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COVER PHOTO by FRANK CURRAN SPRING 2005 Commonwealth 5 Correspondence RP14571CVv1 4/14/05 1:05 PM Page 1 Co m DUMP BIG DIG TRANSIT PROJECTS? • JIM BRAUDE, MULTIMEDIA MAN mo MassINC would like to thank the individuals and organizations n W e whose support makes CommonWealth possible. a l t h new commonwealth sponsors Chris & Hilary Gabrieli • Nellie Mae Education Foundation lead sponsors Bank of America • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts • The Boston Foundation • Mellon New England CommonWealthCommonWealth National Grid • Recycled Paper Printing, Inc. • The Schott Foundation for Public Education • Fran & Charles Rodgers State Street Corporation • Verizon Communications POLITICS, IDEAS, AND CIVIC LIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS major sponsors Ronald M. Ansin Foundation • Citizens Bank • Irene E. & George A. 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Ansin Foundation • Citizens Bank • Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation • Fallon Community Health Plan Fidelity Investments • The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation • Foley Hoag LLP • The Gillette Company Goodwin Procter LLP • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care • IBM • John Hancock Financial Services • KeySpan Liberty Mutual Group MassDevelopment • Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Massachusetts Medical Society • Massachusetts Technology Collaborative • The MENTOR Network • Monitor Group New England Regional Council of Carpenters • Oak Foundation • The Omni Parker House • Palmer & Dodge LLP Partners HealthCare • Savings Bank Life Insurance • Tishman Speyer Properties • Tufts Health Plan William E. & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust • State House News Service • The University of Phoenix contributing sponsors AARP Massachusetts • A.D. Makepeace Company • Associated Industries of Massachusetts Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • The Beal Companies LLP Bingham McCutchen LLP • Boston Carmen’s Union Boston Sand & Gravel Company • Boston University • Carruth Capital LLC • Gerald & Kate Chertavian Children’s Hospital Boston • Commonwealth Corporation • Denterlein Worldwide • Dewey Square Group EMC Corporation • Philip & Sandra Gordon • Greenberg Traurig LLP • Harvard University • Holland & Knight LLP Home Builders Association of Massachusetts • The Hyams Foundation • Peter & Carolyn Lynch Massachusetts AFL-CIO • Massachusetts Building Trades Council • Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties • Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority • Massachusetts High Technology Council Massachusetts State Lottery Commission • MassHousing • Massport • The McCourt Company, Inc. ML Strategies LLC • Monster North America • New Boston Fund, Inc. • New Tilt • Nixon Peabody LLP Northeastern University • Nutter, McLennen & Fish LLP • Paradigm Properties • Retailers Association of Massachusetts RSA Security Inc. • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP • Tevnan & Tevnan • Veritude LLC Wachusett Mountain Ski Area • Wainwright Bank & Trust Company For more information on joining the sponsorship program call MassINC at 617.742.6800 ext. 101. PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID HOLLISTON, MA PERMIT NO. 72 18 Tremont Street, Suite 1120, Boston, MA 02108 Address Service Requested Visit MassINC on the World Wide Web at www.massinc.org “Kids are more apt to listen to someone their own age about eating and exercise.” Stephanie Smith, Jump Up and Go!SM peer leader Since 1998 Blue Cross Blue Shield has worked with extraordinary peer leaders like Stephanie Smith to promote physical activity and healthy eating through its Jump Up and Go! programs. It’s a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield, local schools and health providers to improve the health and well being of all kids in Massachusetts – not just the Blue Cross members. For more information visit www.bluecrossma.com and click on “Jump Up and Go!” SM Service mark of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachussetts, Inc. ®An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. AA ChanceChance toto AchieveAchieve Their Dreams This year, more than 720 non-traditional adult learners who face barriers to academic success will have an opportunity to earn a college degree. Through the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project, GED graduates and adult diploma recipi- ents can enroll at one of 25 participating adult learning centers located across New England to take free college preparation courses and receive educational and career planning counseling.They leave the pro- gram with improved academic and study skills, such as writing basic research papers and taking effective notes. Best of all, they can register at one of 30 colleges and universities that partner with the program. Each year, the Project exceeds its goals: 60 percent complete the program; and 75 percent of these graduates go on to college. By linking Adult Basic Education to post-secondary education,the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project gives non-traditional adult learners a chance to enrich their own and their families’ lives. To learn more, contact Jessica Spohn, Project Director, New England Literacy Resource Center, at (617) 482-9485, ext. 513, or through e-mail at [email protected]. (The Project is funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation through the LiFELiNE initiative.) 1250 Hancock Street, Suite 205N • Quincy, MA 02169-4331 Tel. 781-348-4200 • Fax 781-348-4299 SPRING 2005 CommonWealth 1 CommonWealth MassINC editor chairmen of the board Robert Keough Gloria Cordes Larson LET’S Peter Meade associate editors Michael Jonas, Robert David Sullivan board of directors art director Joseph D. Alviani Joanne Jaxtimer Jeffrey Jones Heather Kramer Hartshorn Ian Bowles, ex officio Andrew J. Calamare Tripp Jones GET design consultant Heather P. Campion Elaine Kamarck Ken Silvia Kathleen Casavant R.J. Lyman contributing writers Neil Chayet Paul Mattera Mary Carey, Christopher Daly, Vincent Cipolla Kristen McCormack REAL! Richard A. Hogarty, Jeffrey Klineman, Geri Denterlein Melvin B. Miller John E. 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