State Street Alliance

According to an article in today’s Republican, a meeting to take place this morning at 10:00 am will gather together a new organization called the State Street Alliance, "a collaboration of business, city, higher education, religious, neighborhood and...

Density and social interaction

Late last year, a widely-reported study (PDF) called "Social Interaction and Urban Sprawl" emerged from the University of California at Irvine’s economics department regarding the impact of sprawl vs. density on social interactions. The department...

Knowledge corridor blues

The latest issue of CommonWealth magazine includes an article by staff writer Gabrielle Gurley questioning whether Bradley International Airport’s new connection to Amsterdam is going to make much of a difference for the western Massachusetts economy. Starting...

Governor launches podcast

Governor Deval Patrick launched his first podcast today. Of the effort, Mark Bail of Granby 01033 cites Craig Sandler of State House News Service:[P]odcasts exploit the exciting, evolving dynamic of New Media, where the go-betweens …are dispensed with, and...