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星期一, 10月 03, 2016

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MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES TEN ARTISTS SELECTED FOR BOSTON ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
BOSTON - Monday, October 3, 2016 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) today announced the ten artists selected for the City of Boston's second year of artists-­in-­residence program, Boston AIR. This second year of the Boston AIR program helps fulfill a commitment made in Boston Creates, the city'scultural plan, and expands the size of the artist cohort, increases the length of the residencies, and grounds each residency at BCYF through their community centers and core citywide initiatives, such as the BCYF Streetworker Program, youth summer programs, and leadership development for young women.

"Arts and culture form the building blocks that make our city thrive. They encourage us to engage with each other and connect to the larger community," said Mayor Walsh. "Boston AIR brings this creative practice into the work of our city departments. I am excited to announce the new Boston Artists in Residence and look forward to seeing the positive impact they will have on BCYF."

Recognizing and supporting artists' essential contribution in creating and maintaining a thriving, healthy and innovative city is a stated goal in the Boston Creates plan launched earlier this summer. Boston AIR is one initiative as part of the plan that will integrate creative thinking into the work of municipal departments and planning efforts.

Through Boston AIR, artists are supported as agents of reflection, collaboration, and activism, whether through process-oriented practice, direct community engagement, or as leaders of system-wide change projects at BCYF and other City agencies. The ten selected artists are invited to study and expand their own civic and social practice, alongside a parallel cohort from 10 BCYF community centers and other City employees who will explore methods to incorporate artistic social practice into government and community work. Both the artist and City cohorts will share examples of their work, attend master workshops and lectures by guest artists, and have opportunities to exchange ideas and co-design proposals.
 
The ten selected artists, each with firsthand knowledge of the cultures and communities of Boston, were chosen by a selection committee consisting of current Boston AIR participants, local arts professionals, BCYF leadership, and City staff. The artists are:
  • Salvador Jimenez-Flores, an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Jalisco, México. Jiménez­-Flores is currently participating in a two year-­long artist residency at the Harvard Ceramics Program, Office of the Arts at Harvard University. He is also a Resident Teaching Artist at Urbano Project and instructor at both Wheelock College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Harvard Ceramics Program, Office of the Arts at Harvard University.
  • Maria Molteni, a multimedia artist, educator, and organizer who has lived and worked in Boston for the past 15 years. From fiber to found-object sculpture, puppetry to pedagogy, movement to publication, she employs tactile and tactical processes to encourage participation over spectatorship.
  • Lina Giraldo, a Colombia-born, Boston-based artist, she explores the questions of being Latino in the US. This is why for over 15 years her work has been focused on creating messages where she depicts the fragility of our environment, immigration concerns, and community equality.
  • Jennifer De Leon has worked as a teacher in Boston Public Schools, a public speaker, a college access counselor in Roxbury, a GrubStreet Creative Writing instructor, and most recently, as the Associates of the Boston Public Library Writer­-in-­Residence. She currently teaches at Emerson and Berklee and is working on two novels and an essay collection.
  • Marjorie Saintil­-Belizaire is a Haitian-­American mixed media artist who lives and creates in Mattapan. Her work is driven by her fascination of color and the physicality of texture. With art degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston University, she believes the making of art is an ongoing experiment in an ongoing process.
  • Cornell Coley, M.Ed. is an experienced drummer, dancer, teacher, and public performance artist whose influences include the traditions of West and Central Africa, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Also a trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator and certified by the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild, he works in community-building, education, and therapy.
  • Charles Coe is an author and poet. His poetry and prose has appeared in a number of literary reviews and anthologies and has published two books of poetry. He is in the second year of a three-year term as an Artist Fellow for the St. Botolph Club, an organization that supports arts and the humanities in Greater Boston.
  • Ann Hirsch is a public artist, sculptor and educator creates site-specific works that integrate historical and contemporary practices. Ann gained wide recognition with a sculpture on the plaza of Boston City Hall dedicated to the legacy of human rights activist and basketball champion Bill Russell. She teaches at Rhode Island School of Design.
  • John A. Walsh tells stories with and pictures. John is the co-author and illustrator of the graphic novel The Bad Times, a story of love and friendship set during the Irish Famine. His graphic narratives often explore the intersection of racism, religious bigotry, and immigration. 
  • Rashin Fahandej is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose projects include feature documentaries, video-sound installations, photo, sculpture, and painting. Fahandej is currently a research fellow at the MIT Open Documentary Lab where she is researching new forms of documentary filmmaking and developing a transmedia project based on the narratives and stories in the city of Boston.
Each artist will be awarded a $22,500 stipend for a nine-month-long residency to develop and test ways that creative approaches can meaningfully impact the work of the public sector and society at large. Each artist will be paired with one of ten designated BCYF community centers and provided a studio space at that center.

