Baker’s economic development plan designed to create ‘opportunities for all’

Gov. Charlie Baker has rolled out major energy, opioid and charter school proposals and now the administration has a draft economic development plan on the table that aims to attract and retain highly-skilled workers, strengthen the state's competitive business clusters, and produce middle-market housing, especially near public transit.

State law requires each new administration to publish an economic development plan and implementation strategy within the administration's first year. Baker's team says its "Opportunities for All" plan, which will be the basis for legislative initiatives, was assembled after "thousands of conversations" with business groups and economic experts, meetings with 67 legislators, more than a dozen listening sessions, and feedback gathered during visits to 110 cities and towns this year.