Workforce Development Transformation Case Studies

Three Examples of Systems Change through Collaborative Gateway City Leadership

It is with great pleasure that we offer three case studies to complement the report Calling All Leaders: An Action Guide to Workforce Development Transformation. The action guide outlined the read more

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

Calling all Gateway City Leaders

An action Guide to Workforce Development Transformation in Massachusetts

Ben Forman

In Gateway City regions with an aging and under-skilled labor force, workforce development is an essential ingredient for future economic growth. This new “action guide” provides a helpful playbook for read more

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

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

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

Recapturing the American Dream

Meeting the Challenges of the Bay State's Lost Decade

Andy Sum, Mykhaylo Trub'skyy, Ishwar Khatiwada, Sheila Palma and Joseph McLaughlin

This joint project with the Center for Labor Market Studies was made possible by the generous support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Partners Health Care. More so read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development

MassINC’s Middle Class Index

Ben Forman, Steve Koczela, Robert David Sullivan and Caroline Koch

The first-of-its-kind Middle Class Index is designed to serve as a barometer of the status of middle class residents. Composed of 26 different indicators, the overall score for Massachusetts in read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development, Government Accountability

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

Planning for College

A Consumer Approach to the Higher Education Marketplace

C. Anthony Broh

The place of college in the lives of current and future generations of American families has fundamentally changed. Once the privilege of a few, college is now a virtual prerequisite read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities

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

Building for the Future

Foundations for a Springfield Comprehensive Growth Strategy

Ben Forman, John Schneider, Ed Lambert and Jason Silva

Springfield has enormous assets, but like other midsize cities throughout the Northeast and Midwest, it struggles to get past decades of disinvestment brought on by manufacturing decline and residential disinvestment. read more

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

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Three Examples of Systems Change through Collaborative Gateway City Leadership

An action Guide to Workforce Development Transformation in Massachusetts

Promoting Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Strategic State Policy for Gateway City Growth and Renewal

Meeting the Challenges of the Bay State's Lost Decade

Promoting Access to Wealth Building Financial Services in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

A Consumer Approach to the Higher Education Marketplace

Promoting Residential Reinvestment in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Foundations for a Springfield Comprehensive Growth Strategy

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