"When we began the Boston Artists in Residence program, we hoped that by embedding the artists in City Departments  it would bring creative thought to municipal problem solving and project implementation," said Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture for the City of Boston. "The work of our first three Artists in Residence exceeded our expectations. This time, we hope to have the same impact on the work being done by Boston Centers for Youth & Families."

The mission of Boston Centers for Youth & Families is to enhance the quality of life of Boston's residents by partnering with various organizations to offer a wide range of comprehensive programs and activities according to neighborhood needs and interests. BCYF's ACES programming framework (arts, civic  and community engagement, education, and sports and fitness) is designed to provide access to these programs at every BCYF center. Through Boston AIR, BCYF hopes to expand their arts and civic engagement programs.
The residencies will be grounded in the following community centers:
  • BCYF Roslindale Community Center, Roslindale
  • BCYF Blackstone Community Center, South End
  • BCYF Perkins Community Center, Dorchester
  • BCYF Mattahunt Community Center, Mattapan
  • BCYF Quincy Community Center, Chinatown
  • BCYF Curley Community Center, South Boston
  • BCYF Tobin Community Center, Mission Hill
  • BCYF Vine Street Community Center, Roxbury
  • BCYF Curtis Hall Community Center, Jamaica Plain
  • BCYF Hyde Park Community Center, Hyde Park
"There are so many benefits to being exposed to art at a young age," said William Morales, Commissioner of Boston Centers for Youth & Families. "We are honored to host these talented people in our community centers and look forward to seeing how their projects will help enhance the work that we do here at BCYF."

Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture (MOAC)
The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's mission is to support artists, the cultural sector, and to promote access to the arts for all. The office houses the Boston Cultural Council, the Boston Art Commission, the Mayor's Mural Crew,and the Poet Laureate program. Responsibilities include leading the City's cultural plan, Boston Creates; managing the Boston Artist-in-Residence program; curating exhibitions in City Hall; and operating the historic Strand Theater in Dorchester. For more information, please visit here.


Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF)
The mission of Boston Centers for Youth & Families is to enhance the quality of life of Boston's residents by partnering with various organizations to offer a wide range of comprehensive programs and activities according to neighborhood needs and interests. BCYF operates 36 community centers which offer affordable programs ranging from after school, teen and girls-only programs to youth employment, violence prevention and intervention, senior activities, and recreation. For more information, please visit here. 

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Baker-Polito Administration Highlights Progress on Regulatory Reform Initiative

Baker-Polito Administration Highlights Progress on Regulatory Reform Initiative
Quarantine time aligned with national recommendations to improve lives for shelter animals, increase space

BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore joined the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) today to highlight significant changes in state regulations as part of the Baker-Polito Administration’s extensive regulatory review process, including improving the lives of shelter animals and increasing space and flexibility for animal shelters.

“When we first began this review, our commitment was to providing exceptional service and making the Commonwealth a more efficient, competitive and safer place to live, work and raise our families,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “The streamlining of regulations to improve accountability to our citizens, municipalities, businesses, non-profits, healthcare providers and educational institutions was an extensive process. We are pleased to work with stakeholders like the Animal Rescue League to allow them to more efficiently do their job, serving more animals in need, and allowing them to recover humanely.”

