Healthy Forest ↓ Healthy City 3 A healthy forest is a vital part of a healthy city.

We all share a responsibility to care for our urban forest.

The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts 5 CHARLES RIVER Engaged A vision for a healthy forest Homeowners Homeowners take advantage of the Back-of-Sidewalk program, planting front-yard trees that provide shade on sidewalks CAMBRIDGE too narrow for street trees. COMMON

Cool Collective Corridors Action People walk, bike and run to work because the Private property owners streets are shaded plant and care for trees, and comfortable. collectively contribute to a resilient urban forest. Shaded Storefronts

People chat on the streets and shop longer at their Energy Habitat local businesses. Efficiency Connectivity

Trees help reduce energy Birds, insects and small costs related to heating mammals find homes and cooling throughout and food in the robust the year. urban forest.

Reduced Heat PORTER SQUARE Increasing canopy cover to 30% citywide would lead to significant cooling of 38% of the city land area. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 7

Redesigned Community Streets Redesigned streets allow more Well-being space for soils and trees MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE through innovative road People gather and play at parks OF TECHNOLOGY and sidewalk design. with robust canopy around the edges, providing refuge during the summer heat.

Equitable Cleaner Canopy Air and Distribution A Resilient More tree planting has reduced Water the heat impact caused by large areas of asphalt. Trees reduce air pollution, Forest mitigate pollutant in the stormwater and store carbon, Diverse tree plantings make creating a healthier city for the forest more resilient the whole community. to pests and diseases.

Shaded Transit Corridors

Transit shelters are shaded Reduced and people regularly use Heat the bus system.

Underutilized areas, like traffic islands, alleys and rail corridors become resources for cooling and habitat. LECHMERE CAMBRIDGESIDE MBTA STATION GALLERIA Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 9 What is Cambridge’s urban forest?

The urban forest is all of the trees in Cambridge — trees on streets and in parks, on private properties and campuses. This network of trees creates shade around our homes and shapes civic spaces where we gather together as a community. Trees make our city cooler in summer and clean the air we breathe. They also support a living ecosystem, benefiting water quality and providing food and habitat for mammals, birds, and insects.

More trees mean more shade and more habitat. More trees and healthier trees mean a healthier city. 11

The forest is diverse EXISTING ACRES OF CANOPY Tree canopy is not Planting trees cools

and in good health. RESIDENTIAL 423 evenly distributed. the City.

The vast majority of the City’s trees are in Trees are not evenly distributed throughout Trees noticeably cool the air and surfaces in good (62%) or fair condition (28%). That’s STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY 229 the City’s neighborhoods. Canopy cover the city. Trees along streets and sidewalks pretty good in comparison to other cities ranges from 13% to 39% depending on can create continuous corridors of shade, our size. where you live or work. Areas of the City and create cool corridors for walking and PARKS AND SQUARES 192 with more closely spaced buildings, more biking. Planting more trees in neighbor- Ten species make up roughly 64% of the paved areas, less green space and fewer hoods with low canopy cover can reduce urban forest. Norway Maple, Pin Oak and INSTITUTIONAL 86 trees are more likely to suffer from heat heat stress for the people who live and work Honey locust are the highest in number, extremes. Many of these neighborhoods there. Existing low canopy areas tend to and comprise about 30% of the forest. This also have a higher than average number be the most densely populated and more LARGE COMMERCIAL/ 49 distribution is slightly less diverse than INDUSTRIAL BLOCKS of people most vulnerable to heat stress – challenging to plant. In some cases, making ideal for habitat and resilience. We need to those with lower incomes, minorities, the space for new trees will require rethinking be watchful not to plant too many of any one elderly, and non-native English speakers. our street and sidewalk design. species, and to expand the range of species we do plant. The most tree Narrow sidewalks The forest has canopy and the and limited setbacks measurable value. most loss occurs on create difficult City average is 26% We estimate the total value of the urban forest in 2018, including carbon storage and residential land. conditions for compensatory value, to be $581.5 million TH CA OR MB or $550 thousand per acre. This number A significant portion of the City’s tree cano- N R street trees. I D does not include many social, economic, py — the leafy area of the tree as measured AVERAGE G

