What Cambridge Makes, Makes Cambridge: Rebuilding the ‘Packing District’

Katie ParksDirector, Center for TownsEastern Shore Land Conservancy

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

Regional non-profit committed to preserving and sustaining the vibrant communities of the Eastern Shore and the lands and waters that connect them.

Our Vision: By 2050… Towns are vibrant and well defined; Farms, forests, and fisheries are thriving; and, Scenic, historic, natural, and riverine landscapes are

maintained.

Phillips Packing Company

Phillips Packing House, Factory F

Factory F: 60,500 square foot - constructed in 1929, it is the last remaining factory from the 60 acre Phillips Packing campus

Adjacent to Cannery Park (6.6 acres)

Part of a planning effort to lift up and invest in the “Packing District”

Phillips Packing Company slogan “What Cambridge makes, makes Cambridge”

Eastern Shore Food and Farming Exchange

An array of food related uses that acknowledge and support local hunger and nutrition needs, while at the same time building off the Eastern Shore’s terrific farming resources and a growing local food economy of growers, makers, distributors, retailers, restaurants and marketers.

Future home of Cannery Park

Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District