22 July 2010

Innovation District ~ Boston's Harbor Boomzone

After visiting MIT-alums Jason Kelly, Reshma Shetty, TK and colleagues at Ginkgo, plus seeing Ted Acworth from Artaic during lunch at local seafood house -- two robotics and automation ventures, btw, focused on synthetic biology and mosaic art, respectively -- I got very excited about the boomzone business park they're located in. This is the newly christened Boston Innovation District...
"A new approach is called for on the waterfront -- one that is both more deliberate and more experimental... The massive expanse of the South Boston waterfront, with its existing knowledge base, opportunity for growth, and world-class infrastructure is ripe to produce world-class products and services." -- Boston Mayor Menino
P.S. In Mon 26 July 2010 Globe, there's a nice piece by Andrew Ryan, Ideas percolate in Innovation District, which includes this map...

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