Support Our Gateway Cities Work

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• Policy Center

• Dec 4, 2019 Policy Center

Dear Friends, 2019 will go down as a year of promising advancement. From passage of the Student Opportunity Act to a historic board vote on Rail Vision, policies with the potential to make

Exploring the Future of Public-Private Partnerships

Event Recap

• Policy Center

• May 9, 2019 Policy Center

Five big picture takeaways from a discussion on the future of public-private partnerships in Gateway Cities On Monday, May 6th, MassINC convened Gateway City mayors, economic development directors, educators, nonprofit

State House Forum on Stimulating Transformative Investment in Gateway Cities

Event Recap

• Policy Center

• Mar 11, 2019 Policy Center

On February 27, MassINC hosted “Stimulating Transformative Development in Gateway Cities,” a State House forum co-sponsored by LOCUS of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (MSGA). The event examined

Please Support Gateway City Legislative Leaders

Your advocacy can make a difference

• Policy Center

• Jul 25, 2018 Policy Center

Dear Friends: In the final days of this Legislative session, two items hang in the balance that have great importance to Gateway City economic development efforts. The first is the

Gateway Cities discover the power of food

Fresh veggies, koshari turn food deserts into oases

• Civic Journal

• Jul 15, 2018 Civic Journal

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEN RICHARDSON FOOD HAS ALWAYS LOOMED LARGE in the life of Dimple Rana. While growing up in Revere, she helped her parents, immigrants from India, work in Indian

Juicing regional economic development by improving labor mobility

A look at Gateway City residents earning the Boston wage premium

• Policy Center

• Jul 10, 2017 Policy Center

A startling percentage of households migrating from Boston to the Gateway Cities are low-income and transit-dependent. For these residents, finding living wage work may now hinge on whether they can

Voc-tech tension

Massachusetts vocational schools are a big success story, but are they shutting out those who might need them most?

• Civic Journal

• Apr 13, 2017 Civic Journal

KELSEY CLARK, A SENIOR at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, is showing a visitor work from her graphic design portfolio. There is a pointillism-style poster she drew

A Community Conversation on ESSA and School Accountability – Springfield

• Policy Center

• Jan 25, 2017 Policy Center

Please Join MassINC, MBAE, and Springfield Business Leaders for Education For a Breakfast Forum on Opportunities in the new Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Education Accountability in Gateway Cities

Accurately measuring a school’s contribution to student growth

ESSA Strategy Call

• Policy Center

• Jan 24, 2017 Policy Center

Our first weekly ESSA Strategy Call focused on Gateway City priority 1: A formal accountability system that creates a level playing field for urban districts when describing performance by isolating

Jobless rates dropping all over MA

Of 10 metro areas in US with biggest declines, 7 from Bay State

• Civic Journal Policy Center

• Jan 9, 2017 Civic Journal Policy Center

NEW ECONOMIC DATA suggest the state’s labor market is nearing full capacity, which is translating into employment gains across the state and not just in metropolitan Boston. A group of