UMass, Amherst officials hire Philadelphia-based U3 Advisors for town-gown study - masslive.com -Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council

UMass, Amherst officials hire Philadelphia-based U3 Advisors for town-gown study

masslive.com Apr 9 2014 Education

The University of Massachusetts and the town have hired U3 Advisors of Philadelphia in partnership with Corneil Collaborative and The Cecil Group as the consultants to work on town-gown issues of housing and economic development. The company was one of five submitting proposals and one of three interviewed last month. The Town-Gown Steering Committee recommended they be hired and both Town Manager John P. Musante and Kumble Subbaswamy agreed.
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1. This firm was chosen because they developed a proposal that addresses both housing and economic development issues, which not all of the consultants did.
2. I am quite pleased with the hiring of U3 Advisors. They bring the expertise and experience required to help us develop a shared strategy around housing and economic development opportunities.
3. This represents an historic town and university collaboration and partnership to develop a housing and economic development plan that will help us reach our full potential as a thriving college town. We must and will seize this opportunity.
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