A GREAT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. A GREAT PLACE TO MAKE HISTORY

#1 in State Competitiveness*

#2 in Metropolitan Competiveness *

#1 in NIH Awards for the last 14 years**

*Source: Beacon Hill Institute: “Governor Patrick to Introduce Report Showing that Massachusetts Ranks 1st in Competitiveness”. November 19, 2008. “A Hub of Competition and Excellence: Metropolitan Boston Remains Highly Competitive; Ranks Second in BHI’s Updated”. September 3, 2009** National Institutes of Health, BRA Research Division Analysis

PEOPLEYoung

608,352 residents live in the City of Boston.Average age is 35.

Approximately one in three Bostonians is between 20-34 years old.

The first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. Graduated from Boston University in 1877 at the age of 24.

Inventive

First Newspaper in the Colonies, 1690.Thomas Edison’s Electric Voice Recorder, 1868.Telephone, 1876.Gillette Safety Razor, 1903.

The first Library in the United States inspired27 additional neighborhood libraries.

Received $1.6 billion in 2008 from the National Institute of Health leading the Nation for 14 straight years.

The best place in the country for entrepreneurs with #1 venture capital funding per capita.

Educated

40.3% of the population hold Bachelor degrees.

Over 74 colleges and universities and 275,000 studentsin the metropolitan area.

22,198 Master’s Degrees2,836 Doctoral Degrees awarded each year.

After opening the first public school in the

United States in 1635, Boston won the 2006 Broad Prize for Urban Education as the best city school district in the nation.

This gave Massachusetts the head start to become

#1 in 8th grade reading, math and science in the country and

#1 in 8th grade science throughout the world.

Global

Boston speaks over 140 different languages.

50.1% Minority-majority.

28% of the population is foreign born.

PLACEVariety

From the First public park,

to 7,099 acres of green space

1,500 miles of sidewalks

101 miles of waterfront,

it’s natural that Boston is the

#2 Most Walkable City in the US.

Home to 19 unique and diverse neighborhoods,

12 urban beaches and

34 Harbor Islands.

Enjoy summer months on the beaches of Cape Cod

or ski in the nearby

mountains within only an hour drive.

The First subway system in the United States

now has over 1.28 million trips daily,

4500 of which are commuter ferry riders.

Location Location Location

Where travel by land or by sea

are both an option.

5 daily high-speed train trips to

NYC in 3.5 hours

that continues on to DC for another 3.5 hours.

Daily Direct Flights to:

NYC: 95 in an 1 hour

DC: 85 in 2 hours

Chicago: 39 in 3 hours

San Francisco: 25 in 7 hours

Toronto: 20 in 2 hours

London: 7 in 6 hours

IDEASOriginal

The First use of ether, First kidney transplant, and First open heart surgerypropelled 21 innovative hospitals to treat200,150 inpatient visits and5.8 million outpatient visits annually.

Smart

25 Noble Prize winners call Boston home.

1st in Kidney Disease Treatment.1st in Gynecological Medicine.1st in Pediatric Digestive Disorders.1st in Pediatric Heart Disorders and Heart Surgery.

Home to world renowned hospitals:Brigham & Women’s HospitalChildren’s Hospital BostonMassachusetts General HospitalDana Farber Cancer InstituteBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Green

Where the energy of an old city is harnessed in new ways.

The nations 3rd greenest cityhas a Bike Czar who is putting the hub on wheelsto reduce Green House Gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

The first to require LEED Certifiable building codes for major developments.

Home to 32 LEED Certified buildings (over 5 million SF),139 LEED Registered buildings (over 28 million SF) and84 clean tech companies.

79 Energy Star-qualified buildings and 25 million square feet of space save $34.5 million in energy expenses, which translates to the electricity use of 13,600 households.

Boston is transforming a vital industrial epicenter into the nation’s First retrofitted Green Industrial Corridor within an urban core.