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With a strong economy, safe streets and a diverse workforce, Boston is poised for continued success in fostering new enterprise throughout the city. Increasingly, companies are discovering new market opportunities in urban neighborhoods where density of purchasing power, investment in new infrastructure and access to employees form a framework for growth.

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Announcements

  • Register for Updates on City's Online Sourcing & Procurement Project

    Beginning in 2012, the City of Boston will migrate to an electronic process for purchasing, bidding, contracting, vendor registration and payment. Please take a few moments now to review what's changing and register your organization's email contact for future communications.

    Register for Updates

  • Mayor Menino Announces Operation Safe Delivery

    Mayor Menino and Police Commissioner Davis recently kicked off 'Operation Safe Delivery,' an initiative designed to train the City’s delivery drivers and restaurant managers on how to keep safe while working.

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  • Renew Boston Solar Permitting Guide

    The City of Boston Solar Permitting Guide serves as a resource for building owners and solar installers.  Click on the press release below to read about Mayor Menino's guidelines to reduce permitting fees for solar technology, recently approved by City Council.

    Mayor Menino's Solar Permitting Guidelines Approved

    Solar Permitting Guide Updated, September 2011

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  • Read TV #36: Read to Achieve with the Boston Celtics
    Members of the Boston Celtics organization welcome students from the Kenny School in Dorchester to the team's practice facility, where the group reads Maribeth Boelts' "Those Shoes."Watch Video »
  • Summer 2013 Public Safety Announcement
    Mayor Menino and other city officials announce their planned anti-violence campaign for the summer of 2013.Watch Video »
  • Hero Square Dedication for Detective Sherman Griffiths
    Mayor Menino joins Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Superintendent-in-Chief Daniel Linskey, BPD Command Staff, and the family of Detective Sherman Griffiths for the unveiling of the memorial sign in honor of the Detective, who was killed in the line of duty in February 17, 1988. Watch Video »

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