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Events & meetings

Neighborhood meetings, workshops, and briefings scheduled over the next two months. Places are offered as capacity allows.

Places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.
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                                                                                  • Riverside neighborhood meeting

                                                                                    Open to everyone
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    August 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET (5 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway
                                                                                    Room for
                                                                                    Room for 120 — places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.

                                                                                    The monthly neighborhood meeting for Riverside, covering current development review items and questions for the planning staff. Open to everyone; membership is not required.

                                                                                    Requests are not open for this session yet.
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                                                                                  • Zoning basics workshop

                                                                                    Included with Standard member
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    August 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET (12 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Citywide Senior Center, Ballroom
                                                                                    Room for
                                                                                    Room for 40 — places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.

                                                                                    How a zoning petition moves from filing to ordinance: who reviews it, when public comment is heard, and what a resident can usefully say at each step. Bring a petition you are following.

                                                                                    Members only

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                                                                                  • Permit process office hours

                                                                                    Included with Standard member
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    September 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET (19 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Online
                                                                                    Room for
                                                                                    Room for 12 — places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.

                                                                                    A short one-to-one slot with a member of the CIVIC FORUM research team to walk through a specific permit, its status, and where the public record for it lives.

                                                                                    Members only

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                                                                                  • Central Square redevelopment briefing

                                                                                    Included with Patron
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    September 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM ET (26 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Central Square Branch Library, Community Room
                                                                                    Room for
                                                                                    Room for 30 — places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.

                                                                                    A working session on the active Central Square proposals: parcel by parcel, what has been filed, what has been approved, and which decisions are still open.

                                                                                    Members only

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                                                                                  • Reading the city GIS

                                                                                    Open to everyone
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    September 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM ET (33 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Online

                                                                                    An online walkthrough of the City's public mapping tools: finding a parcel, reading its zoning, and pulling the documents attached to a case. No account or membership needed.

                                                                                    Requests are not open for this session yet.
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                                                                                  • Leadership planning roundtable

                                                                                    Included with Leadership supporter
                                                                                    When
                                                                                    September 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM ET (40 days left)
                                                                                    Where
                                                                                    Kendall Square, 245 First Street
                                                                                    Room for
                                                                                    Room for 18 — places are offered as capacity allows and are not held or guaranteed.

                                                                                    A round-table discussion between leadership supporters and the research team on the coming year of CIVIC FORUM work, held under the Chatham House rule.

                                                                                    Members only

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