State of the LMA
Executive Summary Report

A Report on Longwood Medical and Academic Area Institutions,
Their Future Growth and Econoomic Impact

MASCO / Goody, Clancy & Associates
September 2003

Twenty-one institutions with unique missions focused on health care, research, education and culture occupy the LMA’s 213 acres.

The Medical, Academic and Scientific Community Organization (MASCO) has worked with its member institutions, who together represent almost every aspect of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA), to assess core opportunities and challenges facing the LMA. MASCO retained Goody, Clancy & Associates to assist in this effort. 

This Executive Summary is an abstract of the assessment and is organized into four sections: 

A. An Introduction provides an overview of opportunities and challenges facing the LMA.

B. A Description of the LMA focuses on existing economic, social and physical contexts.

C. A Needs for Growth and Economic Development section reports on the institutions’ needs for growth to serve patients, students, and scientific research and describes some of the dynamics and pressures for growth.

D. A Core Challenges and Opportunities for the Future section summarizes the seven core challenges, the resolution of which are central to the LMA’s long term ability to thrive.

E. A Conclusion and Next Steps section describes goals for the LMA planning process.

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