Boston Globe: Report finds abundant strengths, pressing challenges in MetroWest

By John Laidler Globe Correspondent


The region known as MetroWest has a well-educated workforce, high median incomes, low unemployment, and a robust high-tech sector. The area boasts increasing diversity, impressive high school graduation rates, and declining crime rates.

But the cluster of communities west of Boston also has an aging population, scarce affordable housing, inadequate transportation options, rising income inequality and homelessness, and a wide disparity in educational outcomes.

That picture of a region with abundant strengths but also pressing challenges emerges from an innovative new online report released Wednesday by the Foundation for MetroWest.

Impact MetroWest features thousands of data points in areas ranging from demographics and the economy to education and cultural life. In addition to providing a comprehensive portrait of the region, the interactive website report also allows users to search statistics on their own communities.

Judy Salerno, executive director of the Natick-based foundation, said the report aptly describes the region as “a seeming land of plenty where some struggle to thrive.”

See full article from the Boston Globe

Scene of blue moonlit lake.

Blog

Categories

Related Posts

November 20, 2023
We are thrilled and honored to announce that the Community Foundation for MetroWest, CFMW, has become a part of the Barr Foundation’s “Creative Commonwealth Initiative.” This partnership aims to enhance and sustain...
November 2, 2023
The Foundation is thrilled to announce Matt Jose’s promotion from Program Officer to Senior Program Officer, Action Projects.   In his previous role, Matt managed the strategy and execution of our Youth in...
Amelia Cordischi headshot
October 2, 2023
Join us in welcoming our new Marketing and Communications Specialist Amelia Cordischi to the Foundation! “Having grown up in Sudbury, I am excited to work with the Foundation team to support and...