Cambridge has different water than the rest of the Boston area

Every Wednesday! I just got back from the valentines day one.

As a New Yorker, I can attest to this. My hair is not happy in Cambridge ;(

MGH Sexual Health Clinic. Just on other side of the river. Very easy.

Ur amazing for this lol

It's a long process, and the text can get amended along the way, starting from step 3:

1. Neighborhood Committee will have a meeting in March hopefully.
2. Housing Committee will continue its meeting in March (8th?).
3. Then it gets sent to ... council which sends to Ordinance Committee? Or maybe ordinance committee directly.
4. Then there's Ordinance Committee.
5. Then it goes to Council again. If it passes there, there's two week delay, followed by:
6. Final vote in Council.

The Neighborhood Committee meeting is next opportunity for spoken public comment but you can email the council at any time: council@cambridgema.gov

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My (possibly incorrect) understanding is the grants from the City actually come from the Affordable Housing Trust, not the City budget (https://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/housing/housingtrust). In general my impression is that these are one-off grants, to pay for purchase and construction, and after that the buildings are operated and maintained from rent. Not an expert in how this works though.

Do you know when this is up for a vote?

Massachusetts water is some of the best in the nation. Eastern Massachusetts plumbing infrastructure on the other hand…

Do you know when the next one is? Would love to go.

In what way?

I'll go if you go.

One of the few bars with early morning liquor license if you wanted an eye opener

Are there any long term financial liabilities for the city due to these subsidies?

Sorry this got truncated somehow, fixed.

Yes! A Better Cambridge is also advocating for more multifamily housing in neighborhoods by ending exclusionary zoning, plus pushing city planning processes (like in Alewife or along Cambridge St.) to include lots of housing. Sign the petition to make sure you get email updates for all of these things :)

It sucks, but it's miles better than the Somerville one.

Commenting because I'm generally a "just build more housing in general" person. This petition is about updates to the Cambridge Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO), which I think is great even though I'm a "just build more housing" person. Why? Because:

1. It removes a bunch of onerous restrictions when building affordable housing (which we should just remove in general). The proposed amendment, which is what this petition is about, removes even MORE requirements: https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=4185&MediaPosition=&ID=17534&CssClass=

2. It does not impose any additional restrictions on builders of market-rate housing (pour one out for Boston)

So basically, this is "in the right direction" regardless of whether you think that direction is "more housing" or "only more affordable housing". Sign it!

Thanks for sharing your experience! I'll have to check that out!

They don't add minerals, but they are there - thats what is meant by "moderately hard". Not as bad as some other places in the country, but not necessarily ideal

Yeah one of the comments there cites the Cambridge government’s website saying the water doesn’t have high mineral levels.

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Bluegrass night has effectively moved to Lilly P's https://bluegrasstuesdays.com/

I have an AquaBliss filter, and it's definitely made a difference with my hair. I didn't realize how much the water here can have an effect until I was in NYC last year for a week and noticed how much softer my hair was, even with using the same products.