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    • Advancing Education slide

      Building Talent

      Governor Patrick discusses a unified community college system with legislators.

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    • Powering innovation slide

      Innovation Economy

      Hearth Wood Fired Bread in Plymouth expands with Administration’s help.

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    • Choosing to Compete in the 21st Century

      Empowering Regions

      Secretary Bialecki at an old hangar being demolished for a new road at SouthField.

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      Ease of Doing Business

      Governor Patrick discusses regulatory reform with The Alliance for Business Leadership.

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      Improving Cost Competitiveness

      Lowering health care costs as part of the State of the Commonwealth address.

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  • The Patrick-Murray Administration has learned that we make the most progress on economic development and job creation issues when business, government and the academic community work on these issues together. The Administration, along with the private and public sector, have created an economic development strategy that develops a common agenda for continued progress and involves participation by business, government and the academy both in its creation and in its successful implementation.

    The plan includes five specific missions, and 55 goals that will help us successfully advance each mission.

    • What is it? 
      To read a copy of the plan, review the strategy document. To find out more about each of the five elements of the plan, click on one of the links to the left.
    • Who created it? 
      The plan was a project created by a 34-member advisory council . Find out who is on the council, which continues to play a role in moving the plan forward. 

    Visit the for more information on what the Patrick-Murray Administration doing to cut red tape and support small businesses.