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Like a conservation district, a historic district gives city appointees certain powers over area development. But while the authority of conservation districts comes out of a city ordinance, historic districts are under the auspices of state statute.
On Dec. 18, 2000, the Cambridge City Council voted unanimously in favor of creating a Harvard Square Conservation District.
The conservation district solution appears to have provided an answer which satisfies both business owners who hope to preserve their development options and community members who are attached to the recognizable aspects of the Square.
The Conservation District seems to have united two diametrically opposed forces--property owners' desire for development and the community's resistance to change.
Heinz professor of environmental policy John P. Holdren was awarded $250,000 yesterday for his work in nuclear nonproliferation and global energy conservation.