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Acknowledgements
 

Authors:
Charlotte Kahn and Geeta Pradhan, The Boston Foundation

Editorial Oversight:
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications and External Affairs, The Boston Foundation

Data Collection, Graphic Presentation:
Hadley C. Clark, The Boston Foundation

Principal Editors:   
Madeleine Beaubien Taylor, consultant
Barbara Hindley, The Boston Foundation

Systems Thinking Contributors:
Dan Aronson, Four Profit Inc.;
Phil Clawson, Community Matters Group;
Brendan Miller and Osamu Uehara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Innovation Time Lines:
The Boston History Collaborative (www.innovationodyssey.com)

Web Site Design by Solid Sense:
Matt Hillery, President; Jonathan Sachs, Creative Director; Alex Day, Project Manager

Timothy Gassert, Boston Foundation Web Consultant

Partial Listing of Contributors to the Boston Indicators Report 2002 Report:
Geoffrey Lewis, Martin von Wyss, Greg Perkins, Boston Redevelopment Authority; Holly St. Clair, David Holtzman, Barbara Lucas, Allan Bishop, Kevin Sears, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Jack McDevitt, Northeastern University; Mary Knasas and Keith Kuzmin, Boston Department of Neighborhood Development; Barbara Ferrer and Mary Ostrem, Boston Public Health Commission; Steven Gag, Mayor’s Office; Joann Gu, Boston Police Department; Mary Ellen Donahue; Boston School Department; Esther Kaplan, Boston Office of Cultural Affairs; Vineet Gupta and Paul Schimek, Boston Transportation Department; Stephanie Pollack, Seth Kaplan and Toni Hicks, Conservation Law Foundation; Courtney Mallen, The Boston Foundation; Pam Wolfe, Karl Quakenbush, Bill Kuttner, Clinton Bench, Metropolitan Planning Organization; Richard Dimino, Artery Business Committee; Deborah Finn, Ann Sawyer, Alison Graff, consultants. Special thanks to all those who contributed expertise in numerous working sessions, provided data or reviewed drafts. 

Special thanks to Boston Indicators Project partners Peter Rollins and Tina Rice, Boston College Carroll School of Management; Mark Maloney and Robert Consalvo, Boston Redevelopment Authority; Marc Draisen and Tracy Lawrence, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; and the Boston Indicators Project Leadership Group and its Co-Chairs Joyce Plotkin, Massachusetts Software and Internet Council, and Robert Gittens, former Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Principal Data Sources (Summary Report)
Boston Redevelopment Authority (www.ci.boston.ma.us/bra); Metropolitan Area Planning Council (www.mapc.org); Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (www.mtpc.org); US Census Bureau (www.census.gov); City of Boston (www.cityofboston.gov); Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (www.massinc.org); Center for Labor Market Studies as well as the Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University (www.curp.neu.edu); Boston Public Health Commission (www.bphc.org); Boston Vote (www.bostonvote.org); Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (www.state.ma.us/envir); Metropolitan District Commission; Boston GreenSpace Alliance (www.greenspacealliance.org); Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (www.state.ma.us/dem/index.htm); Guidestar (www.guidestar.org)

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February 2003

 

 
   


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