Editorial: Massachusetts' Gateway Cities have plenty of room for the arts - Springfield Republican

A house is so much more than four strong walls and a roof. So often, it’s what’s inside that counts. So it is with the vision of cities being cultivated by think tank MassINC which has been working since 2007 with 11 older industrial cities – including Springfield, Holyoke and New Bedford – to help reinvent themselves to compete in the 21st century. 

But like the homebuilder that looks inside the sturdy walls, MassINC is also looking at the arts to provide the spark that will make revived cities sing.