January 17, 2007 GAC Update
The Council did not meet on Monday in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Holiday. The Council’s University Relations Committee meets tomorrow (Thursday January 18) at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Room in City Hall to discuss creating a partnership of universities, colleges and institution, business and neighbors to develop a plan to enable Massachusetts Avenue to reach its full potential. The Council holds a regular meeting next Monday.
Vice Mayor and State Representative Timothy Toomey is our guest at next Tuesday’s GAC meeting. There will also be a brief report on planned activities for the coming year. If you plan to attend please RSVP to tsmith@cambridegchamber.org or by phoning Terrence Smith at 617-876-4213 by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19.
The New York Times ran a column on Berkeley's Nanotechnology Ordinance on Sunday. As reported last week the Council has asked the City Manager to consider a similar ordinance in Cambridge. A copy of the New York Times column is available at http://jims-empire.com/main/?p=162. (Note that this is not the New York Times site. Viewing the column on the New York Times site at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/weekinreview/14feder.html may require registration.)
Upcoming GAC Events
The 2007 Government Affairs program is sponsored by Genzyme.
Vice Mayor and State Representative Toomey Guest at January GAC
Cambridge Vice Mayor and State Representative Timothy Toomey, Jr. will address the January GAC meeting and luncheon on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at noon in the Chamber of Commerce Board Room. Vice Mayor Toomey was first elected to the City Council in 1989 and to the State Legislature in 1992. He is in his first term as Vice Mayor. Prior to his election to the Council he served two terms on the Cambridge School Committee.
Please e-mail tsmith@cambridgechamber.org or phone (617) 876-4213 if you plan to attend.
For a listing of public meetings, visit the Public Meetings link or the Public Meeting Notices area of the City of Cambridge Web site.
