This week marks an important civic anniversary — the start of a movement that gave the people of Greater Boston a say in what happens in their neighborhoods, and gave many of those neighborhoods a second life. Thirty years ago a group of local visionaries looked around and saw a Boston crumbling under the weight of urban blight — rising crime, vacant lots, abandoned houses. Corruption plagued the city programs that were supposed to come to the rescue and community groups had little voice. Those far-sighted leaders looked outside to a newly formed national corporation based in New York whose Continue reading >>>

Hub business leaders are less optimistic about the national and local economies than they were a year ago, but more expect to ramp up hiring in the year ahead, according to a new survey.Of the roughly 400 business leaders who attended the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s annual economic outlook breakfast yesterday, more than half — 57 percent — said they expect either a significant or a slight increase in their hiring plans for this region in 2013, compared to 50 percent last year.“There’s ample reason to be optimistic,” state Treasurer Steve Grossman told the group. “We have Continue reading >>>

Matthew L. Brown Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Boston area executives feel much the same way about the local and national economies today as they did a year ago, according to the results of an instant survey conducted Thursday morning by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and Sovereign Bank. Participants in the survey, which was conducted over breakfast at the Westin Copley Continue reading >>>

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CAMBRIDGE, MA, Mar 14, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Doug Hanna of S+H Construction, Inc. is pleased to be named the 2013 Remodeler of the Year by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB). Each year, the association recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of individual members within the homebuilding and remodeling industry. This year's recipients will be honored at the Annual Awards Dinner taking place at the Newton Marriot on April 11th. Continue reading >>>

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Jennifer Pustz of Historic New England will present an illustrated talk on various types of domestic servitude in three Historic New England properties. Monday, 9:30 a.m., Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St. Free. 978-921-6062, www.beverlypubliclibrary.org.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 14, 2013 - InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions, today announced that the Company has renewed its support for the Greater Boston Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), a non-profit organization that offers programs and services to those with spinal cord injury and disease. InVivo will serve as a Premier sponsor at the RISE Above Paralysis Gala this Saturday, March 16, 2013, an annual event hosted by Continue reading >>>

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions today announced that the Company has renewed its support for the Greater Boston Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) a non-profit organization that offers programs and services to those with spinal cord injury and disease.InVivo will serve as a Premier sponsor at the RISE Above Paralysis Gala this Saturday March 16 2013 an annual event hosted by the Greater Boston Chapter of the NSCIA. The evening will bring Continue reading >>>

Said David Estrada, Director of the Greater Boston Chapter, “From the day InVivo was founded, it has reached out and supported the SCI community via corporate philanthropy. We depend on generous donors like InVivo to support our mission, and we look forward to hearing the progress they’ve made on acute and chronic SCI technologies.”About InVivo TherapeuticsInVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. is utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function in individuals paralyzed from traumatic spinal cord injuries. The company was founded in 2005 based on proprietary Continue reading >>>