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Empowering Cities to Accelerate Equitable Growth
A State Policy Blueprint for Inclusive Municipal Contracting
July 12, 2022
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Positioning Gateway City leaders to take the lead on digital equity
While leaders responded to their residents’ most acute digital equity needs during the pandemic, the issue appears to be receding among the many competing challenges facing Gateway Cities. We can’t allow this to fall out of sight again, especially with half a billion dollars from the federal infrastructure bill coming to Massachusetts to help communities implement durable solutions.
July 7, 2022
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Andre Leroux offers testimony to Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Gateway Hubs Director Andre Leroux testified at the State House about expanding housing support in Gateway Cities, establishing a small business district fund, and improving state procurement.
June 28, 2022
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Committee’s ED bill is a big deal for Gateway Cities and equitable economic growth
Learn what the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies' Economic Development bill means for HDIP and inclusive entrepreneurship in Gateway Cities.
June 24, 2022
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This is the moment to make transformative investments
The TDI program has been highly effective in Gateway Cities closer to Boston with relatively strong real estate markets. But the impact has been minimal in weaker markets outside of I-495, where Massachusetts desperately needs new sources of economic growth. Now is the moment to do right by the communities that state economic development policy has neglected for far too long.
June 9, 2022
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Senate budget key to future of housing and transportation in Gateway Cities
The Gateway Cities Journal
May 23, 2022
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Baker’s Seminal Economic Development Legislation
Gateway City economic development leaders huddled on Zoom Wednesday for a call with Sec. Kennealy. The discussion offered valuable insight into how Gov. Baker’s $3.5 billion economic development/ARPA 2.0 bill could sow seeds for growth. Here are our first impressions of the governor’s final major contribution to economic development policy.
April 29, 2022
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The House doubles down on Early College expansion
Massachusetts House Leadership unveiled an FY 2023 budget that includes $19 million for Early College. The FY 2023 budget now moves to the Senate. They must stay at it.
April 14, 2022
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Gateway Hubs Project Director advocates for a flexible approach in MBTA Communities letter
MassINC’s Gateway Hubs Project Director André Leroux weighed in on DHCD’s draft guidelines for this “transit-oriented zoning” program, called MBTA Communities.
April 14, 2022