E environmental benefits that urban trees from above — shades our sidewalks and Street trees are in better condition where HIG provide because we do not currently have public open spaces, but the largest area of adjacent buildings are set back from the E HLA DG N I D Above valuation methods for those benefits. The tree canopy lies on residential properties. sidewalk than where there is no setback. R S B +2% average City of Cambridge currently spends $21.34 The greatest rate of canopy loss is also 39% of trees along sidewalks with no set- M A HOOD per capita per year on tree-related efforts happening on residential properties. back to buildings — even sidewalks greater C OR N B IN city-wide. Those trees return at least $56 than 8 feet wide — are in poor condition, H E G I +5% per capita in services. higher than the city average. Because shade E

N AGASS is so important to cooling our public realm HILL IZ RY — the shared spaces where our community R Trees are removed for E +4% gathers and the corridors along which peo- B +10% BRID W AM GE a variety of reasons. ple move throughout the city — it is critical A C

R T that we design our sidewalks to support the

T S S E +11% LINGT ID-CA EL ON No one condition or pressure accounts for growth of large canopy trees. W M M W B RRIN - R A GT the majority of tree loss. Many factors lead I H O D N to the decision to remove a tree, including -1% G E -9% new construction, renovation and site T CA improvements, miscellaneous decisions AS MB DE E R SI I by individual property owners, and natural R D E RT G V -13% mortality from age. Because it takes so long -2% O E I P R E for trees to grow and provide shade, curbing H -7% T loss of canopy by maintaining and protect- ing our existing trees is critical. We need to REA 2 / M prioritize reducing voluntary removals of A IT -5% trees, and when trees cannot be preserved, -9% we need to do our part by replanting trees.

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Below average Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 13

E R V A P Water from the soil is W A T O R taken up and transpired from the leaves, which Why do trees produces a cooling effect matter?

The urban forest is a living system and a CO part of our urban infrastructure. It provides 2 Leaves remove air pollutants such as NO , O , and SO measurable benefits for people and for 2 3 2 Carbon is our environment. A person walking on the sequestered in the trees roots, bark, twigs and leaves sidewalk, hearing the rustle of leaves from a NO2 single tree, feels a sense of calm. A group of SO PARTICULATE residents living adjacent to a well-canopied 2 MATTER park experience cooler temperatures on their O streets. And all those who live, work and visit 3 the city benefit from cleaner air. A healthy Shade is produced that cools buildings, city relies on an urban forest that is healthy, people, and Food and habitat pavement is provided for connected, and available to everyone. birds, insects, and mammals

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Soil around trees absorbs rainwater

Carbon Carbon H2O Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 15

Since 2009 Cambridge has lost the How do we sustain equivalent of 86 soccer fields (150 acres) of tree canopy from the total of the urban forest? 692 fields. If this trend continues, an additional 107 fields will be gone by 2030. By caring for our forest today, we can reverse this trend.

It takes a long time to grow a forest. A tree may need 30 years or more to develop significant canopy. As time goes on, trees also ultimately decline and die. As stewards of this living system, it is our common responsibility to plant trees every year — on public and private property — to sustain our forest. If we plant more trees today, we’ll have a more robust forest in the future.

Existing trees decline and die over time.

2009 New trees Multiple small ↓ need time trees cannot 2019 to develop. immediately replace the canopy of one large tree. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of

2020 ↓ 2030 17

Because it takes so long for trees to grow and It will take time to reverse the trend provide shade, every removal of a healthy from loss to gain. It is important to tree creates a hole in the canopy that takes both curb loss of existing trees and decades to repair. And the longer a tree lives, the larger its canopy grows. With this in mind, to plant new trees to create the our first priority must be to remove fewer next generation of canopy. trees unnecessarily and to extend the lives of our trees through improved management practices. The fewer trees we remove, the faster we can increase our citywide canopy.

