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The MassINC staff is composed of dedicated researchers, journalists, media experts, pollsters, co-ops, and interns. These individuals strive to achieve their collective vision of public policies that can forge pathways to opportunity. To learn more about them, visit our staff page here.

  • Local education accountability with Tracy Novick

    <iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/592494012&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>In this new episode of Gateways, Ben Forman visits Worcester to speak with Tracy Novick, Field Director for the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. With experience serving on both school committees and school councils in Worcester, Tracy is highly regarded as an outspoken thought leader on education policy. Ben chats with Tracy about MassINC's recent research on the importance of local accountability.

  • A New Vision for Commuter Rail

    The Gateway Cities Journal

  • Walking Through Worcester

    <iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/587017851&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>Dr. Tracy Corley takes a walk through Worcester along MassINC's research director Ben Forman and Tim McGourthy, the former Executive Director of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau. The group walks us through the commuter rail stations, theater district, the Common, and the DCU Center, highlighting the

  • State House Forum on Stimulating Transformative Investment in Gateway Cities

    Event Recap

  • Juana Matias named next COO of MassINC

  • Hooray for Housing Choice and HDIP

    <iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/585357759&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>In this episode of Gateways, co-hosts Ben Forman and Dr. Tracy Corley dive deep into state and federal housing policies that stimulate housing development in Gateway Cities. In response to Gov. Baker's Housing Choice legislation announcement, they analyze its potential impacts on the quantity and quality of housing across the state.

  • Housing Choice & HDIP, ASAP

    The Gateway Cities Journal

  • Painting a prettier Salem

    <iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/583317396&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>Rome wasn't rebuilt in a day, and neither are Gateway City neighborhoods. In this bonus episode of "Gateways," Dr. Tracy Corley takes us on a walking tour of Salem's El Punto neighborhood alongside David Valecillos of the North Shore Community Development Coalition.

  • Examining the role of the MBTA commuter rail in Boston’s future

    “Next Stop”

  • Building Community by Breaking Bread

    <iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/577911552&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>Coming off the heels of an education research report release event at the State House, Aimee and Tracy talk about local accountability in education as Beacon Hill takes up education funding reform. We continue our conversation around community building with a special trip to Salem.