Economic Development Meetings & Forums

2005
Private Investment Solutions for Urban Areas
David Begelfer, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
January 27, 2005

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

Supporting Growth and Competitiveness: Opportunities for Central Massachusetts
Ranch Kimball, State Secretary of Economic Development
October 28, 2004

Worcester as a Bedroom Community: Will it Mean Curtains for Economic Development?
April 23, 2004
Request: video

Making Central Massachusetts More Competitive: A Report of the Governor's Regional Competitiveness Council
February 2, 2004

2003
The Life Sciences Cluster: Opportunities and Challenges for Central Massachusetts
November 11, 2003

2002
Main Street Worcester: Should it be our main street?
(Co-sponsored by Banknorth Massachusetts)
December 11, 2002


Colleges and Work Force Development
(Co-sponsored by the Colleges of Worcester Consortium)
April 23, 2002

Downtown Living: Worcester's Newest Neighborhood
March 21, 2002

2000
Promoting Regional Economic Development

The Case for Expanding or Relocating Your Business in Worcester

Revitalizing 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 Worcester's Neighborhoods: Part I The Neighborhood Associations

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

1998
The Wealth of Cities
John Norquist, Mayor of Milwaukee

Redeveloping Union Station and its Environs

Brownfields: Reclaiming our Urban Land

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

Ending the Dead End: Plans for North Main Street

1996
Financing Urban Economic Development Projects

1995
What's Happening to Our Neighborhoods?

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

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

1991
Attracting Downtown Development: What Does Worcester Have to Do?