Maintaining a healthy urban forest requires that we respond to new challenges related With even more to climate change. Some species will not be tree planting It takes time and able to survive the warmer temperatures. collective effort to And warmer temperatures will likely bring a transition loss to long new suite of pests and diseases to our area. term growth With increased Increased intensity and duration of drought tree planting will greatly stress many species, making them more susceptible to other pests and New Tree Canopy diseases. And higher winds or more frequent ice storm events may cause large limbs to fall With loss reduction or even uplift entire trees. With these many threats related to climate change and no Business as usual action in response, Cambridge’s urban forest Existing Tree Canopy could be cut by almost a third by 2030 and by more than a half by 2050.

To be resilient in the face of future threats, we must work even harder to maintain our urban 2020 2045 2070 forest and we need to plant well-adapted trees today to the conditions of tomorrow. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 19

Members of the community and the City share in the responsibility of building and How do we build a maintaining a healthy urban forest. For instance, a COMMUNITY MEMBER can plant front yard trees, create additional planting areas, and take an active role in watering City trees. By reallocating roadway space, THE CITY can plant more street trees and healthy forest for a provide better growing conditions by de- signing sidewalks that allow for greater soil volume for trees and allow roots to access healthy city? more permeable front yards.

PRIVATE PUBLIC REALM The shade falling on city sidewalks is a combination of private Plant more and public trees. street trees

Plant front yard trees

Take an active role in watering city trees

Create more soil volume for trees

Create more permeability Connect to permeable front yards

Existing Proposed Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 21 An equitable, resilient urban forest requires everyone to lend a hand in its care. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of VALUE #1 23

An equitable city contains an Equity urban canopy that provides benefits to all of its citizens.

GOAL Increase canopy cover where it is currently lacking, particularly in areas with high concentrations of minorities, the elderly, non- English speakers, and those with low incomes → 25% minimum canopy cover for every neighborhood

Neighborhoods with 37 higher concentration 36 of populations at risk

31 30 28

25% 25 26 24

21 19 17 17

13 PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT CANOPY COVER

THE PORT AGASSIZ RIVERSIDE AREA 2 / MIT

MID-CAMBRIDGE EAST CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGEPORT WEST CAMBRIDGE NORTH CAMBRIDGE STRAWBERRY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD NINE CAMBRIDGE HIGHLANDS WELLINGTON-HARRINGTON Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of VALUE #2 25

A resilient city contains a Resiliency robust urban forest that benefits human health and well being.

GOALS Enhance canopy cover in the public realm to create “cool corridors” that reduce heat island where people are impacted the most → 60% canopy cover over sidewalks → 50% reduction of heat island hotspots → Species diversity: No more than 10% of a single species, 20% of a genus, and 30% of a family

Primary and Secondary Canopy Corridors

Heat Island Hotspots (where the estimated ambient air is greater than 92°F on a 90°F Day) Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of VALUE #3 27 Shared Responsibility

A healthy city benefits from knowledgeable and engaged citizens who contribute to the care of the urban forest.

GOALS Incentivize each landowner to increase canopy cover — a thriving forest requires mutual care by many parties → Increase canopy cover by 10 to 25% across landowner types

EXISTING ACRES OF CANOPY PROPOSED

RESIDENTIAL +15%

RIGHT-OF-WAY +15%

PUBLIC OPEN SPACES +10%

INSTITUTIONAL +25%

LARGE COMMERCIAL/ +15% INDUSTRIAL BLOCKS Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 29 No one member of the community can do this alone.

There are things each of us can do to help. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 31

HOMEOWNERS preserve and nurture their trees, Everyone contributes which benefits everyone by providing shaded sidewalks and backyards and even to and benefits from lowering energy costs. ↘ a healthy forest.

↙ CYCLISTS lock their bike to a rack rather than a tree trunk to protect sensitive bark and extend the lifespan of our trees.

← VOLUNTEERS participate in company-sponsored tree plantings for public spaces in neighborhoods where canopy is needed most.

TEACHERS help children learn about the importance of the urban forest so they grow into BUSINESS OWNERS care → for the trees on and in front CAFÉ CAFÉ CA the next generation of planters of their property because and stewards. they know shade and lush greenery attract shoppers EVERYONE uses the

and diners. Commonwealth Connect app (cambridgema.gov/311), helping the City know when trees need attention. → Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 33 The City of Cambridge is committed to curbing loss and growing canopy.

