In case you missed the Economic Development Committee Meeting on 9/14/17, details of the meeting are included below.

1) Laurence Stock of Numerated Growth Technologies spoke to the group about the Eastern Labs Fin Tech spinoff. His presentation can be found here and you can read more about it in this Boston Globe article. Please contact Dana at dlewinter@mcbc.info to get in touch with Laurence directly.

2) Deirdre Coyle updated the group on the C3 initiative Hackathon event. Due to a scheduling conflict the event has been postponed, but more info will follow when a new date is set. More background information about the concept can be found here.

3) The group discussed progress on the report on Small Business Lending in Minority Neighborhoods.

4) Save the Date for a training being offered by MCBC and the Mel King Institute, “CRA Basics: Accessing Opportunity for Communities”. More info here.

Our next Economic Development Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, October 26th at 9:30 AM at Interise, 197 Portland Street, Boston.

Please contact Dana LeWinter, Executive Director, at dlewinter@mcbc.info if you have any questions or comments.