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...attract and retain highly skilled foreign workers, giving U.S. companies a competitive advantage in the world economy. “I am sure several U.S. firms in the high-tech sectors have very much welcomed this policy,” said Economics professor Pol Antràs. Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel said he believes this new rule will be helpful for Cambridge because the local economy, as well as the city’s tax revenues, relies upon these skilled industries. “From the city’s perspective, Cambridge wants to continue to be a place...
Street name changes are rare in Cambridge, according to City Councillor Sam Seidel, who is also a member of the Government Rules and Operations Committee. Plympton Street, originally called Chestnut Street., was given its current moniker...
...percent of the national poverty level and receive between $350 and $1,165 per household, depending on their income. The Council simultaneously approved the use of a $3,050 grant from Massachusetts Association for Community Action Program to provide for people who had used up their heatingfunds. Several councillors said they were concerned that people who rent homes and receive LIHEAP funds might not have access to efficient energy use methods, which might contribute to LIHEAP clients running out of fuel. “Typically, a landlord doesn’t have much incentive to make a property more energy...
Yellow pages may soon go green if Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel gets his wish. The council voted unanimously on Monday to look into an eco-friendly plan that would allow residents to opt out of having phone books delivered to their front doorstep. “You and all your friends look up most of your phone numbers on the Internet now,” said Seidel, who earned an urban planning degree from the Graduate School of Design in 2001 and won a Council seat last fall. “The Internet has become the new phone book...
...communities that once relied heavily on industrial and manufacturing companies.” The bill aligns statewide priorities with the Cambridge City Council’s recent economic initiative to partner with universities and businesses to promote emerging industries such as the energy sector, nanotechnology and life sciences. City Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, chairman of the Committee on Economic Development, Training, and Employment, said the bill would have limited fiscal impacts on Cambridge’s economy but would provide an ideological boost for the council by syncing local efforts with a statewide initiative. Critics...