Goals
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Indicator Measures
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How are we doing?
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1.1 Metro Boston’s Competitive Edge in Civic Health |
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1.1.1 Racial and ethnic diversity |
Boston is 25% foreign born for the first time since 1940, immigrants were responsible growth in the 1990s, and Boston is more than 50% of color |
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1.1.2 Massachusetts ranking on the United Way Caring Index |
Massachusetts ranked third overall among all states on the United Way’s Caring Index, but 44nd in income inequality — a major factor in the index |
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1.1.3 Opportunities for civic discourse in Boston |
Opportunities and participation are growing |
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1.2 High Rates of Social Capital |
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1.2.1 Boston residents’ trust in neighbors |
Results vary across neighborhoods -- from 68.7% in Allston-Brighton to 88.7% in Roslindale in 2001 |
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1.2.2 Civic engagement and social and racial trust, Boston compared to other cities |
Bostonians lack social and racial trust and civic engagement but rank high in diverse friendships and political engagement |
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1.2.3 Volunteer activity in Boston |
Volunteerism has risen steadily from 1992 to 2002 |
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1.3 Representative Leadership |
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1.3.1 Leadership of Metro Boston’s top 100 companies, by race and gender |
Metro Boston’s corporate boards and management continue to be overwhelmingly male and white |
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1.3.2 Diversity of elected leadership, Massachusetts Legislature and the Boston City Council, by race and gender |
More candidates of color and women are running and winning, but are still vastly underrepresented |
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1.4 High Rates of Voter Participation |
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1.4.1 Registered voters and participation rates, Boston, 2000 – 2002 |
Voter participation increased, rising dramatically in communities of color |
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1.4.2 Number of contested elections in Massachusetts |
Contested elections in Massachusetts have declined from about 75% in 1990 to about 35% in 2002 |
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1.5 Healthy Race and Community Relations |
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1.5.1 Reported hate crimes by type, Boston, 1992 – 2001 |
Hate crimes declined overall, but rose against gays, lesbians, Muslims and Middle Easterners |
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1.5.2 Degree of residential segregation in Boston and Metro Boston, 2000 |
Racial segregation declined somewhat in Boston, but increased for suburban blacks and Latinos |
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1.6 Stability and Investment in Neighborhoods |
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1.6.1 People living at the same address by number of years and by neighborhood |
Residential stability is stronger in Boston’s less affluent neighborhoods |
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1.6.2 Small business loans by neighborhood |
Small business loans to women and minority- owned business are increasing in Boston |
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1.7 A Welcoming and Inclusive Environment |
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1.7.1 Public buildings and public amenities accessible to people with disabilities |
By 2000, 90% of all municipal meetings in Massachusetts were accessible to people with disabilities |
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1.7.2 Multi-lingual capacity in major public institutions in Boston |
Interpreters for 30+ languages are available at human service agencies, while City Hall’s volunteer interpreter pool covers 24 languages |
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1.8 Access to Information |
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1.8.1 Library books in circulation, by Boston neighborhood |
Boston’s branch libraries are generally expanding their circulation, with a few exceptions |
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1.8.2 Community newspapers by neighborhood and linguistic group |
A wealth of local newspapers and media cater to Boston’s neighborhoods and to new linguistic and cultural groups |
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1.9 Strength of the Non-profit Sector |
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1.9.1 Non-profits by budget and type in Boston |
Boston contains about 2,500 active non-profits; 27% of Boston residents work in the non-profit sector |
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1.9.2 Revenues for Boston’s 20 largest non-profit organizations, 2000 - 2002 |
Revenues have declined for most large non-profits since 2000— a bell weather for other non-profits |
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1.10 Public Support and Philanthropy |
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1.10.1 In- and out-of-state grants in Metro Boston |
Grants from out-of-state foundations outstripped funding from Massachusetts-based foundations |
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1.10.2 Public support, all sources, Massachusetts compared to all states |
Massachusetts ranks first in all sources of public support for non-profits |
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1.10.3 Assets and grants, Massachusetts' top 50 foundations, 1998 and 2000 |
The assets and grants by Massachusetts' largest foundations rose significantly from 1998 to 2000 |
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