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The Boston Indicators Report 2009
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Welcome to the Boston Indicators Project website!

The 5th biennial Boston Indicators Report finds that Greater Boston's successful knowledge economy has also led to widening income inequality.

Read highlights and view video clips of the report's release at a John LaWare Leadership Forum featuring Governor Deval Patrick. See also Boston Globe writer Renee Loth’s column on the report, Another Tale of Two Cities.

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An online mapping tool and partnership between the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Boston Indicators Project makes available a wealth of data about 101 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts. Try it now.

An Emerging Civic Agenda » 

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Greater Boston's Emerging Civic Agenda offers coherent data-driven strategies to align resources and move the region forward. Organized in four major areas, with goals and measurable milestones identified by hundreds of stakeholders and experts. More

Hub of Innovation:

See the future now in breakthrough products, programs, and practices - local to global.

Boston Innovation Hub

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This public-private effort, convened by Mayor Thomas Menino, aims to bring together key players from across the economy to showcase and strengthen Boston’s innovative capacity. Join the conversation.

John LaWare Leadership Forum

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View and download data and listen to clips of speakers at convenings of Greater Boston’s business, civic and community leaders.

Links & Resources
Sources of information and ways to get involved. 

Data Portal
A door to data-rich websites. 
NEW
July 27, 2010

Dynamic data from the Boston Fed: an interactive map from the Federal Reserve in Boston shows trends in foreclosures, subprime mortgage originations, and house-price changes across Massachusetts since 1990.

The Middle Skills Job Report, part of the Skills2Compete Massachusetts  campaign, advocates for “partnerships, pathways, and proportionate investment” to help MA workers advance towards middle-skill jobs.

Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences: data brief from the Urban Institute finds that 49 percent of American babies born into poor families will be poor for at least half their childhoods and 37% of African American children are persistently poor compared to 5% of white children.

 CIC

Community Indicators Consortium (CIC): is a global learning network and community of practice for people engaged in the field of community indicators organized under the principles of shared informaiton, collaboration and open dialogue to advance the art and science of indicators to measure the progress of communities.

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Participatory Chinatown: an interactive, 3-D game designed to inform the master planning process of Boston's Chinatown by allowing users to become "virtual residents" tasked with navigating the neighborhood to find a job, housing or a place to socialize.


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