The following Action Plan guides City agencies in concerted action. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 35

UFMP ACTION PLAN

EQUITY RESILIENCE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY GROW CANOPY CURB LOSS

1 4 5 6 STREET TREES STREET PUBLIC REALM Prepare and implement a PLANT 1,000 STREET MAKE SPACE FOR Maximize tree SOILS MANAGEMENT PLAN TREES per year, MORE TREES by planting in existing focusing on priority prioritizing better PARKS, focusing on Expand DATA COLLECTION on tree areas and streets growing conditions canopy deficient health and use an annual report to in street redesign neighborhoods TRACK PROGRESS

2 3 7 8 9 CITYWIDE

GALVANIZE THE Update the Establish a REFORM ZONING tools INSTITUTIONALIZE TREE COMMUNITY through TREE PROTECTION TREE TRUST to and revise Article 19 to PLANTING PRIORITIES an outreach and ORDINANCE support planting on encourage more trees in in City Departments by engagement plan private property new projects forming an interagency resiliency group Publicize the BACK OF Leverage planning SIDEWALK program review to encourage new public open spaces

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 37 UFMP Action Plan 2020 – 2025 Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 39

In order for the City of Cambridge to have an Programs in green ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS equitable, resilient urban forest, all stake- represent efforts that holders must be invested in and participate can be most easily and in its care. quickly implemented Coordinate action Galvanize the by individual agencies. This action plan — to be implemented over → among City community to the next five years — guides City agencies, agencies. take action.

working together, toward reaching the stra- Educate all City agencies and depart- Develop and implement an outreach tegic goals set out in the 2019 Urban Forest ments about the findings and recom- and engagement plan that articulates mendations of the UFMP. Ask each broad community-wide themes and Master Plan Technical Report (UFMP). It also department how they can contribute develops specific tactics to activate defines approaches to engage and activate to advancing the goals of the UFMP, the many diverse populations of and develop or task an existing Cambridge. Assess all modes for en- non-City stakeholders toward achieving cross-departmental group to carry gagement, including events, popups, specific targets that we all must meet to find on regular discussions about how the publications, and partnerships. City is making progress toward these overall success. goals and targets. Find opportunities to integrate with efforts stemming from Envision Cambridge and the While the following actions must be consid- Climate Change Preparedness and ered and evaluated among the City’s many Resiliency Plan. initiatives, most of the efforts described here are aligned with and support existing City- wide initiatives related to resiliency, equity, public health, transportation and smart Integrate urban development. forest principles Some of these actions will take significant into street effort and investments by multiple City and sidewalk agencies. Others (indicated in green) may be reconstruction implemented more easily and immediately. projects.

In order to more quickly reach the goal of providing a minimum 25% canopy cover in each neighborhood, identify city-wide construction efforts including utility projects and street and sidewalk rebuilding efforts particularly in priority areas identi- fied within the UFMP. Incorporating the conditions to strenghten and grow the urban forest should be inte- gral to these infrastructure projects. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 41

