Out-migrants and opt-outers

by | Dec 13, 2006 | Urban Compass

MassINC and Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies have released a report, "The Labor Supply and Our Economic Future" (PDF), about the Massachusetts workforce. News about the report’s release reached the pages of the...

Timothy Brennan, part 3 of 3

by | Dec 14, 2006 | Urban Compass

Timothy Brennan is Executive Director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, based in West Springfield. In part one of this interview, Brennan spoke of his agency’s efforts to "build a cross-border partnership" between Massachusetts and...

Confessions of a walker

by | Dec 14, 2006 | Urban Compass

Weekly e-magazine Pop City, based in Pittsburgh, recently published an article by writer Sherrie Flick, "Confessions of a Walker," describing her discovery of the benefits of city walking. She offers up "Urban Walk #1," from the Strip District to...

Deval Patrick at the Hoop Hall

by | Dec 14, 2006 | Urban Compass

Last night, governor-elect Deval Patrick paid a visit to Springfield’s Basketball Hall of Fame to sit in on a combined workforce development, technology, and economic development transition working group (PDF) meeting, part of a series to invite the...