MetroFuture establishes bold, achievable, and measurable goals for growth, preservation, and equity in Metro Boston.  A diversity of policy recommendations contained in the implementation plan are designed to move the region toward a brighter future.  A regional indicators framework is necessary to make periodic, quantitative assessments of conditions in the region.  Such assessments will support policy development as well as accountability.  Regional indicators should include information at a variety of levels, providing an understanding of conditions in the region generally, as well as a comparison of conditions across and within municipalities.  

Issues of regional equity deserve special attention and will be addressed in an “equity report card” that is a companion to regional indicators.  The equity report card will assess inequities in the region and within municipalities, in a variety of different areas; it will help raise awareness of these inequities; and it will support development of policies to reduce disparity.

1.a    MAPC should produce a periodic indictors report and make the data and report available on-line

1.b    MAPC and allied organizations should create an Equity Report card

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