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...threshold of a massive amount of new development," Lindquist says, adding that his plans could create thousands of new jobs in the city...
Many long-time residents and political leaders predict that these projects could provide needed jobs, especially blue collar and unskilled employment needed to preserve Cambridge's diversely populated neighborhoods. The losses of blue collar jobs have levelled off, says Lindquist, but few positions have been replaced. Instead, most of the new opportunities have been in almost exclusively white collar fields such as research and industrial consulting. This development has allowed the city's economy to grow at a slow but steady pace during generally rough economic times, but it has also brought a higher-income group to the city, driven...
...inability of existing businesses to meet the employment needs of the area, even without recession, that underscores the need for new business, city officials say. "We can't assume that businesses already in the city will continue to grow," Lindquist says. "Developers will have to encourage new firms to come into the city," he adds...
...question for the future of this city and this state is where will the expanding high technology firms locate," Lindquist says. But he adds that "so far, high-tech manufacturing hasn't really knocked on our door...
Many of the high-tech companies with manufacturing operations in the area have settled in the rural and suburban areas, such as the so-called "technology belt" along Route 128. "To make sure those kinds of industries come into the city," Lindquist continues, "we would have to really best the bushes and actively recruit. Then we would have to offer incentives." In other words, Cambridge would need the comprehensive employment and development plan it now lacks...