Membership Networking Breakfast 10/24/2019

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Keynote Guest Speaker
 
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker
 
Corridor 9/495 Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomes Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker as our keynote speaker on Thursday, October 24.  Governor Baker will discuss the economic priorities for the Commonwealth and the region including investments in transportation, housing, and education.
 
Since taking office in 2015, Governor Baker has moved Massachusetts forward through bipartisan, results-driven leadership.  His accomplishments include:
 

• Using public private partnerships to spur economic development, reformed the state’s regulatory environment, and delivered critical tax relief by doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit.

• Made historic investments in K-12 education, increased support for vocational and technical schools, and expanded early college opportunities for high school students.

• Positioned Massachusetts in the forefront with fighting the opioid and heroin epidemic, doubling spending on prevention, education, treatment, and recovery and signing two major bills that have served as models for other states.

• Diversified the Commonwealth’s energy portfolio safeguarding residents, municipalities and businesses from the impacts of climate change, and secure progress toward greenhouse gas reduction targets; and

• Spearheaded long overdue reforms at the MBTA that have led to significant improvements to operations and finances, and put the T on track to spend more than $8 billion on infrastructure over the next five years to improve riders’ experience.