Going for Growth

Enhancing the Economic Impact of Public Transit in Gateway Cities with Comprehensive Service Planning

Ben Forman, Megan Aki, Mary Ebeling and Rich Parr

This new policy brief examines how best practices in transit planning can benefit Massachusetts’s Regional Transit Authorities. Massachusetts’s Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) have an opportunity to improve their existing service read more

Topic(s): Strong Communities, Economic Development, Transportation, Gateway Cities

Going for Growth

Promoting Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Ben Forman and Sandra Larson

This policy brief explores opportunities to leverage the energy immigrant-owned businesses bring to Gateway Cities as an economic development strategy. Immigrant-owned shops are already revitalizing downtowns in Gateway Cities across read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Gateway Cities

The Gateway Cities Vision for Dynamic Community-Wide Learning Systems

Ben Forman, Julianne Viola and Caroline Koch

Developed collaboratively with Gateway City mayors, managers, and education leaders, this vision highlights effective new models to prepare students for the changing economy and ensure an adequate supply of skilled read more

Topic(s): Education, Gateway Cities

Reinventing Transit

A Blueprint for Investing in Regional Transportation Authorities for Strong Gateway City Economies

Ben Forman and Catherine Tumber

Transportation networks provide the backbone for economic development in regions across the state. Public transit is an important component of these networks, increasing access to jobs, housing, and services. Leaders read more

Topic(s): Economic Development, Transportation, Gateway Cities

Transformative Redevelopment

Strategic State Policy for Gateway City Growth and Renewal

Alan Mallach, Ben Forman and Margaret Keaveny

Transformative redevelopment describes public and private financial support for projects that catalyze significant follow-on private investment, leading over time to the transformation of an entire downtown or urban neighborhood. This read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Gateway Cities

Building Vibrancy

Creative Placemaking Strategies for Gateway City Growth and Renewal

Ben Forman and Tyler Creighton

The struggle Gateway Cities have endured in recent years obscures their untapped potential in an economy that increasingly puts a premium on attractive, authentic, and livable communities. This has not read more

Topic(s): Economic Development, Gateway Cities, Creative Placemaking

Creative Places

Public Perceptions of Arts, Culture, and Economic Development in Gateway Cities

John Schneider and Steve Koczela

This poll was commissioned by MassINC as part of a newly-funded initiative to create a leadership network around the role of the arts in the economic revitalization of Gateway Cities, read more

Topic(s): Economic Development, Gateway Cities, Creative Placemaking, Public Opinion

Going for Growth: New Education-Housing Partnerships to Stabilize Families and Boost Student Achievement

Ben Forman and Caroline Koch

Going for Growth: New Education-Housing Partnerships to Stabilize Families and Boost Student Achievement, the fourth brief in a series exploring policy innovations to spur reinvestment and renewal in the state’s read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities, Gateway Cities

Going for Growth

Promoting Access to Wealth Building Financial Services in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Ben Forman

This paper examines the market for personal financial services and finds that many Gateway City residents do not have bank accounts, which leaves them dependent on high-cost services like check read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Gateway Cities

Going for Growth

Promoting Residential Reinvestment in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Ben Forman

Promoting Residential Reinvestment in Massachusetts Gateway Cities, the second brief in a series exploring evidence-based policy innovations to spur reinvestment and renewal in the state’s key regional cities. This paper read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development, Gateway Cities

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Enhancing the Economic Impact of Public Transit in Gateway Cities with Comprehensive Service Planning

Promoting Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

A Blueprint for Investing in Regional Transportation Authorities for Strong Gateway City Economies

Strategic State Policy for Gateway City Growth and Renewal

Creative Placemaking Strategies for Gateway City Growth and Renewal

Public Perceptions of Arts, Culture, and Economic Development in Gateway Cities

Promoting Access to Wealth Building Financial Services in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Promoting Residential Reinvestment in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

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