On November 14th, the 11th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards and Summit brought municipal officials together with experts on renewable energy, housing, and transportation to explore the pivotal role that our regional urban centers will play steering the commonwealth’s transition to a clean energy future. With Fitchburg State University graciously hosting us, the event
MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute to Honor Six Clean Energy Efforts at Annual Awards and Summit
Event will focus on positioning Gateway Cities to play a leading role in the clean energy transition
November 8, 2023 MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute to Honor Six Clean Energy Efforts at Annual Awards and Summit Event will focus on positioning Gateway Cities to play a leading role in the clean energy transition On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute will recognize six cutting-edge efforts to advance clean energy
Event Recap | Second Annual Friends of Longitudinal Data Systems (FOLDS) Fall Symposium
Symposium showcases valuable insights Massachusetts gleans from cross-agency data sharing
Together with the Workforce Solutions Group, MassINC hosted the Second Annual Friends of Longitudinal Data Systems (FOLDS) Fall Symposium at the State House on Wednesday, October 18th. The forum brought a diverse group of leaders together to talk about how Massachusetts can build on a decade of federal investment in our data quality and technology
GC Journal: Gov, Legislature deliver big for Gateway Cities
The Gateway Cities Journal
Wednesday, Governor Healey signed into law a tax cut package negotiated by the House and Senate that includes some big wins for Gateway City residents, businesses, and investors. Most notably, An Act to improve the Commonwealth’s competitiveness, affordability, and equity (H.4104) includes a longstanding MassINC policy recommendation to scale up the wildly successful Housing Development
Beacon Hill Roars Back to Life
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Summer recess is a distant memory as Beacon Hill roars back to life. Monday featured two prime-time hearings with major implications for Gateway Cities. Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson appeared before the education committee to testify in support of legislation to remedy inequitable flaws in school construction funding. Filed by Lynn Rep. Dan Cahill and Sen. Brendan Crighton,
MassINC Adds 5 New Members to Board of Directors
Diverse group brings additional expertise in business, nonprofit and public sector work
September 14, 2023 / BOSTON, MA – At a meeting held last week, the MassINC Board enthusiastically approved the addition of five new members who will together bring substantial expertise and diversity to the organization across a range of issues and industries (see below for bios): Rosalin Acosta, Managing Director, Ernst & Young LLP (EY)
Ben Forman offers testimony to Joint Committee on Higher Education
An Act Committing to Higher Education the Resources to Insure a Strong and Healthy Public Higher Education System
Testimony in Support of S. 816/H. 1260 An Act Committing to Higher Education the Resources to Insure a Strong and Healthy Public Higher Education System September 18, 2023 The Honorable Senator Jo Comerford Chair, Joint Committee on Higher Education State House, Room 410 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133 The Honorable Representative David M. Rogers
26 Gateway City mayors and managers write to state legislators for HDIP
Letter of support to state senate leaders from mayors and managers representing 26 Gateway Cities
September 5, 2023 The Honorable Ron Mariano, Speaker of the House The Honorable Karen Spilka, Senate President The Honorable Aaron Michlewitz, Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means The Honorable Michael Rodrigues, Chair, Senate Committee on Ways and Means State House Boston, MA 02133 via email Time-sensitive: Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) Dear Speaker Mariano,
Celebrating summer in the city
Last weekend the Latin American Festival returned to Worcester Common for its 31st annual run. The event is a bookend of sorts, as Worcester started the summer by hosting the largest and oldest Albanian Festival in America. These revelries are by no means unique to New England’s second-largest city. Summer in the Gateway Cities stands out for its full blossom
Midsummer/midsession updates from the Gateway Cities Innovation Institute
The Gateway Cities Journal
With the first post-Question 1 budget under development and major tax reform packages moving through the legislature, these last few weeks leading up to the summer recess have been especially consequential for Gateway Cities. Here is our take on where things stand as we turn the corner into the second half of the 2023-2024 legislative