Newsletter

- Library Committee Selects Site Layout for Expansion
- Money Woes Could Force Sale of Swedenborg Chapel
- Five Neighborhoods Meet, Discuss University Expansion
- The Longfellow School, Holding Firm or Moving?
- Police, Neighbors Meet to Discuss Crime Trend.

September 2002 Newsletter

- Four Library Designs Considered.
- MCNA to Review Library Plans at Oct. 8 Meeting.
- Has Harvard Abandoned its plan for a tunnel?
- Help Wanted: Your Neighborhood Needs You.

July 2002 Newsletter (Current)
July 2002 Special Insert

- Final Decision Due on Harvard Tunnel
- Neighborhood Meeting to Vote on CGIS Proposals
- Tunnel Negotiations and How They Broke Down
- Study Recommends Ways to Ease Construction Woes
- Joan Pickett Elected MCNA President

May 2002 Newsletter

- Library Report Due at May 15 Annual Meeting
- City Delays Vote on Harvard Tunnel
- Coordinating Committee Candidates’ Statements
- Fund-Raising Call Yields Generous Response

March 2002 Newsletter

- MCNA Opposes Tunnel; Proposes ‘Rules for Living With Harvard Expansion’
- City Council To Vote on Tunnel Project April 3
- M-C Committee Identifies Library Design Issues
- Phase 2 Renovations To Begin at City Hall Annex
- Neighborhood Notices
- Newsletter Funding Is Up to You!
- MCNA Opportunities to Participate
- Cambridge Health Alliance Board Vacancy
- Swap Plants With Neighbors May 4
- New Fund to Protect Inman Square Tulip Tree
- New Tea Service Proposed for Neighborhood

January 2002 Newsletter

- Association to Meet Jan. 23 on Tunnel, Harvard Expansion
- Public Forums on Cambridge Street Tunnel: Residents See Costs, No
Benefits in Proposal
- Zipping Around Mid-Cambridge
- New Contact with Harvard
- Holiday Hit: The MCNA Party
- Recent M-C Conservation District Commission Cases

December 2001 Newsletter
- First Public Comment on Harvard Tunnel
- Library Project Design Update
- More Parking Spaces for Sumner Rd., Irving St.
- Snow: Our Winter Challenge
- MCNA's Holiday Party

October 2001 Newsletter
- MCNA to host Candidates’ Night October 25 at CRLS
- New MCNA Web site: www.mcna.org
- Community Preservation Act on November Ballot
- CNAHS helps restore Roberts Road building
- Harvard moves forward with Knafel plans
- Where have all the red signs gone?
- New projects underway in Mid-Cambridge

May 2001 Newsletter
- Association Advances Residents’ Role In Library Design
- Annual Meeting: Library, Graffiti, Mosquitoes, and More
- West Nile Virus: A Case Against Spraying
- Swedenborg Chapel Saved from Development
- Prospect St. Bread & Circus Has No Plans to Close
- Census 2000 Results for Mid-Cambridge
- New Members Join M-C Conservation District Commission

January 2001 MCNA Newsletter
- Broadway Site Picked for Library Expansion
- Notice of Neighborhood Meeting
- MCNA Gala Celebrates 25th Anniversary
- Recent M-C Conservation District Commission Cases
- Neighborhood Calendar

 October 2000 Newsletter
- Commission Approves Revised Knafel Project
- Conditions of Knafel Approval
- New Ambulatory Care Center Opens at Hospital
- Help Celebrate MCNA's 25th Anniversary
- Annual Meeting Sets Action Agenda
- Sculpted Lee Street Elm Is a Gift to the Street

 May 2000 Newsletter
- Commission Hears Knafel Proposal, Gives No Hint of Decision
- Notice of Annual Meeting
- MCNA Fund Appeal Nets Generous Response
- Principles and Guidelines for the Mid-Cambridge/Harvard Edge
- Historic District Proposal Is Before City Council

 March 2000 Newsletter
- Commission To Decide Fate of Knafel Project
- MCNA Takes Stand on Knafel, Other Development Issues
- What to Expect: The Commissions’ Authority on Knafel
- Timeline: The Road to Knafel 2000
- Harvardology

January 2000 Newsletter
October 1999 Newsletter