Recapping the Seventh Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Summit & Awards

Catalyzing Transformative Transit-Oriented Development

• Policy Center

• Dec 6, 2019 Policy Center

The Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Summit & Awards—held each year between the November elections and the Thanksgiving holiday—has become a tradition for those who believe wholeheartedly in the power of

Christopher Coes’ Four Crazy Ideas to Catalyze TOD

Gateways Episode 43

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• Dec 4, 2019 Policy Center

MassINC recently held the Seventh Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards & Summit at the DCU Center in Worcester. Today’s episode brings you a highlight from the gathering—the morning keynote delivered by Christopher Coes, Vice President of Land Use and Development at Smart Growth America.

Regional Rail’s Visionary Dreamers

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Policy Center

• Nov 11, 2019 Policy Center

There’s an old Japanese proverb: Vision without planning is a dream, but planning without vision is a nightmare. We live the proverbial nightmare on the Bay State’s roads and public

TTOD Competition

Community Engagement Update

• Policy Center

• Nov 6, 2019 Policy Center

Dear Gateway Cities friends and supporters, We have received requests asking for more information on the community engagement component of our TTOD Competition, so we would like to lay out the requirements

Extending TTOD Competition proposal deadline to the first week of January!

Announcing the new schedule

• Policy Center

• Oct 17, 2019 Policy Center

Dear Gateway City friends and supporters, We have received great, constructive feedback in the past few weeks about our TTOD Planning and Design Competition. We have heard from many students

Gateway City leaders speak on opportunity zones

Gateways Episode 34.5

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• Oct 7, 2019 Policy Center

On this bonus episode of Gateways, we continue the conversation on federal Opportunity Zones legislation. Last episode, our guests broke down what Opportunity Funds can do and pointed out areas where they are failing the highest-need communities in our Commonwealth.

Are Opportunity Zones sites of misfortune for distressed neighborhoods?

Gateways Episode 34

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• Oct 1, 2019 Policy Center

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was unveiled in 2017, much of the national attention was trained on the debate between Republicans and Democrats over whether the cuts disproportionately helped the rich. Woven in the tax code, however, a federal initiative known as Opportunity Zones promised to incentivize

Poll: Massachusetts residents support major changes to rail service, restructuring fares

Residents see opportunities to expand rail overall, improve the Commuter Rail system, and show interest in Gateway Cities development possibilities this could unlock

• Policy Center Press Release

• Sep 26, 2019 Policy Center Press Release

Massachusetts residents support major changes to the Commuter Rail system and several ways to pay for them, according to a new poll from The MassINC Polling Group. The survey, which

Gateway City TTOD Planning and Design Competition

Call for Participants

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• Sep 19, 2019 Policy Center

Proposal deadline extended to January 12, 2020!  The revised schedule and requirements give you more time to select your plan or project. MassINC invites Gateway City planning and development teams

Fares for Gateway Cities residents are off the rails

Gateways Episode 32

• Policy Center

• Sep 17, 2019 Policy Center

MassINC recently published a report on fare equity that confirmed what most of us already know: the lowest-wealth Commonwealth residents pay more of their incomes to get around the state than wealthier folks. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the MBTA’s commuter rail network, a public