MassINC is proud to release Going for Growth: New Education-Housing Partnerships to Stabilize Families and Boost Student Achievement, the fourth brief in a series exploring policy innovations to spur reinvestment and renewal in the state's key regional cities.

Grant to MassINC puts the arts at center of economic development strategies for state’s network of older, industrial cities

High marks contrast with student performance data

On November 29, The Boston Globe ran the first of a five-part series of editorials advocating for the state’s Gateway Cities.  The series argues for state policy changes to better support older, mid-sized cities from Lawrence to Pittsfield.

New poll by The MassINC Polling Group shows widespread doubts about next generation’s prospects.

Leaders from Gateway Cities, state agencies, and financial institutions assembled in Worcester on June 22^nd to learn about innovative new opportunities to connect low-income families with wealth-building financial services.

Pawn shops, check cashing operations, and unscrupulous tax preparers cost residents - and their struggling communities - millions.

A two-part Boston Globe series examining the state’s economic development investments in revitalizing cities brings to light problems exposed in a 2008 MassINC study, Going for Growth: Promoting Business Investment in Massachusetts Gateway Cities.

Benjamin Forman brings national perspective, economic development focus to new role

Study finds focus on affordability in state housing policy ignores the needs of weak housing markets outside Greater Boston