Keynote remarks by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at the Collaboration and Leadership in Smaller Industrial Cities forum, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, July 13, 2011

Keynote remarks by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at the Collaboration and Leadership in Smaller Industrial Cities forum, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, July 13, 2011

With a different policy mind-set, small cities could boost the region’s overall competitiveness and provide appealing alternatives for suburbanites tired of living behind the wheel of a car.

Careless coastal development is threatening a bulwark of New England’s economy and quality of life. The authors offer 30 years of research on techniques for permitting change without doing harm.