Economy

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• • Housing Directions (17)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • February 10th, 2019
  The struggle to provide an adequate supply of affordable housing is deeply interwined with the larger struggle to reduce inequality. I will work with my colleagues towards the goal of delivering meaningful housing reforms in the coming session.
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• • MAPC & Town of Belmont Seek Survey Participation from Local Businesses (0)
  • Quinn Diaz
  • January 23rd, 2019
  The Metropolitan Area Planning Council has created a survey for local businesses to help guide local policy regarding what businesses in Belmont would envision changing to stimulate the Town’s economy
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• • A Study in Persistence and Compromise (20)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • August 13th, 2018
  The non-competition legislation that became law last week is a hard-fought compromise, banning non-competes for lower level workers, limiting them for higher level workers and providing procedural protections to assure that workers know what they are getting into when they sign them.
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• • Subject: Affordable housing: Why aren’t we discussing it here? (1)
  • Geoff Dutton
  • August 11th, 2018
  None of the categories in this blog pertain directly to housing. Given the skyrocketing rents, prices and valuations for homes in this district, why is this not a regular topic of discussion?
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