May 22, 2023

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A Message from the President

“I love my teacher because she is funny.” “My teachers give me hugs and goofs with me.”

These are examples of the rave reviews from some of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area’s (LMA) youngest visitors—for the teachers and staff at the Longwood Medical Area Child Care Center (LMACCC), one of the Longwood Collective’s most important services we provide to our members’ employees.

Shuttles

Effective Friday, May 12th, the Longwood Collective will update its policy from requiring masks be worn at all times to encouraging masks while on our shuttles. This policy update coincides with the end of the federal and Massachusetts COVID-19 Public Health Emergency at the end of the day on May 11th, and is consistent with CDC guidelines, which do not require masks to be worn on public or private buses or vans.

The following best practices will be continued on Longwood Collective shuttles:

November 10, 2022

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Outside// resumed and revitalized its programming this year, bringing food trucks, outdoor seating, musical performances, fitness classes, dog petting and adoption, public art displays, games and book carts to patients, students, and visitors from May to October. During this season, Block-by-Block managed Outside//’s day-to-day operations which provided better tracking capabilities from Big Belly maintenance requests to foot traffic at placemaking sites.

September 13, 2022

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Building on its commitment to area planning on behalf of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA), the Longwood Collective today announced that Jonathan Werner of Everett, MA has been named Senior Transportation Manager for the organization. Werner joins a growing transportation team at the Longwood Collective, which last month named Dorothy Fennell as its new Transportation Planner/Transportation Demand Specialist.

June 16, 2022

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Image of workers at MASCO Services Inc. Call Center

The MASCO Services Inc. Call Center has been an essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting its member organizations and businesses, while also providing service to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in launching a COVID-19 testing program by providing telecommunications and call center solutions.