The Boston Indicators Report 2004 2006

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The Boston Indicators Report2004 - 2006

• A Boston College Citizen Seminar
• June 19, 2007

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The Biennial Boston Indicator Report
IMPACT Shared access to baseline and trend
data Housing seen as an economic workforce
driver 40R/40S legislation a focus on talent
development and retention, new leadership An
Emerging Civic Agenda, The John LaWare Leadership
Forum pipelines of progress

• FOCUS
• 2000 The effect of the two-
• Tiered knowledge economy on
• those with without a good
• education
• 2002 The loss of young adults
• to other US regions due to
• High housing costs lack of
• room and the top, other
• factors the job talent wars
• 2004 The local impact of
• intensifying global
• competition, internal
• challenges

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Greater Boston Birthplace of Revolutions

• 17th Century
• 18th Century
• 19th Century
• 20th Century

• Revolutionary Founding Vision
• The American Revolution
• Americas Industrial Revolution
• The Information Age

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A Time Like No Other

• Boston is registering the local impact of global
  forces
• Population growth
• Energy demand
• Competitiveness
• Innovation
• Climate change

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Unprecedented global population growth
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Most growth through 2050 will be in Africa, Asia,
Latin America
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And global innovative capacity is shifting East

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Global energy consumption is also tracking
population economic growth
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And global CO2 emissions track fossil fuel use,
with a sharp rise after 1950
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Boston, like other coastal cities, is vulnerable
to global warming trends

• Simulated Projection -
• Boston in 2100
• A 15 sea-level rise and storm surge at high
  tide

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THE GOOD NEWSMassachusetts economy turned the
corner in 2004-2006

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The labor force in Boston, MetroBoston MA grew
in 2006
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MA also regained its top rank for patents per
capita after slipping
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And Bostons upturn in business leisure
visitors outpaced its 2000 high
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The regions leaders are building new
collaborative partnerships initiatives

• Economic Competitiveness
• John LaWare Leadership Forum
• Global MA 2015
• Regional Innovation Summit
• MA Business Resource Team
• Innovate Boston!
• Life Sciences Collaborative
• Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council
• Equity, Opportunity, Capacity
• Commonwealth Housing Task Force
• Initiative for a New Economy
• Mayor Meninos Health Disparities Initiative
• Blueprint for Boston
• Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

• New Leadership
• Diversity in Civic Leadership Initiative
• The Leadership Exchange
• Regional Planning
• MetroFuture (MAPC)
• MA Smart Growth Alliance
• New Revitalized NE-Wide
• Collaboration
• New England Governors Conference
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI )
• New England Futures Project
• The New England Energy Alliance

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• And a plan is underway to invest in MAs core
  strengths
• Global
• Massachusetts
• 2015

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Boston also holds the key to the regions
critical 21st century identity
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As a hub of the Northeast Corridor, one of the
worlds largest, most productive megapolitan
regions
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CRISIS/OPPORTUNITY PAIRS
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Uneven Job Growth/Business Expansion
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• Labor Shortage/
• Talent Education Imperative

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As unemployment rates decline, job vacancies
risea growing skills mismatch
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Higher Costs/Smarter Growth
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• Health-Care Behemoth/Cost-Effective Health

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Health spending for MA residents totals 52
billion a year, but preventable disease risk
factors are rising
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NEHI reports a mismatch 88 is spent on care,
4 on healthy behaviors
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• Widening Inequality/Greater Opportunity

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• Racial-Ethnic Separation/Global Connectivity

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• Energy Dependence/Green Innovation

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The Revolution fully realizing our potential
for

• Collaboration
• Efficiency
• Innovation

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• We need a Revolution in
• Pre K-16 Education Workforce Development
• Renewable Energy Conservation
• Cost-Effective Health
• Smart Affordable Housing

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Thank you.