A|N Blog: Beantown Rising: Big Development On the Horizon In Boston
By Nicole Anderson Published: December 11, 2012 For Bostonians, cranes and scaffolding have become a common fixture in the city’s landscape. In recent years, there’s been a slew of new developments cropping up everywhere from Roxbury to Fenway, with the bulk of construction concentrated in South Boston’s waterfront, and more specifically in a sub-section that Mayor Thomas M. Menino has dubbed the “Innovation District.” AN has compiled a list of some of the most high profile projects happening in...
read moreThe Washington Post: It’s “Innovation Week”…In Massachusetts
By Emi Kolawole Published: October 22, 2012 It’s officially “Innovation Week,” assuming you live in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick has proclaimed the week of Oct. 22-26 Massachusetts Innovation Week during MITX’s FutureM conference. The gathering of marketing and technology experts convenes Tuesday and ends Friday. Patrick will reportedly make the announcement tonightduring the conference’s opening night kick-off event. “We are thrilled to have the governor welcome everyone to FutureM and kick-off Innovation Week...
read moreBoston Herald: Partnering with Portugal: Hub leaders eye waterfront boost
By Greg Turner Published: October 2, 2012 Boston is looking to Lisbon for inspiration on waterfront development and economic innovation. A delegation of Hub business, academic and civic leaders will travel to the Portuguese capital tomorrow to meet with their counterparts in a week long series of idea exchanges. “It’s about finding effective policy and programs, to grow Massachusetts, the city of Boston and the region,” said Michael Lake, executive director of the World Class Cities Partnership at Northeastern...
read moreBoston.com: Epcot meets The Jetsons: Futuristic city underway in Portugal
By Rich Becker and Jeff Bellows Published: October 11, 2012 The World Class Cities Partnership, an international research collaborative of municipal governments and universities headquartered at Northeastern University, is currently leading a delegation of Greater Boston’s business, civic, academic and non-profit leaders on its annual Policy Exchange Mission to explore the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese officials are sharing their expertise in waterfront redevelopment, the innovation economy and an entrepreneurial ecosystem....
read moreFast Company Co.Exist: The Top 10 Smartest Cities In North America
By Boyd Cohen Published: December 4, 2012 Some cities are adding high-tech infrastructure. Some are implementing revolutionary sustainability plans. Others are fostering innovative business and science developments. But which city combines these qualities and others to be the smartest city? A few weeks ago, Co.Exist published a ranking of European smart cities (A global smart city ranking was published earlier this year). Now we are publishing the top 10 cities in North America. The rankings are based on a device I developed...
read moreThe Atlantic Cities: Cities With Denser Cores Do Better
By Richard Florida Published: November 28, 2012 Density — the close clustering of people together in communities — is a big factor in the technological and economic progress of cities and nations. Economists, urbanists, and place makers have found density to be associated with everything from greater energy efficiency to higher levels of skilled and talented people, higher rates of innovation, and higher income. Most studies of the effects of density measure it rather crudely, as I noted recently, and simply average...
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