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How municipal campaign season is shaping up: 20 for City Council, eight for School Committee (July 17)
Go Pixel Yourself goes beyond being a new model for malls, also innovating a scene for musicians (July 17)
Unmasked but unopened? What’s known about some businesses raising post-Covid questions (July 16)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (July 12)
A two-year head start for small cannabis sellers could be extended, now with financial assistance (July 1)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (June 25)
Expanded bestiary in City Nature Arts Challenge just adds to value as weekend project for the kids (June 24)
Fees reduced to help businesses during Covid must live on in spirit for recovery, officials say (Cambridge Day, June 11)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (June 11)
South Country Life Magazine article (June 8)
Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge open for entries (May 27)
As Massachusetts Reopens, Harvard Square Businesses Regain Lost Momentum (May 27)
Study of bike lanes showing parking loss alarms, but even bicyclists reject most extreme options (May 21)
CLF and SBN's Employee Retention Tax Credit Workshop (May 20)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (May 20)
Cambridge Local First Bi-Weekly Community Conversation, with Cambridge Bike Safety (May 4)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (April 17)
Sweeping business zoning change is embraced, but use of home kitchens needs separate process (April 15)
Employee Ownership Webinar with MassCEO and the ICA Group (April 12)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (April 2)
Where to shop? Business Diversity Directory shows you options led by women, minorities (March 22)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (March 19)
NEWS DISHES: Mediterranean Restaurant Coming To East Arlington (March 15)
Cambridge 'Our Town, Our Stories' Captures Pandemic Life For Residents on WGBH (March 12)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (March 5)
College and Kennedy School Alumna Theodora Skeadas ’12 Announces Cambridge City Council Bid (March 3)
Reining in Monopoly Power - Small Businesses and the Push to Strengthen Antitrust Laws (February 26)
Cambridge resident announces candidacy for Cambridge City Council (February 22)
Skeadas, of Cambridge Local First and YWCA, announces run for City Council in November (February 19)
2021 Cambridge Business Diversity Directory Now Available (February 25)
Two Restaurants, Alike in Dignity? (February 18)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (February 18)
Register Now for Antitrust Webinar With Rep. Cicilline (February 9)
One of the most 'Cambridge' bars in Cambridge, The People's Republik, has closed (February 8)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (February 4)
Spyce Sizzles into Harvard Square, Complete with Automated Kitchen (January 28)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (January 21)
Cambridge Leaders Look to Biden Administration for Renewed Local Support in Growing Crises (January 20)
Businesses Well Lived: Starting with three stories in which decades of work ended amid a pandemic (January 19)
10 Cambridge nonprofit highlights for 2020, when need didn’t stop – and we didn’t either (December 31)
The best of Cambridge in 2020 (12/31/20)
NEWS DISHES: Common Ground Seeks New Tenant (12/24/20)
Za in Cambridge's Kendall Square Is Getting Ready to Close for the Time Being (12/17/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation: 12/17/2020 (12/17/20)
Cambridge Local First Conversation on Employee Ownership, with Project Equity and the American Independent Business Alliance (12/17/20)
Cambridge Local First: Bon Me Truck (12/7/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation: 12/3/2020 (12/4/20)
Keep local businesses thriving with employee ownership (12/3/20)
Move your Money Conversation with Cambridge Savings Bank (12/1/20)
On the hunt for presents? Here’s one for you: The local biz Winter Holiday Shopping Guide (11/27/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation: 11/19/2020 (11/23/20)
Business community alarm over Covid order helps hone a substitute highlighting high risk (11/22/20)
Cambridge Should Encourage Women and Minority-Led Bids for Government Contracts, City Committee Says (11/20/20)
Cambridge Local First "Move Your Money" Conversation with Cambridge Trust Company (11/16/20)
Cambridge Local First's Town Hall on Black-Owned Businesses (11/16/20)
Cambridge Local First "Move Your Money" Conversation with Cambridge Savings Bank (11/10/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation: 11/5/2020 (11/6/20)
Cambridge Local First Interview with Steve from Za (11/5/20)
Cambridge Local First Interview with Sumiao Hunan Kitchen (11/5/20)
Coalition: This is the time to Move Your Money into small banks that care about the community (11/4/20)
Cambridge-Somerville Black Business Network Community Banking Workshop (11/3/20)
Without students and holiday boost, Harvard Square businesses fear for future (10/28/20)
Cambridge Local First Conversation with Cambridge City Manager Louie DePasquale (10/28/20
