Event summary | 10th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards and Summit

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On Tuesday, November 15, MassINC hosted the 10th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards and Summit. Together with leaders from across the state, we celebrated a decade of Gateway City collaboration with a focus on social infrastructure.

Director of Gateway Hubs Andre Leroux preview findings and policy recommendations from the new MassINC report, Social Infrastructure: Towards Walkable, Resilient and Inclusive Gateway Cities.

After the presentation, this year’s Gateway Cities Innovation awardees shared their on-the-ground perspectives. The group of innovators includes:

Marcos Marrero Executive vice-president for social development, mass development
Patti Rego Executive Director, Viva Fall River
Noah Berger Administrator, Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
Adelsa Mendez TDI Fellow, MassDevelopment and former Business Assistance Program Manager, Brockton Redevelopment Authority
Heather McMann Executive Director, Groundwork USA

We also recognized two elected officials for their outstanding contributions to the Gateway Cities movement: Lt. Governor-elect Kim Driscoll Received the 2022 Mary Bill Carpenter Award for Excellence in Gateway City Leadership. And the 2022 Gateway Cities Champion Award was presented Senator Eric LesserCo-chair of the Gateway Cities Legislative Council.

Incoming MassINC CEO, Joe Kiresbergclosed the program with a thank you to the participants and an optimistic message about future cooperation with the Healey-Driscoll administration.

Download the presentation

Social infrastructure GCIA 11.15.2022

Gateway Cities Innovation Institute video