October 17, 2012
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Worcester, Fitchburg get Gateway Cities designationIndependent think tank MassINC today announced the creation of the Gateway Cities Innovation Institute, a Boston-based institute dedicated to revitalizing former manufacturing centers that it terms Gateway Cities.
The 11 cities the institute will focus on are Worcester, Fitchburg, Brockton, Fall River, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, New Bedford, Pittsfield and Springfield. (The Legislature classifies 24 cities as Gateway cities, and that list includes Leominster.)