Join us for the BIMA's thought leadership panel around AI in the advertising industry and gain insights from Noor Naseer.
09/26/2023
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Hill Holliday
Corean Reynold was recently appointed the Director of Nightlife Economy for the City of Boston, where she brings a wealth of experience and a passion for fostering an equitable and thriving nightlife ecosystem.
10/04/2023
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Roundhead Brewing Company
Don’t miss our upcoming Government Affairs Forum with Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg. Register now!
10/11/2023
9:45am - 11:00am
Bank of America
Designed for mid-level managers and supervisors, this new certificate program addresses workplace well-being through unique, innovative, and actionable methods.
Join our Transformational DEI Certificate! Our comprehensive learning & development offerings are designed to connect and grow strong leaders who lead both inside and out of the office.
Our Women’s Leadership Program enables you to take your leadership to the next level by arming you with the most in-demand leadership toolkit.
Our Boston’s Future Leaders (BFL) program provides emerging leaders with a socially conscious and civically engaged leadership toolkit, as well as the opportunity to apply their knowledge through experiential assignments.
Our Economic Inclusion Committee provides strategic support around research, policies, and programs that are focused on building equal opportunity.
We are developing an ecosystem of corporations and partners with the influence and buying power to transform economic inclusion for minority business enterprises (MBEs).
The Fierce Urgency of Now Festival brings Boston’s diverse young professionals together with business leaders, organizations and their peers to build connection, advance careers and ignite positive change.
09/12/2023 -
09/16/2023
Greater Boston
City Awake empowers young professionals in a variety of ways that encourages these rising leaders to stay invested in the region’s future success.
BIMA (the Boston Interactive Media Association) serves a vibrant community of like-minded professionals from agencies, brands, publishers, and ad-tech companies with business interests in the New England market.
For nearly 30 years, the Chamber’s Women’s Network has connected female professionals of all background and career levels. Today, our Women’s Network is the largest in New England, strengthening the professional networks of women each year.
The Massachusetts Apprentice Network convenes employers, training providers, and talent sources interested in developing and implementing apprenticeship programs in occupations across industries and statewide in fields such as tech, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and more.
We support small business through public policy initiatives, events designed to connect small businesses in Greater Boston to their peers and established business leaders, professional development offerings, and free small business advising.
Explore our mission and values to better understand how we are leading the business community forward.
Our member directory is your resource to discover, connect, and engage with Boston’s businesses from every industry and sector.
Massachusetts consistently overachieves economically: We rank 44th in state size, 15th in population count and yet 11th in GDP. Over the past decade, our population count has increased by 345,000 and the number of jobs has grown by 500,000. The Boston region leads with its diverse economy and leading global presence in a number of major industries, from health care to financial services to academia and advanced manufacturing to name just a few. Our state’s indisputable competitive advantage is our skilled and talented workforce, but this success is spread unevenly across the state and comes with significant mobility and housing challenges.
Our challenge is how to best nurture all of the growth and economic activity in Greater Boston and at the same time generate enhanced economic activity and job creation throughout the Commonwealth. These goals are not mutually exclusive and depend on our ability to develop and implement a comprehensive transportation network over the next 25 years.
Transportation problems plague every congressional district across Massachusetts. You’ll find our state at the bottom of the rankings lists on infrastructure, road and bridge quality, and commute times.
What will it take to create the future-ready system that Massachusetts needs? A statewide approach, investment and bold thinking at the federal, state and municipal levels.
A statewide approach means ensuring that residents and workers, regardless of where they live in Massachusetts, have viable public transit options, improved infrastructure conditions and transportation systems that support economic growth.
Regional Transit Authorities, or RTAs, provide public transit for residents outside of the MBTA service area. RTAs need more financial support that can be provided through fees collected on transportation network company rides and making sure that revenue stays in the region where it is collected. More sophisticated management, like collecting economic and demographic data, will allow RTAs to analyze service needs and adjust as necessary.
A statewide economic development strategy that includes addressing the acute housing challenges in eastern Mass requires that we better connect our state’s regions by choosing to begin implementation of one of the most comprehensive electrified commuter rail networks in the U.S.
Today it takes longer to travel on mass transit between Springfield and Boston than it does to travel between Springfield and the capital cities of New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Boston is missing out on the wealth of talent that comes from the cities and towns outside the I-495 beltway. A reliable commuter connection linking Boston, Worcester and Springfield would connect our talent with jobs and our businesses with talent. Reliable, affordable and fast transportation connecting Boston with areas of Massachusetts rich in attractive and affordable housing options is an incredible incentive for developers that also addresses congestion and issues of economic opportunity.
To put it simply, an investment in east-west rail can be transformative for all of Massachusetts.
A federal infrastructure funding bill is crucial to our nation’s success and should be a priority for Congress and the president.
We need to move faster. With the current pace of federal and state investment, Massachusetts won’t reach the Federal Highway and Safety Board standards for bridge safety for another decade. Even with a federal infusion, the Commonwealth’s transportation needs are so enormous that the state must generate its own bold infrastructure funding strategy. A gas tax increase is not a long-term solution. Bold thinking should be easy in a state that’s home to more Nobel Prize winners than most countries. The Greater Boston Chamber’s proposal is to create a private-sector led task force that leverages the Commonwealth’s talent to determine equitable ways to price and generate funding for transportation across the Commonwealth using technology-based solutions to incentivize behavior, reduce congestion, address climate goals and support statewide economic growth.
Let’s continue to overachieve by boldly collaborating, coordinating and compromising as elected leaders, an engaged business community, passionate stakeholders and brilliant problem solvers. Together we can create the transportation system that our entire state needs for its economy and people to thrive.
Congressman Richard Neal is the U.S. representative for Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District and the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
James E. Rooney is president and chief executive officer of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
Read the full op-ed in the BostonHerald.com.
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