ABOUT TEN years ago, MassINC began to focus on what we came to brand the Gateway Cities — regional economic hubs that had been traditional gateways to good wages and the American Dream for immigrants and others. The goal of our focus was to spark the economic revival of these communities. Our work with elected officials, community leaders and business people has begun to bear fruit, and exciting things are happening in these places. We at MassINC are in the business
We at MassINC are in the business of rigorous research and journalism— promotion is not our thing — but something happened on this 10-year journey: we have fallen in love with the Gateway Cities. And so, we are launching Gateways to bear witness to all that is happening here. Gateways will be a cheerleader for the Gateway Cities as places for people to live and thrive, places to raise children, places to start and operate a business, places to visit and explore, and places to be inspired. We want you to be inspired by the stories in this pilot issue. Please share it with your neighbors and colleagues. We hope that you will be moved to help insure that our vision of Gateways as quarterly journal will be realized. Please support Gateways by advertising in or purchasing a subscription. For more information about advertising or subscribing please contact our Managing Editor, Maureen McInerney at 617-224-1625 or mmcinerney@massinc.org.
Like everything we do at MassINC, this publication is the product of a hardworking, talented team but one individual carried Gateways from start to finish. Maureen McInerney, MassINC’s Public Affairs Associate took on the role of Gateways managing editor bringing all of her sizable creativity, intelligence and passion to the project. Thank you to the entire team and to Maureen in particular.
Lauren Louison Grogan
Publisher, Gateways
Chief Operating Officer, MassINC
About MassINC
MassINC, is a non-profit think tank founded in 1996. MassINC’s non-partisan research is focused on promoting public policy that creates a ladder to the middle class. We are also the publisher of CommonWealth magazine and the parent of a for-profit subsidiary, The MassINC Polling Group. Common- Wealth magazine is a quarterly print journal and a daily online news site. CommonWealth’s long form journalism is dedicated to politics, ideas, and civic life in Massachusetts
Gateways is published by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC),
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The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of MassINC’s directors, advisors, or staff. MassINC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. The mission of MassINC is to develop a public agenda for Massachusetts that promotes the growth and vitality of the middle class. MassINC is a nonpartisan, evidence-based organization. MassINC’s work is published for educational purposes and should not be construed as an attempt to influence any election or legislative action.
MassINC
PRESIDENT Gregory Torres
RESEARCH DIRECTOR Ben Forman
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Lauren Louison Grogan
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Caroline Palmer
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Llyr Johansen
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE Maureen McInerney
DIGITAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE Aaron Van Leesten
INTERNS Alicia Payne, Mai Pham
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Ann-Ellen Hornidge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gregory Torres, ex officio
David Begelfer
Andrew Calamare
Philip Condon
Sean Curran
Geri Denterlein
Mark Erlich
Monica Escobar Lowell
Pamela Feingold
Nick Fyntrilakis
Stephanie Anderson Garrett
Lane Glenn
Thomas Green
Harold Hestnes
Tripp Jones
Juliette Kayyem
William P. McDermott
Jennifer Nassour
Eileen O’Connor
Pamela O’Sullivan
Thomas Pappas
Dean Richlin
Kenneth Robinson
Mark Robinson
Paul Scanlon
Scott Sebastian
Richard Tisei
Eric Turner
Lisa Wong
HONORARY
Mitchell Kertzman, Founding Chairman
IN MEMORIAM
Neil Chayet
Robert Fraser
John C. Rennie
