TTOD “Transformative Transit-Oriented Development” Talks

Policy Center
Feb 8, 2021 Policy Center

Presented by MassINC and the Gateway Cities Innovation Institute, the TTOD (Transformative Transit-Oriented Development, pronounced “TOD”) Talks are a series of lectures and panels designed to explore the many ways in which planning, development and local policies affect the socioeconomic and political inequities in our communities – with a special focus on the legacy cities outside of

Are coworking spaces the key to transforming Gateway Cities?

Policy Center
Dec 3, 2020 Policy Center

Gateway City coworking facilities can provide space and resources for residents to join the digital workforce while positioning downtowns as regional hubs.

The Future of the Massachusetts Workplace

Policy Center
Oct 15, 2020 Policy Center

Decentralizing Massachusetts’ workforce could address the state’s transportation struggles and geographic inequities, magnified by the pandemic.

Take The #TTODTalkChallenge!

Policy Center
Jun 11, 2020 Policy Center

MassINC is on a mission to support livable communities - and that has to start with community residents. Help us show the need for community space, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic changes the way we use public spaces by taking the #TTODTalkChallenge!

Christopher Coes’ Four Crazy Ideas to Catalyze TOD

Gateways Episode 43

Policy Center
Dec 4, 2019 Policy Center

MassINC recently held the Seventh Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards & Summit at the DCU Center in Worcester. Today’s episode brings you a highlight from the gathering—the morning keynote delivered by Christopher Coes, Vice President of Land Use and Development at Smart Growth America.

MassINC Insights

Gateways Episode 38

Policy Center
Oct 29, 2019 Policy Center

This week on Gateways, we bring you an episode of MassINC Insights, the first installment in a series of conversations with the journalists, researchers, and pollsters of MassINC, The MassINC Polling Group and CommonWealth. The nonprofit consistently leads the way in producing nonpartisan research and

Fall River entrepreneur brings healthy food and a heap of inspiration to Gateway City neighborhoods

Gateways Episode 35

Policy Center
Oct 8, 2019 Policy Center

This week on Gateways, we give you Tracy Corley’s live conversation with entrepreneur Luis Gonsalves during the October 2nd Entrepreneurship For All Leadership Summit in Lowell. Luis is an alum of New Bedford High, the US military, and EforAll, which gave him the tools to thrive in the competitive restaurant industry.

Gateway City leaders speak on opportunity zones

Gateways Episode 34.5

Policy Center
Oct 7, 2019 Policy Center

On this bonus episode of Gateways, we continue the conversation on federal Opportunity Zones legislation. Last episode, our guests broke down what Opportunity Funds can do and pointed out areas where they are failing the highest-need communities in our Commonwealth.

Are Opportunity Zones sites of misfortune for distressed neighborhoods?

Gateways Episode 34

Policy Center
Oct 1, 2019 Policy Center

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was unveiled in 2017, much of the national attention was trained on the debate between Republicans and Democrats over whether the cuts disproportionately helped the rich. Woven in the tax code, however, a federal initiative known as Opportunity Zones promised to incentivize

Fares for Gateway Cities residents are off the rails

Gateways Episode 32

Policy Center
Sep 17, 2019 Policy Center

MassINC recently published a report on fare equity that confirmed what most of us already know: the lowest-wealth Commonwealth residents pay more of their incomes to get around the state than wealthier folks. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the MBTA’s commuter rail network, a public