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Leaders from five cities joined Lt. Gov Kim Driscoll Monday to sign a compact committing themselves to increasing the number of minority-owned and women-owned firms in private real estate development.
Mayors from Boston, Cambridge, Lynn, Salem and Somerville signed the CommonWealth Development Compact in a effort to expand DEI efforts in the state.
The hope is to make developers more deliberate and thoughtful about opening new doors and making new connections, by and bring more people of color into the lucrative business of real estate development.