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation: 10/22/2020 (10/23/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with Living Harmony (10/19/20)
Cambridge Local First Conversation with Cambridge Vice Mayor and City Councillors (10/16/20)
CLF Community Conversation: 10/8/2020 (10/9/20)
CLF Community Conversation: 9/24/2020 (10/8/20)
CLF City Council Conversation: 9/30/2020 (10/8/20)
Live entertainment venues shut by coronavirus say survival could hinge on bills for federal aid (10/3/20)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation: August 27, 2020 (8/28/20)
Pick It Up, Cambridge Campaign And Outdoor Dining Expansion Supports Local Restaurants (8/24/20)
CLF Community Conversation: 8/13/2020 (8/14/20)
Where we’re going first when Covid-19’s over (8/14/20)
Time is right to permit residential kitchens, enabling low-cost retail, entrepreneurs say (8/14/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with Blaze Pizza (8/10/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with Charitable Confections (8/10/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with The Margaret Fuller House (8/7/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with Temple of Groom (8/7/20)
Technology FTW: practical ways to communicate with your community and promote your businesses (8/6/20)
‘Tip of the iceberg' Cambridge's small businesses shutter at alarming rate (8/5/20)
Theodora Skeadas MPP 2016 champions HKS alumni groups (8/20)
CLF Community Engagement Conversation with The Irving House (7/30/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation 7/23/2020 (7/27/20)
In an already vulnerable business sector, Black restaurant owners battle to stay open (7/24/20)
Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Michael Kanter of Cambridge Naturals (7/22/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation 7/16/2020 (7/19/20)
Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Rachael Solem of Irving House at Harvard (7/14/20)
Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Antonina Colbert of Antonina Bodywork (7/8/20)
For Harvard Square denizens, Café Pamplona’s closure is a reminder that you can never go home again (7/1/20)
Teddy Shoes fights to stay open in Cambridge after six decades (6/29/20)
Cambridge Local First Weekly Community Conversation 6/25/2020 (6/26/20)
As Pandemic Pressures Mount, Businesses Bid Harvard Square Goodbye (6/25/20)
Cambridge announces street changes for outdoor dining (6/24/20)
Cafe Pamplona, Dickson Bros. hardware top list of businesses closing, some iconic to Cambridge (6/23/20)
ImprovBoston comedy club suspends work, hoping for winter classes, full 2021 reopening (6/22/20)
Girls Chronically Rock (6/22/20)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation 6/18/2020 (6/20/20)
Cambridge Local First Community Conversation (6/17/20)
Afro Flow Yoga (6/17/20)
Saving Main Street: Cambridge Group Addresses Hard Times (6/12/20)
As wave of protests call for equity in black lives, black business owners face their own challenges (6/11/20)
Cambridge encourages residents to ‘Pick it Up Cambridge’ (6/8/20)
Nicola Williams and Cambridge Local First Talk Black Lives & Small Business Today at 4 (6/4/20)
ABA Joins Organizations in Calling for Jeff Bezos to Testify in Front of House Judiciary Committee (6/3/20)
A Harvard Square Without Harvard (5/30/20)
How to help Cambridge heal from Covid-19 (5/30/20)
Green Cambridge, Cambridge Local First link up to bring K-8 children a City Nature Art Challenge (5/22/20)
Cambridge Local First is looking at expansion into Somerville, but Covid-19 shifts the stakes (5/20/20)
ImprovBoston comedy club fundraises for life after coronavirus, past crucial date mid-June (5/14/20)
Tenants Grapple with High Rents and Local Turnover at Asana-Owned Properties (5/13/20)
Dinner and a movie? It’s on citywide for Friday, with Brattle curating and food from your fave (4/29/20)
Homegrown, crowdsourced guide Shopsafely expands rapidly, like the virus forcing its birth (4/25/20)
Cambridge looks to form advisory group to prepare businesses for reopening (4/17/20)
March madness (and sadness): A plague diary (4/4/20)
A Gentlemen's Agreement (4/2/20)
Thank You for Getting Us Through March, a Plea for April (4/1/20)
City of Cambridge Small Business Virtual Town Hall (3/26/20)
With business concerns prominent for council, Thursday brings town hall, grants up to $6,000 (4/26/20)
CambridgeSide closes on coronavirus concerns with other businesses; some call for more action (4/23/20)
Virus effects send Scout, DigBoston online only and seeking ways to stay alive; CLF eyes merger (4/22/20)
What the Federal Government Needs to Do to Enable Small Businesses to Survive the Coronavirus Crisis (4/19/20)
A resource guide for Mass. businesses during coronavirus outbreak (4/19/20)
How To Promote Local Business From Your Couch (3/18/20)
Cambridge businesses, tourism reveal stress from patrons fleeing possible virus exposure (3/12/20)
Antiracist commitments for the school district are shared by Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition (3/11/20)
To invest in economy, empower immigrants, alleviate inequality in wealth? Shop local first (2/16/20)
Salt & Olive Market closing its doors in Harvard Square (1/17/20)
Salt & Olive Market announces it is closing, returning Harvard Square space to vacancy (1/15/20)