From Transactional to Transformative: The Case for Equity in Gateway City Transit-Oriented Development

Tracy A. Corley, PhD, Ben Forman, Elizabeth Haney and Catherine Tumber

Transformative Transit-Oriented Development recognizes that equity is the key to transforming cities and towns in Massachusetts, and the country. In Massachusetts, a decades long economic boom has not always reached read more

Topic(s): Strong Communities, Economic Development, Transportation, Gateway Cities, Transformative Transit-Oriented Development

Workforce Development Transformation Case Studies

Three Examples of Systems Change through Collaborative Gateway City Leadership

Ben Forman and Jodi Wilinsky Hill

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

Leading Together

Building Private Nonprofit Economic Development Organizations for Gateway City Growth & Renewal

Gordon Carr and Ben Forman

Tackling 21st century economic development challenges requires robust private sector engagement. Fostering the growth of nonprofit economic development organizations is a promising strategy to build partnerships with the private sector read more

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

Leading Together

Four Case Studies of Successful Gateway City Initiatives

Ben Forman and Amy Dain

Responding to the challenges brought about by industrial change requires strong leadership, but the changes themselves have eroded the leadership capacity of Gateway Cities. Corporate consolidation leaves fewer committed private read more

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

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

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

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

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

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