This hurts not only Boston, not only Cambridge, but the entire metropolitan region. Likewise, we must work together to face these challenges. The work of Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter on Regional Economic Clusters … [Read more...]
City Council Prez Mike Ross Responds to Your Comments/Ideas
Thank you for the ideas and suggestions you've left in the comments of my original post. As I expected, Blue Mass Group readers came through with progressive and thoughtful ideas to make Boston the greatest city in America. … [Read more...]
Give Me Your Ideas for Making Boston America’s Best City–From City Council Prez Mike Ross
Yesterday afternoon, I had the great honor of being unanimously re-elected President of the Boston City Council. I'm thrilled that my colleagues have given me another year to develop innovative ways we can make Boston a world-class … [Read more...]
Answering President Obama’s Call to Serve in Mission Hill– This Saturday!
Community service is something I’ve always valued. My father, a Holocaust survivor who has been a mentor to thousands of youth in Boston, taught me the influence one individual can have on entire neighborhoods. Before I was elected … [Read more...]
The Boston City City Council Takes on the Foreclosure Crisis
Keep properties from becoming abandoned, thus helping maintain property values in the neighborhood, and reducing the likelihood of entire neighborhoods becoming victims of foreclosures; Prevent properties from being stripped of copper pipes … [Read more...]
Boston City Council Dockets Now Online
When I was elected president of the Boston City Council, I pledged to make the body more transparent by posting all dockets on the City of Boston’s website. This may sound like a small step, but getting the technology in place was … [Read more...]
Improving Enforcement on Four Unrelated Students Zoning Code
On Boston Daily, I’ve blogged about why I’ve filed an amendment to a 2004 law that requires colleges and universities to gather addresses from their students to help Boston’s Inspectional Services Department to help … [Read more...]
Boston City Council President Mike Ross on His Election
This morning, I had the honor of being unanimously elected president of the Boston City Council. On Boston Daily, I’ve written about what I plan to accomplish this year. The financial crisis is hitting Bostonians hard, and I will … [Read more...]
Report on the Boston Common
Hello avid Democrats. Thanks for all that you do at BMG keeping people engaged on critical topics about Massachusetts, and Boston in particular. Following a year filled with hearings and public meetings on the Boston Common, I'm in the … [Read more...]
Meet Ashwin Madia, Marine Corps and Iraq War Veteran for Congress!!
Madia is an attorney, a Marine Corps and Iraq war veteran, and the son of immigrants who came to America from India with just $19. He was born in Boston and grew up in Minnesota. As a Marine Judge Advocate, Madia advised military commanders … [Read more...]