CITY COUNCIL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Update the Expand the ways Plant in parks. Plant 1,000 street Tree Protection the Tree Fund can Maximize canopy by planting all trees each year. available areas within parks in Ordinance. be used. neighborhoods that have below Focus planting in priority ar- average canopy cover. For parks with eas and along priority streets Enhance and expand the Tree Take action to allow for flexibility in active recreational programs, plant a (Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Protection Ordinance by redefining how the existing City Tree Fund is thick buffer. (Potential Sites: Cam- Street, River Street, Beacon Street, “Significant Trees” to include more dispersed. Explicitly allow for fund- bridge Common, Dana Park, Danehy Main Street, etc). Follow best prac- trees, creating an “Exceptional Tree” ing of outreach and education pro- Park, Flagstaff Park, Fort Washing- tices for soils and planting details. category to protect the largest and grams and for planting trees outside ton Park, Front Park, Greene Rose Water and provide appropriate oldest trees, increasing mitigation of City property. Heritage Park, Joan Lorentz Park, establishment support. requirements to reduce the rate of Longfellow Park, Mary Conlan Park, removal, requiring replacement tree New Riverside Neighborhood Park, planting be included as a mitigation Riverside Press Park, Sennott Park.) option and including mitigation for tree removals to all private property, where the largest proportion of trees Establish a Plant diverse and are in Cambridge. Emphasize tree preservation on construction sites Tree Trust. resilient species. and mitigation for injuring roots or Redesign streets canopy that may cause decline or Establish a Tree Trust where funds Plant well-adapted species with a mortality of existing trees during can be gathered and then distrib- and sidewalks to high climate resiliency score (Refer to construction. uted to support planting on private Appendix N). Track species planted property. Clarify that funds may be make room for city-wide to meet the overall diversi- received outside of those required ty targets (no more than 10% of any by mitigation as required in the Tree more trees. one species, 20% per genus, 30% Protection Ordinance. Establish per family). a Board of Trustees to oversee the When rebuilding streets and side- Amend zoning administration of the fund. walks, implement innovative design alternatives that accom- code to encourage modate space for trees with ad- equate soil volume. Include the preserving and priorities of UFMP when revising Update the City’s 5 Year Sidewalk and Street planting trees. Reconstruction Plan and 10 year recommended Sewer and Drain Infrastructure Implement recommendations of the Plan. UFMP priority neighborhoods species list. Resilient Zoning Task Force includ- include: East Cambridge, The Port, ing a “Cool Factor” that creates a Wellington-Harrington. Update the recommended street tree weighted scoring system to encour- species list on the City’s website to age keeping existing trees, planting of include more diverse species and new trees, and a reduction in imper- reduce dependence on overplanted vious surfaces in the city. Changes to species. Add a searchable database Article 19 should also be considered of recommendations for private that prioritize the value of urban property trees based on size, loca- trees in urban design. tion, type, and habit. (Refer to page 154 in the UFMP Technical Report) Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 43

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Track progress Increase tree Require City Educate local annually and assessments to Arborist businesses about conduct a tree improve resiliency. inspection prior to the dangers of census every five Conduct a windshield assessment occupancy. pest outbreaks. for all City trees once a year and after years. large storms. Increase pruning fre- For special permit projects, the City Pests that have devastated some of quency so every City tree in the City Arborist should confirm that tree our most prevalent trees have been Publish annual reports to document is assessed and cared for on a more plantings conform to project planting introduced in industrial packaging initiatives, garner support, and track frequent basis. As part of the pruning plans and details before granting a materials. Send fliers to business progress toward goals (Precedent: work, or as a separate assessment, final Certificate of Occupancy. about the importance of confirm- Annual Net Zero Action Plan prog- monitor trees for potential pests ing materials meet international ress report). Every five years, and diseases. standards (ISPM 15) for imported undertake a detailed city-wide tree wood packaging. census and evaluate progress and adjust strategies. Promote existing Specifically: Survey neighborhood associations, business associations, Manage urban City programs. and other groups that may be able Engage all to estimate the tree numbers plant- soils to grow Promote existing programs that ed each year on private property. encourage tree planting and stew- stakeholders. Review tree removal permit appli- healthier trees. ardship such as the Back of Sidewalk cations yearly to evaluate the poten- program, Adopt a Tree, and Junior Implement recommendations from tial effectiveness and impact of the Implement recommendations from Forester. Communicate opportunities the Outreach and Engagement Plan, Ordinance. Conduct LIDAR studies a Soils Management Plan, which the directly to stakeholders and through which the City is currently under- every 5 years to evaluate overall can- City is currently undertaking. The community organizations, neigh- taking. Broaden the community of opy cover change. Engage an expert plan will provide targeted recom- borhood associations, events, and people interested in improving the advisory committee to advise the City mendations to enhance the health cultural events. urban forest. And undertake ef- on current science on climate and and performance of urban soils forts to engage people in concerted horticultural practices, as well as, based on specific planting conditions action, including preserving and reviews annual progress on efforts to and situations within the city. planting trees. reduce rate of canopy loss.

