Events & Activities

• Read highlights from the April 28, 2010 presentation by Professor Glaeser and see his PowerPoint

• Download video of the February 25, 2010 event "Top Ideas for Revitalizing Cities" featuring Howard Husock

• The 2010 T.S. Green Public Service awards were held at Assumption College on 3/31/10. Read the brochure and see highlights of the event and more

• Read Roberta Schaefer's remarks from the 2/3/10 Research Bureau Board of Directors Meeting
• The Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Public Finance A presentation given by Roberta Schaefer to the Central Mass Financial Executives Organization 1/19/10
• Read Roberta Schaefer's testimony   Worcester City Council Tax Classification Hearing 12/1/09
• “Testimony on ‘An Act to promote economic development in gateway cities’”
  September 30, 2009, Stephen D. Eide, Research Associate Download here

• An update of Pioneer Institute's and The Research Bureau's benchmark efforts in Worcester and other Middle Cities in Massachusetts September 18, 2009

• The Devil's in the Details, Roberta R. Schaefer, President & CEO

          Telegram & Gazette, July 23, 2009

• Read Roberta Schaefer's  July 22, 2009, Testimony on An Act Promoting Consumer Choice and Competition for Cable Service

• See Highlights from the 24th Annual Meeting, June 3, 2009

• Four Municipal Employees Honored by The Research Bureau at the 21st annual Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards

• Read Dr. Roberta Schaefer's April 6, 2009 testimony to the Massachusetts House Public Service Committee hearing on pension reform

• See highlights from The Research Bureau's 23rd Annual Meeting, June 9, 2008

• See highlights from the GRA Conference held in Boston, August 3-6

• ComNET - Computerized Neighborhood Environment Tracking
  Are you concerned about the physical condition of your neighborhood? ComNET can help! Residents tend to judge the quality of life in their neighborhoods by conditions such as potholes, litter, vacant lots, and abandoned vehicles. In the past, concerned citizens have conducted pen and paper surveys to record such problems or called government officials to complain about a particular problem like an abandoned vehicle. ComNET takes such surveys one step further by introducing the most up-to-date technology.