Policy Order re Improving the Quality of Life In and Around Central Square

CENTRAL SQUARE PLANNING STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS (As compiled by Robert Winters and available at www.rwinters.com) Feb 1980: CDD report entitled “Central Square - Commercial Area Revitalization District” June 1980: CDD booklet entitled “Facade Improvements” with focus on Central Square Apr 1983: “Central Square Report” produced by City Council’s Central Square Subcommittee (study began in 1980 or 1981) 1987: A report produced in 1987 about a Subcommittee that allegedly built on the 1983 report (may be same as Central Square Action Plan) Nov 1987: Central Square Action Plan 1989: Draft Central Square Development Guidelines May 1993: Results of the “Mayor’s Forum on Central Square” Oct 1993: Report by the Committee to Promote and Enhance Central Square Now! Aug 1994: A Study of the Visual Images and Signage of Central Square (CDD) May 1995: Central Square Improvements Project, Master Plan Report May 1995: An Urban Design Plan for Central Square (executive summary) May 2001: Summary Notes from “A Conversation about Central Square” Feb 2000: The Gibbs Report, Central Square Commercial Market Study Oct 2004: Central Square, Cambridge - Rising Fortunes at a Regional Crossroads (Rekha Murthy) Dec 2004: Reviving a Traditional City - Central Square, Cambridge, gets a facelift (Rekha Murthy) June 2005: Street Media: Ambient Messages in an Urban Space - a photographic analysis of Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Rekha Murthy) 2009: CDD Central Square Customer Intercept Survey Report 2011: Central Square Market Profile 2011: Red Ribbon Commission Study Report 2012: Goody/Clancy report and recommendations 2013: K2C2 Final Reports (Dec 30, 2013) Kendall Square Central Square Planning Study (K2C2) Central Square Final Report 2013 Part 1, December 2013 (K2C2) Central Square Final Report 2013 Part 2, December 2013 (K2C2)