The Boston Indicators Project

The Boston Indicators Report 2009

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Civic Agenda 2009

Welcome to the Boston Indicators Project!

The 5th biennial Boston Indicators Report finds that our successful knowledge economy has lead to widening income inequality. As Baby Boomers retire, we must educate all children to high standards to sustain prosperity and rebalance social equity.

View video clips of the release of the Boston Indicators Report.

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

An Emerging Civic Agenda »

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.

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Report Card on Boston's
Education Pipeline

Examine the entire arc of the educational experience in Boston from early childhood through college or post-secondary training and on to the regional workforce.

The John LaWare
Leadership Forum

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.

Highlights from the Boston Indicators Report Release Event

Release Pix

The Boston Indicators Project released the latest report, A Great Reckoning: Healing a Growing Divide, at a John LaWare Leaderhip Forum featuring Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Read highlights and view video clips of the event.

Read Boston Globe writer Renee Loth’s column on the report and it's findings: Another Tale of Two Cities

DATA-RICH TOOLS

January 27, 2010

Boston About Results: A new online tool released by the City of Boston for access to budget and performance data to increase accountability and transparency.

MetroBoston DataCommon: A partnership between the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Boston Indicators Project, with on-line data and mapping for Greater Boston’s 101 cities and towns and new datasets added regularly.

Budget Browser: A new tool from the Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center for easy access to state funding data for fiscal years 2001 - 2010 by category and line item.

Culture Count: From the New England Foundation for the Arts, comprehensive on-line data about cultural facilities, artists and events by city and town and the strength of the cultural sector, with a demographic profile of each municipality.

Foreclosure Response: A collaboration between the Center for Housing Policy, KnowledgePlex, LISC, and the Urban Institute featuring zip-code-level data and analysis on foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization for the nation.

Recovery.gov: A one-stop resource for monitoring progress the Federal Stimulus American Recovery & Investment Act

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