Ben Forman presents on innovation cities at the American Planning Association’s annual conference

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 MassINC’s Research Director Ben Forman presented before a group of planners at this year’s APA conference at the Hynes Convention Center. He joined Peter Abair of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Steven Maggon, Watertown’s director of planning, and Kathryn Madden, of the Madden Planning Group on a panel titled Rising to Meet

MassINC names Lauren Louison Chief Operating Officer

MassINC, the non-partisan public policy think tank and publisher of CommonWealth magazine, today announced it has named Lauren Louison Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the organization’s public policy, research and civic engagement agendas.  Ms. Louison previously held the position of Vice President of Strategy and Development at MassINC where she focused on fundraising and strategic planning. “Lauren

Wonk & Roll: Education reform through pressure points

1 Monday, April 4, 2011 Secretary of Education Paul Reville is quoted in today’s Boston Globe story about underperforming schools, “It’s a lot of hard work ahead.  There are no magical cures.”  We agree, and with 71 percent of Gateway City students attending a level 3 or 4 school, and with 23 underperforming schools in

Who wants to be a millionaire?

CEO’S For Cities has launched an unusual contest.  In an effort to increase the number adults with college degrees in our cities, they have partnered with the Kresge Foundation and the Lumina Foundation to award the $1 million “Talent Dividend Prize” to the city with the greatest increase in the number of college degrees per

Empty basket

Most of us take for granted being able to access healthy food at the neighborhood grocery store.  But a new report by a Philadelphia-based organization called the Food Trust says that Massachusetts does not have enough supermarkets to adequately serve our population. The Commonwealth ranks near the bottom nationally in having enough supermarkets to meet

Health care players debate global payments

The future of the state’s health care reimbursement structure was the topic of discussion last week at a MassINC/CommonWealth magazine forum held at full capacity at Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre. Entitled “Global Payments: The Next Chapter in Health Care Reform?,” the event was moderated by Charlie Baker, former gubernatorial candidate and health insurance plan executive,

A regionally imbalanced recovery

The Brookings Institution has released its latest analysis of metropolitan economies and Massachusetts is one of fifteen states where the bulk of economic output comes from one metropolitan region.  That’s the Boston metro of course, a point that we have documented through our research as well.  There are six metro regions in Massachusetts and four

Climate change progress on a small scale

Lea Cademenos, Senior Public Affairs Associate at Rasky Baerlein and MassINC Associate Board member, recently argued for smaller, local environmental initiatives as a way to combat climate change and press national leaders for more comprehensive action.  Read the post in full here.
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