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Conversations from the Gateway Cities Innovation Summit & Awards
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January 1, 2020
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TTOD Planning and Design Competition
Proposal Deadline Approaching + Updated Guidelines
December 30, 2019
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How Gateway City schools capitalize on new funding
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/729569227&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>This week on Gateways, we look ahead to implementation of the Student Opportunity Act. Passed by the legislature in November, the new law will provide Gateway City schools with millions of dollars in additional state aid beginning in 2020.
December 17, 2019
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Unpacking the promise of ranked-choice voting in city elections
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/725877103&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>In this episode of Gateways, we take a high-speed journey through the land of ranked-choice voting (RCV). Worcester-native Howie Fain helps us understand how RCV leads to more diverse city councils and school committees. The second installment in our series on electoral reform and
December 11, 2019
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Recapping the Seventh Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Summit & Awards
Catalyzing Transformative Transit-Oriented Development
December 6, 2019
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Christopher Coes’ Four Crazy Ideas to Catalyze TOD
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/722239903&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>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.
December 4, 2019
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Gateway City Leadership and Electoral Politics, Part I
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/715429849&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>A new MassINC-Tisch College of Civic Life report examines the state of leadership and governance in Massachusetts. The groundbreaking study reveals a number of structural challenges, many of which are especially problematic for Gateway Cities. In the
November 19, 2019
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Lighting up Lawrence: how one city is using public art to celebrate and continue its economic growth
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/711850948&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>This week on Gateways, Tracy sits down with some of the members of Iluminación Lawrence, a public and private partnership responsible for lighting up Lawrence. The project’s soft launch in June unveiled LED light displays artistically illuminating the Casey Bridge and the face of the Ayer Mill Clock Tower.
November 13, 2019