MetroFuture seeks a reduction of crime rates in all municipalities.

If the region is to achieve MetroFuture’s goal of focused growth, it must ensure that urban communities are healthy places to live.

Even as density increases, MetroFuture will protect and enhance access to open space.

MetroFuture would enhance the region’s health and food security by bringing new resources to currently underserved communities with less access to healthy food.

MetroFuture supports the Commonwealth’s goal of universal health insurance. 

All children would have access to the powerful positive effects of early education, which is correlated with better educational outcomes and fewer assignments to special education.

MetroFuture seeks to eliminate regional disparity in public education quality.

MetroFuture identifies a need for programs to help 3,000 K-12 students each year, who might otherwise have dropped out before graduating from high school.

MetroFuture would help the region to resolve its municipal finance crisis, with balanced efforts at cost savings and revenue diversification.