BOSTON – Gov. Deval Patrick today signed an executive order officially establishing a Development Cabinet to help promote economic development and create jobs in Massachusetts.
The cabinet, chaired by Patrick, will bring together the lieutenant governor and the secretaries of administration and finance, energy and environmental affairs, labor and workforce development, and transportation and public works.
It will meet twice monthly to identify opportunities for interdepartmental cooperation; activities will be overseen by Director Ron Marlow, whom the governor appointed last month.
“Our success in advancing an agenda of economic growth, business development, job growth and infrastructure projects will depend on the close collaboration between various agencies,” Patrick said in a statement today. “Business benefits when roads are easy to travel, talented teachers are in our schools, and when their workers and their families are healthy. Understanding those links will help us ensure that we, as a Commonwealth, prosper and compete on a global level.”
Additional information is available at www.mass.gov.
