Economic Development

What we do

MAPC has a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), with goals for the region that include: promoting economic development policies and practices driven by smart growth principles; addressing regional barriers to economic development; promoting transportation systems that are properly financed; and developing the region’s green economy.

• A Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Metropolitan Boston

• An Economic Development Policy & Strategic Plan for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Resources

New England

• Cambridge Innovation Center 

• Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

• MetroBoston DataCommon

• Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network

• North Shore InnoVentures

• Northeastern University School of Law:  An Economic Development Administration University Center
  

• North Shore Technology Council

• Ocean Alliance

• Venture Development Center

• Union Square Main Streets 

Statewide

• MassBenchmarks

• MassChallenge

• Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

• Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute

• Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce

• New England Economic Indicators database 

Federal

• Economic Development Administration

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• U.S. Census Bureau: American FactFinder 

Questions?

Please contact any the following MAPC staff:

Amandsa Chisholm; Matthew Smith;  Steve Winter