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Daily Update 7/30: Strategy for Economic Recovery

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Today: Thursday, July 30, 2009

 

  • Governor Patrick attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Saint-Gobain Research and Development Center in Northborough.

 

  • Governor Patrick makes a local economic development announcement in Sutton.

 

  • Later today, Governor Patrick travels to New Bedford to meet with the Coalition for Social Justice, and to attend the Portuguese Feast Opening Ceremony.

 

In the Press:

 

Governor Patrick talked with young people participating in summer camp programs at UMass Boston yesterday: “What I’m about, and what I want our administration to be about are these young people. What are we doing to make a better way for them? What are we doing to give them a reason to look up rather than down?  What are the hard choices that we have to make—because, by the way, there are hard choices that we make about how to invest in the public good, and what constitutes the public good.”

 

  • Poised for Economic Recovery – A recent edition of Newsweek highlights the recovery of the American economy, focusing on the shovel-ready stimulus efforts across the country including one in Westport, Mass. that is “one small manifestation of President Barack Obama's ambitious strategy for jump-starting the economy. … As business dwindled over the past two years, the firm (P.J. Keating) laid off about a dozen people. ‘We definitely would have been faced with another half-dozen layoffs had we not gotten these stimulus projects,’ (David) Baker says. Instead, the company kept all its remaining 300 employees, and hired five new ones.” Read more here.

 

  • ‘Effects of stimulus plan kick in’ – Read articles in the Boston Globe about federal stimulus funds benefitting local cities and towns in areas such as education and infrastructure: “Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money is helping to fund school budgets in Everett, Lawrence, Lowell, and 25 other local public school districts. Assembly on the Mystic, a 66.5-acre development off Interstate 93, last week received $15 million to help build an access road to the retail, residential, and commercial development being built in Somerville.” Read more here and here.

 

  • Governor of the Whole Commonwealth – Governor Patrick hosted a town hall meeting in Wareham yesterday, which included topics such as economic recovery, federal spending, and education. Click here to find a meeting near you, or visit the Governor’s YouTube channel to view this and other town hall meetings. Read more in New Bedford Standard Times.
    • Read an article in the Nantucket Independent about the Governor visit to Provincetown last week to discuss the local economy. Read more here.

 

Summer Town Hall Tour 2009 by Office of Governor Patrick.
Governor Patrick speaks to local residents in Wareham as part of his summer Town Hall tour.

Summer Town Hall Tour 2009 by Office of Governor Patrick.
Governor Patrick fields questions from the audience in Wareham yesterday.

 

 

  • Commitment to Public Safety – Governor Patrick expressed concern yesterday over the recent public transit accidents in Boston. A new MBTA board will assemble this fall as part of the Governor’s comprehensive transportation reform plan, which overhauls all state transportation agencies, is expected to include professional planners, financial specialists, and a civil engineer. The new team will lead an increase in efficiency and fiscal responsibility with a downsized bureaucracy inside the agency.

 

This Week:

 

  • On Monday afternoon, Governor Patrick testified in support of CORI reform legislation at the State House.

 

  • On Monday, Governor Patrick attended a legislative leadership meeting in the State House.

 

  • Tuesday morning, Governor Patrick made an announcement relative to economic recovery in Northampton.

 

  • Later Tuesday morning, Governor Patrick met with the Daily Hampshire Gazette editorial board.

 

  • Tuesday afternoon, Governor Patrick made an announcement relative to housing in Springfield.

 

  • Tuesday night, Governor Patrick attended Tanglewood on Parade in Lenox.

 

  • On Wednesday Governor Patrick visited with young people attending UMASS Boston summer camps and programs.

 

  • Yesterday afternoon, Governor Patrick met with students and teachers at Project RISE in Braintree.