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Jul 11, 2024
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Jul 11, 2024
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In partnership with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. This event will include a presentation by MTF President Doug Howgate on our recent report on the real estate market of downtown Boston, followed by a panel discussion of experts in the finance and real estate sectors.To learn more about…
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Jun 20, 2024
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Jun 20, 2024
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The standard model for the role central business districts play in cities across the country has been forever disrupted by the pandemic. Reductions to in-person work have a cascade effect on commercial real estate, public finance, and city vibrancy.Boston is not immune from this disruption. In fact…
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May 06, 2024
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May 06, 2024
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On March 1st, the Healey-Driscoll administration unveiled their economic development bill, titled An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts’ Economic Leadership or the Mass Leads Act. Through $2.815 billion in capital spending authorizations, $675 million in additional tax credits over ten…
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Jan 16, 2024
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Jan 16, 2024
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On October 18th, the Healey administration unveiled a $4.1 billion housing bond bill, titled the Affordable Homes Act, which combined a new five-year capital funding plan with a variety of policy proposals intended to spur production and accelerate rehabilitation of housing stock, reduce state and…
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Dec 27, 2023
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Dec 27, 2023
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Three of the most-read stories from CommonWealth ... related to transportation, and the top story, about a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation study, focused on transportation and the fallout from COVID and remote work on the downtown Boston office market.The top story, coming in at 53,000 pageviews…
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Nov 30, 2023
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Nov 30, 2023
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Workforce Changes Since 2019:The civilian labor force fell by ~130,000;120,000 residents turned 65150,000 left the workforce due to retirementIn sum - in September 2023, there were 150,000 more job openings than unemployed people in the stateMigration:Highest net domestic outmigration in 30…
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Nov 16, 2023
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Nov 16, 2023
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The following brief provides an analysis of state workforce investments in the FY 2019 to FY 2023 budgets focusing on sector-based training programs. As MTF noted in our earlier introductory brief, these programs prioritize creating talent pipelines to critical job sectors by providing financial…
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Nov 11, 2023
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Nov 11, 2023
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Already, for seven of the past nine years, Massachusetts has trailed the U.S. in private sector job growth, according to a 2022 report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Reasons include not only the cost of housing, which the Healey Administration is striving to address, but also the high…
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Oct 27, 2023
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Oct 27, 2023
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While the effect is particularly dramatic in Connecticut, the Nutmeg State is not the only part of New England seeing a larger net influx of Massachusetts residents. In 2021 and 2022, 65% of the outmigration from Massachusetts was to New England states, according to a Massachusetts Taxpayers…
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Oct 23, 2023
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Oct 23, 2023
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While there is no going back to the pre-pandemic patterns of living and working from 2019, Urban Economies on the Precipice: A Tale of Six Cities examines six major cities with similar profiles, Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., detailing the disruptions…
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