Consistent with national recommendations, the changes reduced quarantine periods for unvaccinated dogs and cats possibly exposed to rabies from six months to four months, allowing The Animal Rescue League and other animal shelters across the state to save and find homes for more animals in need. The changes were made as part of the Baker-Polito Administration’s extensive regulatory reform review announced by Executive Order shortly after taking office, involving over 131 listening sessions and 1,000 stakeholder comments on roughly 1,700 Executive Branch regulations, the vast majority of which have been created since 1970.
“This administration has devoted itself to better serving our Commonwealth’s cities and towns,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, “This comprehensive review of over 1,700 regulations, in addition to municipal reform legislation enacted earlier this year, will ease restrictions and make it easier for them to do their jobs and serve their constituents.”
Executive Branch agencies collaborated across Secretariats and with outside stakeholders to review each regulation, with the goals of easing regulatory burden through simplification or consolidation, rescinding outdated and unnecessary regulations, aligning with federal requirements when appropriate and establishing a regulatory code the speaks using one voice. During the review process, agencies were required to identify when each regulation would be reviewed again and establish a process to avoid the duplication of regulations in the future.
“The Baker-Polito Administration has made making Massachusetts a better place to live a key goal since taking office,” said Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore. “This thorough review of our onerous regulatory environment will dramatically improve the business climate of Massachusetts as well as improve the quality of life for non-profits that do great work like the Animal Rescue League.”

Like many animal shelters in the Commonwealth, The Animal Rescue League of Boston, has limited quarantine space, and physical capacity limits require difficult decisions to made about the euthanizing of animals suspected to have rabies. Earlier this year, the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians issued new recommendations in the 2016 Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention advising reducing quarantine periods to four months due to evidence animals in isolation for an extended period of six months can become stressed and depressed, even with regular human socialization.
"I'm very pleased that Secretary Beaton and the Department of Agricultural Resources were able to work with Administration and Finance to make our Massachusetts regulations consistent with the most​ up to date veterinary science," said Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner John Lebeaux.  "Pet owners and their animals now will be able to resume normal activity significantly sooner with no adverse effect on public health."

"We applaud Governor Baker and his team for taking swift action ensuring the humane treatment of animals and providing greater access to shelter space for more animals in need,” said Mary Nee, President of the Animal Rescue League of Boston. These newly revised regulations prove that Massachusetts takes animal welfare standards seriously and is willing to lead the country in adopting the National Association of Veterinary and Public Health recommendations.”
“Our shelter staff and veterinarians are eager to comply with these new common sense regulations.  While rabies is a serious public health concern, science proves that excessive quarantine for animals is not necessary and is potentially harmful to otherwise healthy animals,” said Dr. Edward Schettino, Vice President of Animal Welfare and Veterinary Services. “With these new changes, we look forward to getting our current feline, Mischief, off quarantine and into a new home soon.”

Governor Baker’s Executive Order 562, signed March 31, 2015, initiated the first extensive top-to-bottom review of all state regulations enforced by the Executive Department since the Weld-Cellucci administration in 1996 when Governor Baker was the Secretary of Administration and Finance.

The government agencies that conducted the review had to demonstrate that: there is a clearly identified need for governmental intervention that is best addressed by the agency and not another agency or governmental body; the costs of the regulation do not exceed the benefits; the regulation does not exceed federal requirements or duplicate local requirements; there are not any less intrusive or restrictive alternatives; the regulation does not unduly and adversely affect Massachusetts citizens and customers of the Commonwealth, or the competitive environment in Massachusetts; there is a formal process in place for measuring the effectiveness of the regulation; and, the regulation is time-limited or provides for regular review. To assist in this process, A&F created a database to collect information on every regulation.
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廣教學校10/16 邀陳玉律示範教學

AN EXCITED GOOD NEWS !
令人興奮的好消息  !

