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Let's make sure everything we love about the South Shore is here for decades to come.
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If you live, work, or play in southeastern Massachusetts, you know our region offers something wonderful for everyone. In a changing world, we must keep our economy strong to ensure our people and places are here for decades to come.
Quick Start: FAQ
What is South Shore 2030?
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South Shore 2030 is a local team of large and small business leaders, nonprofit leaders, elected officials, and policy experts building a plan to promote our region's economy over the long term. Our mission is to create the right environment by 2030 for current and future businesses and our resident workforces to thrive.
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Who is interested in South Shore 2030's work?
We hope local business leaders, policymakers, and community stakeholders will engage with us and explore the content on this site as they lead projects and discussions with their constituencies. And we want to hear from you! Tell us what you think the South Shore needs.
What is South Shore 2030's core idea?
Short answer: We believe lifestyles follows jobs.
Longer answer: Businesses large and small will flock to communities with a strong supply of talent and interesting, diverse, and attractive places to live and work. The South Shore must attract and keep strong workforce and foster a healthy entrepreneurial environment. Broader prosperity and healthier communities will be the result.
This requires regional collaboration. Our local communities must work together to stay strong and competitive.
Longer answer: Businesses large and small will flock to communities with a strong supply of talent and interesting, diverse, and attractive places to live and work. The South Shore must attract and keep strong workforce and foster a healthy entrepreneurial environment. Broader prosperity and healthier communities will be the result.
This requires regional collaboration. Our local communities must work together to stay strong and competitive.
What happens if we don't plan for the future?
Three things:
- The South Shore will fail to compete for jobs-producing businesses, losing talent and residents to other regions in Massachusetts and even other states.
- Our tax revenue will decline, impacting the services that support our standard of living.
- Rising income inequality will weaken our economy, which requires a healthy mix of professional, service, and trade jobs.
"At Conway we know deep in our hearts that we don't assist people in buying or selling a house. It's much, much more than that. We assist people and families, when going through a transition in their lives, find their landing place, their happy place, their home and most of all their community. These communities on the South Shore are rich with roots and character and in order to protect this character and make sure future generations have can experience these communities, we need to address some of the key challenges in the region. The Chamber and the South Shore Economic Development Corp. are taking the lead to strike a balance between preserving the way of life and helping our businesses and communities to grow. At Conway, we believe in the South Shore because we live here and we want to help people build lives here." |
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Go Deeper: Challenges and Solutions
Here are the issues we are tackling.
The South Shore's Workforce is shrinking.
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THE CONCERN: The South Shore is aging faster than any other metro Boston region, and a lack of housing is limiting employers' ability to recruit and retain a new generation of talent to the area.
WHAT WE CAN DO: Create places that attract the next generation of workers to the South Shore. HOW TO DO IT: By working with communities to introduce new housing and focus on placemaking. We need to build different housing products and respond to the shift in our demographic trends and meet the needs of young people (and families) and the growing population of downsizing baby boomers who want to stay on the South Shore. |
The South Shore's infrastructure is aging and needs to be expanded.
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THE CONCERN: Our existing infrastructure systems are outdated and ill equipped to meet the needs of future employers and the post-pandemic recovery.
WHAT WE MUST DO: Address our infrastructure needs and increase our capacity for growth. HOW TO DO IT: Work with local communities, experts, and landowners to study and determine solutions that support smart growth and advancement. |
The South Shore is expected to lose jobs.
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THE CONCERN: Industries with traditionally high employment rates, like professional and financial services, have been contracting.
WHAT WE MUST DO: Support existing businesses and attract new businesses and startups that will invest in our communities. HOW TO DO IT: |
About Us
The South Shore 2030 plan is powered by South Shore Economic Development Corporation, the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, and dozens of committee members from local businesses, nonprofits, and municipal governments.
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