By adamg on Tue., 1/13/2015 - 7:56 pm
In his State of the City address, Mayor Walsh said he plans to turn the Mayor's Hotline into an easier-to-remember 311 system, like Somerville and New York have.
Walsh added he will hire a "startup czar" to help entrepreneurs start new businesses in Boston, from the Innovation District to new neighborhood innovation centers.
He added the city is working on an app to let people use their phones to pay for parking spaces.
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Please no more #HBS MBA's
By anon
Tue, 01/13/2015 - 8:19pm
How about a czar who went to UMass, not Harvard this hire?
That would be innovative!
Fwiw, city IT czar is from MIT, not Crimson Community College...
By Jeff F not log...
Tue, 01/13/2015 - 10:23pm
Not sure if the other depts are Hahvahd-heavy.
And in any case, if we want to tap local expertise, wouldn't it make sense to look to Babson and its grads, seeing as how they're held in high regard for exactly this sort of thing?
What about Wentworth or
By kvn
Wed, 01/14/2015 - 7:31am
What about Wentworth or Northeastern, dont they have a czar program? I am sure BC would, the brothers teach everything.
If blasting Harvard Business
By anon
Tue, 01/13/2015 - 11:33pm
If blasting Harvard Business school is a slight against Bush, Romney and Baker, they are wealthy and therefore successful and the best to lead the world.
I never understood why Menino
By anon
Wed, 01/14/2015 - 10:30am
I never understood why Menino resisted 311.