為了要恢復二十年前榮獲極高讚譽的廣教中文學校舞蹈班，廣教訂於十月十六日(周日)上午11:30AM在本校大禮堂舉辦廣教中文學校舞蹈班示範教學，特邀在大波士頓地區最受歡迎的中華藝術協會傳統中國舞蹈團示範演出，由該舞團的執行藝術總監陳玉律( Jade Lin )主持。

陳玉律 (Jade Lin)畢業於台灣國立師範大家音樂系，主修鋼琴。學習中國舞蹈與古典芭蕾十七年，從事舞蹈與鋼琴教學五十餘年，桃李滿天下，在演出、編導、教學及宣揚文化上獲獎無數，是大波士頓地區最居盛名的舞蹈家。

此次舉辦廣教中文學校舞蹈班示範教學對外開放，歡迎在校學生、家長及親朋好友前來觀賞指教，不要錯過這精彩的示範演出。廣教希望能藉這次示範教學，家長能鼓勵學生踴躍參加舞蹈班，在學校及校外的節慶中演出，逐步恢復早前廣教中文學校舞蹈班的盛況，代表廣教對外負起宣揚我中華文化的使命。

Jade Lin (陳玉律) is the Executive Artistic Director of the Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of the American Chinese Art Society.  She received her B.A. degree in music from the National Taiwan Normal University and studied traditional Chinese classical and folk dance and ballet for seventeen years in Taiwan.  Jade Lin received many National Cultural Awards in Taiwan.  

Jade Lin has long been recognized in the Greater Boston area for her exceptional contributions to traditional Chinese dance and received a lot of Awards in the Greater Boston area to recognize her excellence in the arts and outstanding contributions to advancing the artistic heritage and promoting culture in Chinese communities. (廣教學校提供)
 
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波士頓地區民俗文化種子教師結訓

波士頓地區民俗文化種子教師 在地研習課程圓滿結束

波士頓華僑文教中心主任歐宏偉(中)，教育組組長黃薳玉(前右三)和參加培訓學員合影。(僑教中心提供)
波士頓地區第3場「民俗文化種子教師在地研習班」於10月1日圓滿結束。3場培訓課程包括民族舞蹈、節慶文化、民俗藝術、懷舊美食、傳統工藝、民俗勞作等12堂課程。菁英班老師們秉持者「學習．分享．傳承」的精神把他們的所學傳授給當地老師，民俗文化種子已在波士頓播下發芽。
僑教中心主任歐宏偉項菁英教師們豎起大拇指稱讚。(僑教中心提供)

僑教中心主任歐宏偉在結訓時頒發「105年海外華語文教師文化教學培訓‧美加菁英班」培訓結業證書，給波士頓地區12位菁英班老師。並鼓勵全體老師繼續在海外推展我國多元優質文化。
菁英班老師們將帶他們製作的台灣獅一起參加今年的雙十國慶遊行。



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MIRA 11/15 慶祝感恩節

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波士頓公校總動員 6500名中學生參加STEM課


波士頓市長馬丁華殊(Martin Walsh, 右起)，波士頓公校總監張欽棠
(Thomas Chang)，波士頓學校委員會主席Michael O'Neill等人為
數理科學週( STEM Week)開幕致詞。(周菊子攝)

波士頓市長馬丁華殊與學生對話。(周菊子攝)

出席嘉賓合影。(周菊子攝)

Boston Public Schools Pioneer STEM Immersion Program with Boston STEM Week


Boston Public Schools partner with i2 Learning, City of Boston, MIT and MathWorks to bring innovative hands-on STEM learning experiences to middle school classrooms

Boston, MA - October 3, 2016 - Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang joined Mayor Martin J. Walsh, School Committee Chairperson Michael O'Neill, and i2 Learning Founder Ethan Berman in kicking off STEM Week at the Perry K-8 School in South Boston. 


"Our country's future engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs are sitting right here in our Boston Public Schools' classrooms," said Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. "Boston STEM Week showcases the best of our city's education, business and nonprofit communities. We know that our BPS students can succeed at anything they set their minds to, and this week is an opportunity to showcase STEM opportunities to middle school students."

This week, October 3-7, more than 6,500 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from 36 Boston middle schools will be transformed into scientists and engineers as they are introduced to the engineering design process and use hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum as part of the first-ever, week-long Boston STEM Week. 

"It is important that we are consistently providing our students with access to STEM education," said School Committee Chairperson Michael O'Neill. "When our students are thinking critically and are maximizing their academic growth, our district is excelling. On behalf of the School Committee, I want to thank everyone who makes Boston STEM Week possible."
Students and teachers will work together to explore space, build robots, and practice surgical techniques leveraging active learning in STEM to solve real-world problems that encourage hands-on experimentation, critical thinking and collaboration.
 "Boston STEM Week is more than just a singular event; it is a catalyst for change," said Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang. "This program will have a long-term impact on the city, starting with teacher development and continuing through to further develop critical thinking skills and confidence over the course of the week. I am excited that Boston is a pioneer in this movement that will hopefully expand beyond our city walls."
The five-day program will replace students' regular classes with an immersive curriculum developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), i2 Learning and other leading STEM organizations that includes investigations drawn from many subject areas. Students will be exposed to the engineering design process in hands-on STEM courses that develop students' 21st century skills such as interdisciplinary problem solving, perseverance and collaboration. Boston STEM Week curriculum also meets many of the Massachusetts Science, Technology & Engineering standards and Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts standards.
"MIT believes it is essential to spark students' curiosity, creativity and motivation early on," said Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning, MIT. "We are excited to bring a creative, challenging and fun approach to practicing these skills to Boston STEM Week students and teachers."
Boston STEM Week challenges the traditional middle school structure and encourages students to use their heads, hands and the people around them to make connections and succeed in an environment similar to that of college or the workforce. Incorporating hands-on activities in STEM is considered best practice according to the National Science Teachers Association Board[1] and recent student scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress justify this[2].
An independent evaluation of i2 Learning programs during the 2015-16 school year revealed students who participated exhibited significant increases in engagement in STEM, along with a stronger desire to learn engineering[3]. These indicators are especially important during the middle school years, when interest and intention to pursue STEM tends to decline.
"Programs like Boston STEM Week are vital to building the pipeline of technology professionals that are so desperately needed in the workforce," said Jack Little, CEO of MathWorks. "This demand is present in every sector of business in today's technology economy, and feeding that pipeline begins at the elementary and middle school levels." 
Boston STEM Week is funded through foundation and corporate support and is provided at no cost to Boston Public Schools. The week-long program was developed by i2 Learning in collaboration with lead sponsor MathWorks, curriculum partner MIT, program sponsors Vertex, Lynch Foundation and Boston Foundation.
"As part of our long-standing partnership with Boston Public Schools, we're thrilled to support programs like Boston STEM Week that help prepare students for future success and equip them with the skills needed to become the next generation of STEM leaders," said Dr. Jeffrey Leiden, Chairman, President and CEO of Vertex.
In addition to the innovative curriculum and learning approach, volunteers from STEM corporations will visit the classrooms as part of Boston STEM Week, giving students a view into career pathways in STEM. Boston STEM Week will culminate with a student-led showcase at each school, where students will present their work to their families, friends and communities.
School administrators interested in bringing STEM Week to your school, and corporations and foundations interested in getting involved, connect here. For a full list of participating schools, curriculum courses and more, please visit BostonSTEMWeek.org and follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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MAYOR WALSH & RED SOX PROPOSE "DAVID ORTIZ DRIVE" TO HONOR CAREER OF RED SOX PLAYER

MAYOR WALSH & RED SOX PROPOSE "DAVID ORTIZ DRIVE" TO HONOR CAREER OF RED SOX PLAYER
BOSTON - Monday, October 3, 2016 - To honor David Ortiz's career with the Boston Red Sox, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Red Sox announced that they will create a David Ortiz Drive in the City of Boston. The street under consideration is currently called Yawkey Way Extension. The Mayor made the announcement at a pre-game ceremony honoring Ortiz at Fenway Park on Sunday, October 2.

"David Ortiz is a true Bostonian and he embodies the spirit of our great City," said Mayor Walsh. "I am proud that the City of Boston is able to honor his career and legacy with the Red Sox and show our gratitude for all of his contributions to our community and beyond."

Yawkey Way Extension connects Maitland Street and Brookline Avenue. As a new street built in 2013, it was given that temporary name. The street serves as an important connection between Fenway Park and the MBTA's Yawkey Station. Most notably, a pedestrian plaza along the street is lined with all the retired numbers of Red Sox greats.

Street name changes must be approved by the City of Boston's Public Improvement Commission. The PIC expects to hear the petition from the Red Sox formally requesting this name change before Opening Day 2017. 
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MAYOR WALSH LAUNCHES BOSTON'S 'SAFEST DRIVER' COMPETITION

MAYOR WALSH LAUNCHES BOSTON'S 'SAFEST DRIVER' COMPETITION
Smartphone app competition allows drivers to score themselves and win prizes
BOSTON - Monday, October 3, 2016 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Vision Zero Task Force, in partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) and the Arbella Insurance Foundation, today announced the launch of the Boston's Safest Driver Competition, a smartphone based app that scores drivers on five behaviors associated with safer driving. Drivers from the Metro Boston area are invited to compete for over $9,000 in prizes by downloading the app and practicing safe driving on the roads.

"Our top priority is creating streets that are safe for Boston's pedestrians, cyclists and drivers," said Mayor Walsh. "We know that when drivers are more attentive, we save lives, and this new competition is a fun way to encourage drivers to use more caution when traveling on our streets. I thank Cambridge Mobile Telematics and the Arbella Insurance Foundation for their partnership."

The Boston's Safest Driver Competition allows participants to challenge their friends, see how they rank in their community, and win prizes for improvement each week. Between now and December 3, participants can download the app and win one of a dozen weekly prizes for everything from having the top score, to being the best new driver, to taking car-free trips.

Funding for prizes has been provided by the Insurance Foundation and the Cambridge Mobile Telematics donated technology services for competition.

The competition will culminate in mid-December with the crowning of the Safest drivers in the region. A major goal of the program is to allow users to self-reflect on their own driving habits, particularly distractions from mobile phones, which the app informs the user about after a drive has been completed. According to the United States Department of Transportation, 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers in 2014.

"The Arbella Insurance Foundation has been on the front lines of the fight against distracted driving for more than 7 years and we're proud to partner with the City of Boston on this first-of-its-kind city-run competition," said John Donohue, chairman, president and CEO of the Arbella Insurance Group, and chairman of the Arbella Insurance Foundation. "We're committed to making our streets safer and the Boston's Safest Driver competition is the perfect way for the community to come together to achieve this goal."

The app, developed by Cambridge Mobile Telematics, provides feedback to drivers on five metrics for each trip they take: rapid acceleration, harsh braking, sharp turns, at-risk speeding, and phone distraction. The app logs trips while in the background on the user's phone, and the driver is alerted afterwards of their score for that trip, told how they did on the different factors, and provided with helpful tips to improve in the future.

"Many people blame smartphones for an increase in distracted driving, and there is some truth to that. Over the past several years, right here in Boston, our team at CMT has shown that smartphone technology can help make people better drivers. The Safest Driver app uses phone sensors to measure distraction and other aspects of risky driving," said Hari Balakrishnan, CTO of Cambridge Mobile Telematics. "We are delighted to partner with the Mayor's Office to bring this engaging app to our City and make Boston's roads safer."

In 2015, Mayor Walsh launched Vision Zero Boston as a commitment to focus the City's resources on eliminating fatal and serious traffic crashes in Boston by 2030. The Vision Zero initiative explicitly promises action on addressing distracted driving, reducing speeding, and the exploration of new engagement strategies - all goals that sparked the partnership between CMT and the City.CMT, a spinoff from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, is pioneering advanced telematics and behavioral analytics technologies to develop innovative safe-driving programs.

About The Mayor's Office of Urban Mechanics
The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics serves as the City's innovation incubator, building partnerships between internal agencies and outside entrepreneurs to pilot projects that address resident needs. Their streetscape work spans ways to make the transportation experience better for users, through products like the ParkBoston app, to working on the impact that autonomous vehicles could have on people in Boston. Their approach to innovation is human-centered, nimble and responsive to the changing needs of our growing City.

About Arbella Insurance Foundation
Established in 1988, the Arbella Insurance Group is a company with over $850 million in revenue with over $1 billion in assets, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Arbella is a customer-focused regional property and casualty insurance company, providing personal and business insurance in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and business insurance in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Arbella Insurance Group founded the Arbella Insurance Foundation in 2004. The mission of Arbella's Foundation is to engage in activities and to support not-for-profit organizations that have a significant positive impact on the people and communities served by Arbella.

About Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) makes roads and drivers safer around the world. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and founded in 2010 by two MIT professors and experienced entrepreneurs, CMT pioneered smartphone-based telematics and behavioral analytics, including new approaches to usage and behavior-based insurance. CMT's award-winning DriveWell program is now used in numerous successful safe-driving apps and programs in many countries around the globe, with a proven record of changing driver behavior: an average reduction of 35% in phone distraction, 20% in hard braking, and 20% in at-risk speeding, all within less than 30 days of drivers using the app. For more information, please visit cmtelematics.comand follow on Twitter @cmtelematics.
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CITY OF BOSTON AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HOST SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR

CITY OF BOSTON AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HOST SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR
Event included networking opportunities, workshops and keynote address from Legal Sea Foods President and CEO Roger Berkowitz 
Participants at Wednesday's Small Business Resource Fair at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.


BOSTON - Friday, September 30, 2016 - The City of Boston's Office of Economic Development and the Massachusetts' Office of Business Development on Wednesday hosted a Small Business Resource Fair at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. The event marked the first time local city, state, and federal agencies have collaborated to showcase the full range of government resources available to assist in starting, growing and expanding small businesses.
"From day one, Mayor Walsh has been committed to providing Boston's over 40,000 small businesses with the tools and resources necessary to operate and thrive throughout all neighborhoods in the City of Boston," said Chief of Economic Development John Barros. "Small businesses create jobs, wealth and opportunity for the City's workforce and are the heart of Boston's economy. I'm thrilled we are able to showcase the support the Boston offers, and connect businesses with city, state and federal resources available."

The free event, attended by over 200 members of the small business community, featured assets available through the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that support and foster small business development. There were over 30 small business support organizations, and two workshops that guided small businesses through resources available at the City and State level,as well as explained how to navigate government resources for contracting and procurement opportunities.

"Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and ensuring these important employers have access to the resources they need is essential for the continued growth of Boston and the Commonwealth," said Deputy Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Carolyn Kirk. "We are committed to collaborating with local, state and federal partners to connect our small businesses to new opportunities."

The day kicked off with a speaking program moderated by the U.S. Small Business Administration and featured Carolyn Kirk, Deputy Secretary, Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; John Barros, Chief of Economic Development for the City of Boston; and ended with a keynote address by Roger Berkowitz, President and CEO of Legal Sea Foods.

Boston's Small Business Plan, released in March 2016, aims to make the small business economy thrive, to enhance neighborhood vibrancy, and to foster economic and social inclusion and equity. This small business resource fair, coupled with supportive policies and expert guidance, is one of the many tactics the City is implementing a high-quality, efficient support system for Boston's small business economy.

About the Mayor's Office of Economic Development
The Economic Development Cabinet's mission is to make Boston an appealing place for working families, entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors to innovate, grow and thrive in a way that fosters inclusion, broadens opportunity, and shares prosperity, thereby enhancing the quality of life for all Bostonians and the experience for all visitors. For more information, visit the Economic Development website.

About The Massachusetts Office of Business Development
The Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD) is the state's one-stop source for businesses seeking to relocate to Massachusetts and businesses wishing to expand their current operations here. We offer a range of expertise and services to help your business flourish in Massachusetts. Our staff operates in regions across the state, so we provide you with on-the-ground knowledge and viable connections for your business.  We work closely with the private and public sectors to coordinate a whole range of resources at your disposal. MODB is an operating division of the Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development.  
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