Prune proactively. Expand data Undertake structural pruning for collection to young shade and ornamental trees. Identify trees planted within the enhance tree last 4 to 8 years. Contract to prune for form and structure to reduce health. potential future damage during ice and wind storms. Pruning now can Expand the use of Cartegraph to reduce risks and costs later in a include additional data on each tree, tree’s life. including soil design, soils manage- ment practices, paving condition, pruning schedule, etc., to allow the City to target maintenance efforts most efficiently and to assess the effectiveness of pilot projects and experimental treatments. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 45

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Add landscape Develop a public architects to City realm design staff to advocate manual. for trees. Develop a public realm design manual that supports tree plantings Add more landscape architects to while balancing the need to provide City staff and encourage representa- amenities, connections, and green tion of holistic landscape and urban infrastructure necessary to main- forestry issues on official boards like tain and enhance the city's livability. Planning and Zoning. The manual will document goals for the beauty, functionality, safety, and environmental performance of the City's public realm. Amend zoning code to encourage Ensure new trees preserving and are cared for planting trees. after construction Implement recommendations of the Resilient Zoning Task Force includ- projects. ing a “Cool Factor” that creates a weighted scoring system to encour- Identify and implement a regulatory age keeping existing trees, planting of mechanism to ensure owners care new trees, and a reduction in imper- for and establish new trees that are vious surfaces in the city. Changes to planted as part of a project review Article 19 should also be considered and approval process. that prioritize the value of urban trees in urban design.

Encourage new public parks and open space.

Encourage the development of new parks and publicly accessible open spaces that provide canopy cover as part of large redevelopment projects, especially in underserved neighbor- hoods including East Cambridge, The Port, Wellington-Harrington, Area2/ MIT, and Cambridgeport. Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of 47

The following chart provides a snapshot of Cambridge’s urban forest in 2018, and related City metrics from 2019. Cambridge Urban

Every five years, when the City undertakes a detailed city-wide tree census, this Forest Snapshot chart can be updated to evaluate progress towards neighborhood canopy goals. 2018 Healthy Forest → Healthy City → Healthy Forest Healthy Cambridge City of LAND AREA BY TRANSPORTATION MEDIAN RACE & PLANTABLE AREA CANOPY COVER TREE HEALTH HEAT ISLAND USE TYPE HOUSEHOLD ETHNICITY COMPARED TO PERCENT AREA INCOME TOTAL LAND AREA ABOVE 90 DEGREES F CITY AVERAGE BARS BELOW SHOW DEVIATION (+ OR -) FROM THE CITY-WIDE AVERAGE $88,976 POOR FAIR GOOD 44% 32% CANOPY COVER 26% ROW BIKE WALK BLACK CITY TREES 28% PUBLIC WHITE TRANSITCARPOOL PRIVATE TREES 82% INDUSTRIALOPEN SPACE WHITE HISP. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL DRIVE ALONE OTHER MODES MIXED / OTHERNON-HISPANIC INSTITUTIONAL WORK AT HOME ASIAN / PAC ISL. NON-WHITE HISP. AGASSIZ +4 38% $96,858 33% +5 +17

AREA 2 / MIT -9 29% $104,101 25% -5 0

CAMBRIDGE HIGHLANDS +2 43% $82,364 30% -9 -35

CAMBRIDGEPORT -5 65% $99,377 28% +1 0

EAST CAMBRIDGE -13 69% $89,818 31% -7 -17

MID CAMBRIDGE -1 63% $86,585 29% +3 +12

NEIGHBORHOOD NINE +5 32% $86,013 37% +5 +1

NORTH CAMBRIDGE 0 48% $87,882 35% -1 +3

RIVERSIDE -2 48% $67,600 32% +1 +4

STRAWBERRY HILL +10 10% $71,065 40% +6 -18

THE PORT -7 84% $83,700 26% +1 +8

WELLINGTON-HARRINGTON -9 85% $78,490 32% -2 +5

WEST CAMBRIDGE +11 15% $108,695 35% +9 +4 CDD Neighborhood Statistical Profile, 2019 & CUFMP GIS 2018 data Profile, CDD Neighborhood Statistical Source: The City of Cambridge Urban Forest Report Healthy Forest → Healthy City

View the entire CUFMP Technical Report at www.cambridgema.gov/UFMP

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