BOSTON – Wednesday, February 10, 2010 – Building on his continued efforts to foster job creation and economic growth in the Commonwealth, Governor Deval Patrick today filed legislation to help small businesses hire new workers and reduce the cost of doing business.
The Governor’s legislation provides tax credits for businesses that create new jobs, eases healthcare and unemployment insurance costs for employers and creates a new organization dedicated to providing businesses with the financial capital and resources they need to grow.
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Boston is the capital and the largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. Since it’s the largest city in New England and the economic and cultural center of the region, it is sometimes regarded as the unofficial Capital of New England.
Boston has estimated population of around 609 000 and Greater Boston metropolitan area, which anchor the city, has a population of 4,5 million.
The city is very well known as the site of the America’s first public school-Boston Latin School (1635) and the first subway system in the United States (1897).
It is interesting and quite unique in U.S. that Boston has a nickname The Walking City because here pedestrian commutes play a larger role than in comparably populated cities. Due to factors such as the compactness of the city and large student population, 13 % of the population commutes by foot, making it the highest percentage of pedestrian commutes in the country out of the major American cities.
Boston has the population density of 12 166 people per square mile, only New York City, San Francisco and Chicago have a greater population density than Boston.
White Americans make up 56,3 % of Boston’s population, Blacks or African American 23,5 %, and Asian Americans 8,3 %, the rest of population belongs to other races.
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