April 20, 2017 | Meghan Asbury A multiyear, multistate funding initiative in New England is making great strides in smaller industrial cities with community-based efforts to tackle social and economic challenges. Key lessons learned from the first rounds of participating cities in Massachusetts are now informing the planning process for the cities that follow and the regional initiative as a whole. Authors: Kseniya Benderskaya and Colleen Dawicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston