Engaging Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Understanding & Overcoming Barriers, a panel discussion of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, included a presentation by the BRA’s Director of Research, Alvaro Lima.  He focused on how the development of small businesses should be tailored to...

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For the first time, the public may access the data that made up reports on Boston’s neighborhoods, planning districts, the 2010 Census, and the 2005-2009 American Community Survey.   The 2010 Census includes information on population, sex, age, race, housing occupancy and household...

Focus on unleashing human potential through education, partnerships for learning, progress for women, and availability of middle-income housing. In front of an audience of residents, political leaders, and dignitaries, Mayor Menino delivered his annual State of the City address at Boston’s...

Mayor Menino releases 2013 Economy Report Unemployment rate continues to fall, job numbers climbing to all-time high Mayor Menino announced the Boston economy has made a full recovery from the Great Recession. New data released by the BRA in its 2013 Economy Report shows: Boston’s...

To our BRA community, thank you faithful subscribers for reading, then sharing our news with your colleagues and friends.  Last year, you read over 200 posts ranging from planning initiatives, the launching of new businesses, groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, to the re-launching of ONEin3....

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The BRA’s Deputy Director of Research, Mark Melnik, was interviewed by Chris Lovett of Neighborhood Network News about the 2010 Boston Census and how to best access the readily available information. Time codes for key moments in the program: How Boston’s population growth...

There has been a swell of interest in the free training being offered by the BRA and US Census Bureau on their  interactive census data tools.  Fourteen non profits, institutions, and media outlets have signed up since the mid-October announcement to learn how they can access Boston’s...

Kate Sullivan Aqwatty, the BRA’s receptionist, received the Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s 2012 Henry L. Shattuck Public Service Award in recognition for her outstanding contributions to the City of Boston.  For the past twenty-seven years, Shattuck Award recipients have been...