These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal.
Walking through Healthpeak plan
Pedestrian Committee, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Forty-five minutes of this meeting are set aside for discussion of a letter of comment about Healthpeak, a life science developer with plans to create a 42-acre neighborhood in the Alewife Quadrangle – a checkerboard of 18 buildings, including labs, offices and 2,076 homes, and a bridge over train tracks to better connect with the MBTA’s Alewife Station and a possible commuter rail station.
Hazardous waste collection
Household hazardous waste drop-off, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Items accepted from residents include batteries (vehicle and nonalkaline); car fluids including antifreeze, brake, engine degreaser and transmission; car tires (a maximum of four per household); chemicals including cleaners, glues, removers and those used for photography and in swimming pools; fluorescent light bulbs; mercury items including thermometers and thermostats; paints, both oil-based and latex; poisons such as insecticides, pesticides and weed killers; propane cylinders (20 pounds or less only); waste fuels including antifreeze, gasoline, kerosene, Sterno and motor oil; and fire extinguishers. Don’t bring prescription medicines; ammunition, fireworks and explosives. asbestos; bleach or ammonia; commercial/industrial waste; construction debris; empty aerosol cans; compressed gas cylinders; infectious or biological waste; prescription medicines; smoke detectors; or syringes. The notice for this event also says no radioactive waste will be accepted. At 50 Mooney St., Cambridge.
Setting preservation grants
Community Preservation Act Committee, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31. The process of annual allocations begins for grants benefiting open space, historical sites and affordable housing, including setting percentages for each bucket (10 percent in each is a minimum, but traditionally affordable housing gets 80 percent of the available money). Members also look at the projects seeking money this year. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
This post was updated Aug. 24, 2026, to slot the Community Preservation Act Committee onto the right day.
