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Last Monday, the city and its five universities and colleges released their report on town-gown relations. The groundbreaking document calls for greater communication between Cambridge and its universities and easier access to University resources for city residents...
Last week, after a year of putting their heads together, Harvard, Cambridge and the city's other universities released a report on town-gown relations which both sides say represents the cutting edge in how universities and their host municipalities can and should help each other...
...town-gown task force created to bring the municipal government together with Cambridge's five universities and colleges issued its final report to the Cambridge City Council last night, and recommended that the institutions work more closely together to help meet the needs of the city...
...council also approved a new in-lieu-of-tax agreement with Harvard, setting a new precedent for town-gown relations. As part of the agreement, Harvard will contribute to city coffers to compensate Cambridge for commercial properties the University buys and takes off the tax rolls. That agreement was an important acknowledgment of the University's impact upon the city...
Wolf also formed a special committee on town-gown relations. Created in the wake of the new in-lieu-of-tax agreement, the commission gives city servants and administrators from Harvard and other local universities a chance to discuss ways to work together and address problems of the city...