RES 2019-189

Congratulations to CIC for 20 years of experimenting boldly and for its important contributions to the economic and civic vitality of the City of Cambridge

How it started

Jun 10, 2019 · Offered by Councillor Craig A. Kelley. Introduced late, under Rule 36A: added after the agenda was published, so it reached the floor only on a suspension of the rules.

What happened

Jun 10, 2019 · 🎉 Adopted: the Council approved it. (Order adopted)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

🚪 End of the line: congratulations delivered.

The document Agenda item attachment · 2 pages

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Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) was founded in 1999 by Tim Rowe in Kendall

Square with the purpose to support innovation and the growth of start-up companies; and

CIC’s role fostering innovation by supporting entrepreneurs with the resources they need to affect positive change helped transform Kendall Square into the world’s most innovative square mile; and

CIC, as a founding member, and Tim Rowe, as its first Chair, supported the creation of the Kendall Square Association which has helped tell the story of Kendall’s success, while growing the company to also support entrepreneurs in Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, Providence, Rotterdam, and St. Louis; and

In addition to hosting more than 6,000 companies over the years in Kendall Square, CIC is now bringing its support for innovation and entrepreneurship to cities across the globe; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record congratulating CIC for 20 years of experimenting boldly and for its important contributions to the economic and civic vitality of the City of Cambridge; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to Cambridge Innovation Center on behalf of the entire City Council.

In City Council June 10, 2019. Adopted by the affirmative vote of nine members. Attest:- Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk

A true copy; ATTEST:-

Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jun 10, 2019