Economic development
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Somerville income growth highest in Mass.; prosperity has its own problems
Somerville hasn’t been Slummerville in a while, but now the city’s median household income is higher than Cambridge’s, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Driving that shift: Somerville’s median household income grew faster than any Massachusetts municipality with at least 20,000 residents from 2014 to 2024. Read more City council urges MWRA […]
Somerville, Cambridge incubators receive climate tech grants
Two startup accelerators in Cambridge and Somerville received close to $7 million in Mass Leads Act grants to expand their technology base, in a bid to provide more support to entrepreneurs working on mitigating climate change. Read more On the ballot 2026: Ewen-Campen and Gilligan-Corsetti vie for 27th Middlesex Greentown Labs, which bills itself as […]