2004
Regional Economics and Urban Entrepreneurs in Massachusetts
How urban entrepreneurs can fit into the regional economy and what are the most effective ways to connect low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs with growth opportunities.
December 7, 2004

State of the City's Finances Forum: How Will Worcester Balance the FY05 Budget?
Keynote Speaker Secretary of Administration and Finance Eric Kriss Dubs Municipal Employee Unions "Fourth Branch of Government"
February 27, 2004
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Making Central Massachusetts More Competitive: A Report of the Governor's Regional Competitiveness Council
February 2, 2004

State of the City's Finances
Stephen P. Crosby, Secretary, Executive Office of Administration and Finance
February 28, 2002

What Do We Expect from Our High School Graduates and What Are We Doing About It?
April 26, 2001

2000
Promoting Regional Economic Development

The Case for Expanding or Relocating Your Business in Worcester

Worcester's Neighborhoods: Part IV Distressed Properties

Revitalizing Worcester's Neighborhoods: Part III Community Development Corporations

Revitalizing Worcester's Neighborhoods: Part II The Business Associations Revitalizing

Revitalizing Worcester's Neighborhoods: Part I The Neighborhood Associations

Worcester's Financial Outlook: FY01 and Beyond

1999
Community Revitalization from the Grassroots Up
Robert Woodson, President of The 1999 National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

Information Technology: A New Industry Cluster for the Worcester Area?

Living in Downtown Worcester

New England's Other College Town

Round Two: Understanding and Interpreting Results of Statewide Testing (MCAS)

1998
The Wealth of Cities
Featuring John Norquist, Mayor of Milwaukee

Redeveloping Union Station and it Environs

Brownfields: Reclaiming our Urban Land

Interpreting the Results of Statewide Testing

Education Reform: The Impact of Statewide Testing
Featuring Governor A. Paul Cellucci

Promoting Academic Excellence: Local and National Models
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

1997
Recapturing Community in our Nation's Cities
Featuring Alan Ehrenhalt, Governing Magazine

Distressed Property in Worcester: The Problems and the Options

Ending the Dead End: Plans for North Main Street

Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform has Failed and What Parents Need to Do
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Promoting Academic Excellence: Local and National Models
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Vocational Education: What is its Future?

Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series I: The Future of Cities: "Re-empowering Local Government"

Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series II: The Future of Cities: "Redefining Citizenship"

Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series III: The Future of Cities: "Regional Governance Without Regional Government"

Tenth Anniversary Lecture Series IV: The Future of Cities: "The Political Economy of Cities"

1994
Downtown Update: A Year and a Half After the Charette

Union Station and Washington Square: What is the Scope of the Project?

Why Should I Send a Child to the Worcester Public Schools?
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Filling Potholes, Building Stadiums and Purifying Water: New Perspectives on Public Works Operations

Visions of Worcester's Future

The New Worcester City Hospital

Visions of Main Street

The Future of Worcester Center Boulevard

Total Quality Management: What is it and how is it applied to municipalities?

The New Worcester City Hospital

1992
Grouping Students by Ability: Pros and Cons
Forum with James A. Kulik, PhD
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Forum with Daniel Signal, PhD, author of "The Other Crisis in American Education"
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Recycling in Worcester: Some Proposals to Implement the Mandate

The Future of Health Care Delivery in Worcester

Worcester's Colleges: A Discussion of Their Impact on the Community

Forum with Abigail Thernstrom, PhD, on "Thinking about School Choice"
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

A Discussion of the Pros and Cons of the Non-Binding Referendum Questions on the November Ballot

Mass Pike/Route 146: The Worcester Connection

Common Sense: A Discussion of the Plans to Redesign Worcester Common

1990
Ability Grouping in the Schools: Boon or Bane or Public Education

Forum with Chester Finn, PhD, on "The Educational Reform Movement: Where are we Now?"
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

The CLT Petition: What it Means for Worcester

Municipal Finance: How do We Pay the Bills Now?

The Future of Worcester Airport

Downtown Parking: Is the Demand Greater than the Supply?
(co-sponsored by Target Worcester)

1989
State of State's Finances

Property Revaluation: What Is It and How Will It Affect Worcester?

Getting In and Out of Worcester: Our Regional Transportation Network

What is Worcester?: Shaping Our Image for the 1990's

1988
Striving for Excellence: Enhancing Programs for the Academically Talented
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

The Pike and the Park: What are the Latest Plans?

Is There Still a Housing Problem in Worcester?

1987
Racial Balance and the Future of the Worcester Public Schools
(co-sponsored with the Alliance for Education)

Forum with Murray Dry, Ph.D. (Middlebury College) of "The Place of Local Government in the American Constitutional System: A Bicentennial Celebration"

How the Charter Works

The Status of the Mass Pike/Route 146 Connector

The Future of Worcester Airport

Worcester's Master Plan: The Final Draft

Parks and Open Spaces

1986
Worcester's Master Plan: An Introduction