Massachusetts governor-elect hears about "Knowledge Corridor"
Saturday, December 07, 2002
Governor-elect Mitt Romney is holding economic meetings throughout the state. Western Massachusettss hosted the first, and it provided the Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership an opportunity to promote its efforts to develop the "Knowledge Corridor". Read more. Go.
The Corridor includes counties in both Massachusetts and Connecticut and represents roughly the area within a 45-minute driving radius of Bradley International Airport. Twenty-eight institutions of higher learning and 116,000 full-time and part-time students fall within the region. Learn more from the Partnership web site. Go (The first "Knowledge Corridor" refers to a region between Oxford and Cambridge universities inthe UK. Learn more.)
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Massachusetts governor-elect hears about "Knowledge Corridor"
