The Governor’s Budget includes a plan to double the state’s EITC from 15 to 30 percent of the federal. Gateway Cities would disproportionately benefit from this change. Together, the 26
What does the health economy mean for Gateway Cities?
First in a series of three blogs on the state’s changing regional economies Looking at the economic recovery of Gateway Cities through the lens of job growth, it appears that
Recap
The 2014 Gateway Cities Innovation Awards and Summit
We hope you were one of the many who attended the second annual Gateway Cities Innovation Awards & Summit last Thursday at UMass Boston. If you could not make it,
Down Ballot Gateway City Race Results
As the dust settles in an eventful night in Massachusetts politics, the result of the down ballot races in the Gateway Cities shows there will be a few new faces
MassINC presents
"At the Apex: The 2030 Educational Attainment Forecast"
Download the full report (PDF) MassINC is proud to present At the Apex, an educational attainment forecast through 2030 prepared in partnership with the UMass Donahue Institute. This analysis draws
Gateway Cities Campaign Spotlight
The Big (Ballot) Question in the Gateways?
Question 4 – The Massachusetts Paid Sick Days Initiative Of the four ballot measures to be decided by voters this November, Question 4 seems to have caused the least amount
Gateway Cities Campaign Spotlight – 1st Hampden and Hampshire Senate District
Candidates Debra Boronski (R) – East Longmeadow Michael Franco (America First Party) – Holyoke (not in the Senate District) Eric Lesser (D) – Longmeadow The Western Massachusetts 1st Hampden and
MassINC Announces the Winners of the 2014 Gateway Cities Innovation Awards
MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute announced the winners of the 2014 Gateway Cities Innovation Awards on Tuesday. The awards are made annually to organizations and individuals that utilize innovative models
Grading the Baker campaign’s economic development blueprint
Yesterday the Baker/Polito campaign released a comprehensive economic development blueprint spanning a wide range of policy areas. The document provides the most intimate view yet of where Governor Baker would
Fueling the Gateway Cities Collaborative Workspace Movement
The Transformative Development Fund will fuel the growth of collaborative workspaces—a budding new approach to draw the innovation economy into the Commonwealth’s Gateway Cities. Collaborative workspaces are hubs that have