In November 2013, Boston elected a new mayor for the first time in 20 years, prompting calls for wide-ranging reforms in the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the city’s powerful planning and development department. Many of the mayoral candidates in the general election vowed to totally overhaul the BRA, replacing it with a new agency entirely. In response to these calls for elimination, I2UD senior associate Jim Kostaras recently penned an editorial for the Boston Globe advocating the reform of the BRA, rather than the dismantling of the agency, by giving it a new mission: a city-wide strategic plan for the city.
The editorial ran in the 18 December 2013 edition of the Boston Globe. Click here for the full editorial