District Management for Downtown Vitality

Ingredients and Recipes for Success

• Policy Center

• Jun 27, 2024 Policy Center

Commercial districts need a high volume of foot traffic to support thriving small businesses. Supplemental district management services can dramatically increase this pedestrian activity. In recent years, there has been

Community Capital for Small Businesses

A Study of the CDFI and CDC Ecosystem in Massachusetts

• Policy Center

• Jun 27, 2024 Policy Center

Prepared in partnership with P2 Advisors, this new study explores small business lending services provided by federally certified Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and state certified Community Development Corporations (CDCs).

Summer preview: a sales tax holiday worth celebrating

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Policy Center

• May 24, 2024 Policy Center

Last week, the Gateway City Innovation Institute’s Andre Leroux joined a panel of leaders appearing before the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies to testify in support of

24 Gateway City mayors and managers write to state legislators for An Act relative to strengthening Massachusetts’ economic leadership

• Policy Center

• May 24, 2024 Policy Center

  May 7, 2024 Representative Jerry Parisella, Co-Chair Senator Barry Finegold, Co-Chair Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA, 02133 Re: H.4459– An Act

First take: Gov. Healey’s economic development bill

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Policy Center

• Mar 15, 2024 Policy Center

There’s a lot to like in Governor Healey’s economic development bill. The wide-ranging law includes several smart provisions on issues that matter to Gateway Cities, most notably, small business and

Accelerating Inclusive Growth in the Pioneer Valley

A Prospectus for Transformative Economic Investment

• Policy Center

• Mar 13, 2024 Policy Center

Accelerating Inclusive Growth in the Pioneer Valley is an economic development prospectus for western Massachusetts. Prepared in partnership with Cambridge Econometrics, the analysis calls attention to the region’s competitive advantages

An Act to Promote Downtown Vitality, February 2024 Fiscal Analysis and Recommendations

• Policy Center

• Feb 23, 2024 Policy Center

How much tax revenue is 5% of the state’s remote retailer (online) sales tax collections? MassINC’s Policy Center spent several months in dialogue with the MA Department of Revenue requesting

Secretary Hao Meets with Gateway City Leaders

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Policy Center

• Jul 10, 2023 Policy Center

Last week, MassINC hosted a wide-ranging virtual conversation with Yvonne Hao, the Secretary of Economic Development, together with mayors and senior staff from Gateway Cities across the state. Given the

The Baker Administration’s Crowning Achievement

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Policy Center

• Aug 24, 2022 Policy Center

Leaders on Beacon Hill continue to look for solutions to the stalled economic development package. Embedding the bill’s provision in a supplemental budget, which Governor Baker would take the lead

For the Good of the Commonwealth

The Gateway Cities Journal

• Aug 5, 2022

Gateway City leaders awoke Monday morning to incredibly disheartening news: The legislature had failed to pass the economic development bill and its long-awaited increase in the Housing Development Incentive Program