Another Housing Article
by worcesterite - January 26, 2010 7:10pm
From today’s Globe, a really good article about Boston’s attempt to create a desirable community to house young professionals.
Boston teems with well-educated workers in their 20s and 30s who work long hours in labs and science-based start-ups for short money. They can’t afford high rents for large, luxury apartments. But they’ve outgrown student hovels. Menino wants to create new housing for them on the South Boston waterfront within easy walking distance of the city-owned Marine Industrial Park, where he hopes to attract web developers, manufacturers of green products, pharmaceutical researchers, bio-tech, and other start-up businesses.
The article goes on to discuss “The Rise of the Creative Class” and a very successful neighborhood in Barcelona that they want to use as a template.
I know this is a long way away, but they really seem to have gotten the right idea. Maybe if Boston does, it Worcester might finally pay attention. Our city is chock full of these types, who often flee for more accomodating environments. This will do a ton more for the city than luxury condos or yet another “affordable housing” developement.