See video of the recent Gateway Cities strategy presentation

Policy Center
Mar 7, 2011 Policy Center

Video of a recent conference call and presentation, “New Municipal Strategies for Economic Development through Asset Building and Financial Empowerment,” is now available. Click here to see the video in full.

CommonWealth magazine and MassINC receive $1 million gift

Policy Center
Mar 3, 2011 Policy Center

BOSTON—MassINC today announced that its award-winning civic journal, CommonWealth magazine, will receive $1 million from an anonymous donor. The gift is in celebration of MassINC’s 15th anniversary and long-standing contribution to non-partisan reporting on politics and policy in Massachusetts. MassINC must match the initial $500,000 gift in order to receive the full $1 million. Today’s

Creative economy success in Haverhill

Policy Center
Feb 28, 2011 Policy Center

Forum explores local cultural institutions as catalysts for creative economy growth The spirit was warm among the more than 50 participants gathered in Haverhill on a cold wet day for a forum exploring the role of the creative economy in Gateway City economic development. Despite the dreary weather, the crowd was buoyed by the product

Longtime MassINC board member headlines Globe op-ed page

Policy Center
Feb 23, 2011 Policy Center

New England Regional Council of Carpenters executive secretary-treasurer and long-standing MassINC board member Mark Erlich penned an op-ed in yesterday’s Boston Globe on economic inequality and the middle class. In it, he points to the protests in Wisconsin as an example of a shifting of blame for national economic decline from Wall Street to public

The State of the Gateway Cities in 2011

Policy Center
Feb 9, 2011 Policy Center

It’s a new year, and annual census figures for US cities were recently released. MassINC has combed through these numbers to provide a fresh look at the State of the Gateway Cities. While this analysis reveals familiar challenges, it also points to encouraging signs. To be sure, the Great Recession took its toll on the

Gateway Cities ed poll shows public has low expectations

Policy Center
Feb 9, 2011 Policy Center

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Steve Koczela In a survey of Gateway City voters conducted by the MassINC Polling Group last month, nearly half of respondents gave their community’s public schools a grade of A (12 percent) or B (37 percent). These positive grades contrast sharply with the state’s assessment. According to the Department of Elementary and

Education and workforce development, ten years later

Policy Center
Feb 7, 2011 Policy Center

1 Monday, February 7, 2011 Snowstorms! A good time to sit by the fireplace (mine is a “Yule Log” CD we play on our DVD player) and get some reading done. Here are a few suggestions. CommonWealth magazine was released recently and if you still harboring any doubts about how MCAS can improve urban schools, you

Poll: Gateway Cities grade their schools

Policy Center
Jan 25, 2011 Policy Center

About half of the voters polled in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities give their community’s public schools a grade of A (12 percent) or B (37 percent); 83 percent give them a C or higher, according to a new poll conducted by the MassINC Polling Group. Just 12 percent gave the schools a D or F. These positive

CommonWealth releases Winter issue

Policy Center
Jan 18, 2011 Policy Center

The winter issue of CommonWealth is in the mail and available online. The cover story focuses on Kingston, a South Shore town that is discovering that going green – with the help of hefty subsidies paid by utility customers – is not only good for the environment but good for the town’s bottom line. CommonWealth’s

Its time to review our economic development priorities

Policy Center
Jan 18, 2011 Policy Center

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 John Schneider The day it was announced that A. J. Wright was closing its distribution center in Fall River, I was in city hall meeting with the mayor. We were talking about education and employment and the challenges of raising educational attainment in a small city. It was about an hour

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MassINC is a key partner to the Boston Foundation, and all of us who are seeking to advance the regional conversation around economic opportunity and a strong quality of life for all. MassINC's robust, nonpartisan research is exactly what our citizens and leaders need to make good decisions.

Paul Grogan, Former President of The Boston Foundation
I watch my inbox for CommonWealth magazine’s Daily Download. I can count on the newsletter to tell me succinctly what’s happening in politics and public policy. The magazine itself always delivers in-depth news, analysis and commentary. It's simply outstanding, quality journalism. I am happy to support unbiased reporting through my participation in Citizens Circle.

Helen Chin Schlichte Former Public Administrator; President Emeritus, South Cove Manor at Quincy Point
MassINC's long-term dedication to Gateway Cities makes them a valuable resource to all of our communities. They are a true thought partner. They go the distance to help others appreciate our unique opportunities, needs, and perspectives.

Tim McGourthy Chief Financial Officer, City of Worcester
MassINC serves as a credible, thoughtful resource for all of us who are invested in the future of the Commonwealth. Its emphasis on careful analysis that is grounded in data, research, and polling makes an important contribution to and helps elevate the conversation about the challenges and opportunities facing the region.

Trevor Pollack, Manager of Special Projects for the Barr Foundation
The potential of Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities is limitless. MassINC’s dedicated work in promoting these cities has been, and will continue to be, instrumental in their individual and collective success.

Jay Ash
Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development and former chair of the Gateway Cities Innovation Institute
MassINC has always provided research showing the detrimental impact of the state’s unforgiving criminal justice system on our communities. Their polling confirmed that the public understood the need for change in our system. That criminal justice reform is at the forefront of bipartisan local and national debates today is in no small measure due to MassINC’s persistent and fair commitment to the issue.

Juliette Kayyem Faculty Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Founder Kayyem Solutions LLC
Through my partnership with MassINC, the Building On What Works Coalition is working to unite a diverse collection of civic leaders around an urgent call to encourage the state to act on the progress that has been made ensuring all children in Massachusetts have a true chance to succeed in the state’s economy. MassINC’s research and commitment to data driven public policy are helping to give the children of Massachusetts a better education.

Kim Driscoll Mayor of Salem
MassINC's work with the Gateway Cities is unmatched. As Eastern Bank strives to help businesses in these communities thrive, MassINC has been a tremendous partner, providing data-driven research and affirming that these cities are full of opportunities.

Bob Rivers Chairman and CEO of Eastern Bank
When MassINC speaks, it’s well worth listening. After all, the nonpartisan think tank has established itself as a thoughtful, careful, credible voice on public policy in Massachusetts.

Scot Lehigh Boston Globe Op-Ed Columnist
Few organizations in the country have better understood the important role of governance reform and accountability in education policy and economic development than MassINC.

Bruce Katz Former Vice President and Founding Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution
[MassINC's] understanding of the complexity of the challenges facing the state’s older cities, its belief in the opportunities that present themselves in those communities, and its advocacy of the role that public higher education can and should play in them, has added to the understanding that policy makers need to have as they move our state toward the future.

Jean MacCormack

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