495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership, Inc.
Leaders for Regional Prosperity
The 495/MetroWest Partnership, through a unique public-private collaboration with businesses, municipalities, and other stakeholders, is the regional leader for creating an environment that prepares for and cultivates sustainable growth. We accomplish this by coordinating, educating, and advocating for solutions to regional constraints and limited natural resources.
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495/MetroWest Development Compact
The 495/MetroWest region of the state has seen tremendous success in economic development and job creation over the past thirty years. There is every indication the region can continue its success in economic development and job creation for the next twenty years. In order to ensure that success, however, significant steps need to be taken to make the next twenty years of economic development more sustainable for the region.
The Patrick-Murray Administration proposes to partner with the 495/MetroWest Partnership, the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, MetroWest Regional Collaborative, and Mass Audubon in a development compact for this region. The compact is intended to create a shared framework for developing state, regional and local strategies for the growth, development and land preservation in the 37 cities and towns within the study area. Read More
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Over the past several years there has been a flurry of activity around energy issues, the sheer volume of which has left energy policy stakeholders (notably municipal governments and the private sector) scrambling to stay abreast of all the news, opinions, and policy/regulatory changes.
This guide is intended to organize some of the important components of this activity into a document that will help frame these issues and will be easy to digest.
This guide will review:
* What are the benefits and barriers of energy efficiency/conservation practices.
* Municipal planning for energy efficiency and conservation.
* The Commonwealth's recent regulatory and policy changes related to energy use.
* NSTAR programs related to energy efficiency and conservation.
"Collaboration is one of the most effective tools we can use to cut down on energy usage and reduce carbon emissions as a community," said Penni McLean-Connor, NSTAR's Vice President of Customer Care. "By working together with our neighbors in the 495/MetroWest region, we can help pave the way for a new era of clean energy and expanded efficiency in Massachusetts."
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2010 Economic, Demographic and Housing Trends in 495/MetroWest Region
This report, 2010 Economic, Demographic and Housing Trends in 495-MetroWest Region, is an ongoing commitment by the 495/MetroWest Partnership and our charitable trust to provide policymakers with data and quantitative analysis illustrating the importance of our regional economy.
The authors, Dr. Henry Renski and Kim McKee at the UMass Amherst Center for Economic Development within the Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, succeed admirably at this goal, showing the strength of our region despite the turbulence of the economy over the last few years. While this report offers a comprehensive analysis of our region’s payroll, population, housing, unemployment, and employment data, it is most important at putting the 495/MetroWest region into context with these tough economic times, particularly on the importance of our region’s key economic clusters of information technologies and advanced manufacturing. An executive summary is available for download, as well as the full report and appendices in order to provide extensive details on the 495/MetroWest region’s importance to the state economy.
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