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Issue of January 19, 2004 |     |
Housing Starts NowIn his State of the State address Thursday night, Gov. Mitt Romney said that a responsive government is one that “puts people first.” In that spirit, he pledged to “jump-start” more than 100 school building projects that have lain dormant over the past few years, and reiterated his goals to double the commonwealth’s housing starts and remove the barriers to housing production, all of which were met with much applause from Beacon Hill leaders. A Demanding Audience The need for greater housing production in Massachusetts, meanwhile, is likely to be reinforced by continued market demand. The Homeownership Alliance last week predicted strong growth in the housing sector in 2004. Senior economists from five charter members of the Homeownership Alliance, including the Independent Community Bankers of America, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Realtors, were unanimous in forecasting another banner year for housing during their recent conference call. And the Winner Is ... By Hubert Murray At year’s end the architectural magazines are replete with the annual crop of comely buildings and accolades for their award-winning architects. Whether it be for the best in the region, the best in brick or the most beautiful in Boston, the practice of giving out gold stars for good work is supposedly as valid in the profession as it is in kindergarten, if only to encourage the young and aspiring and to give the profession a status report on how we are doing. Answer to Cape Cod’s Energy Needs Is Blowing in the Wind By Mark Rodgers Cape Wind is a proposal to build America’s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound to produce renewable wind energy, new jobs, cleaner air, lower energy prices and less reliance on imported foreign energy. Check & Balance Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon. |
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