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Region 214,000 Jobs Short of Pre-Pandemic Levels, Wu Tells Biz Leaders

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu addressed more than 500 business, nonprofit, academic and community leaders Thursday in a breakfast hosted by the New England Council and sponsored by Amalgamated Bank. Wu asked the business community to partner with city and community leaders on housing, transit and workforce development to keep the region competitive.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Wednesday asked the region’s business, nonprofit and academic leaders to partner on rebuilding the city’s depleted workforce, bolstering affordable housing and overhauling public transit to keep the city competitive. 

With most experts expecting a slowdown in 2023 and business and government leaders statewide eyeing ways to keep and draw talent here, Wu told more than 500 gathered at the Seaport Hotel in a New England Council breakfast that there’s essentially good news and bad news.

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