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Some who escape Cape drawn back home (Cape Cod Times)
January 11, 2010
From the Cape Cod Times today - Read more here: Some who escape Cape drawn back home By Aaron Gouveia agouveia@capecodonline.com January 10, 2010 All Joe Loud and his friends talked abou ...more
This Cape expat happy in S.C. (Cape Cod Times)
January 11, 2010
From the Cape Cod Times - Read more here: This Cape expat happy in S.C. By Aaron Gouveia agouveia@capecodonline.com January 10, 2010 ROCK HILL, S.C. — Erica Fish loves snow during the wint ...more
Cape economy: Gleam amid the gloom (Cape Cod Times)
January 11, 2010
From the Cape Cod Times today - Read more here: Cape economy: Gleam amid the gloom By Sarah Shemkus sshemkus@capecodonline.com January 10, 2010 On the Cape this fall, unemployment rates were sti ...more
OPENCAPE SUMBMITS FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION FOR $40M REGIONAL MIDDLE MILE PROJECT
August 27, 2009
Directly from OpenCape website - for more information, go to Opencape.org : OPENCAPE SUMBMITS FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION FOR $40M REGIONAL MIDDLE MILE PROJECT -Open access network to build digital ca ...more
Measuring Progress toward Regionalization on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
July 20, 2009
In a report for the Ford Foundation Fellowship on Regionalism and Sustainable Growth on July, 2009, Wendy Northcross of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce provides a slideshow of the "Regional ...more
Cape Cod Population Estimates 2008
July 20, 2009
The following is a chart of the Cape Cod Population from all towns/geographic areas from 2001until the estimate from 2008 from a meeting held on the Lower Cape by the Cape Cod Chamber and demographer ...more
Regrouping on regionalization
July 01, 2009
Reprinted from the Barnstable Patriot - Read entire story here Regrouping on regionalization The county commissioners remain committed to submitting a supplemental budget request after Jul ...more
Demographer says Cape's future depends on young
July 01, 2009
From Cape Cod Online - Full Story here ORLEANS — Jennifer Rabold and her husband could work and live anywhere in the world with their backgrounds in technology and education and two you ...more
Cape Cod Entrepreneurs Weekend
February 16, 2009
Hold the weekend of March 20 – 22 for an exciting Cape Cod Entrepreneurs Weekend! Only $40 for the entire weekend! Signup Now! Ever wanted to be a part of a start up company? Have an ...more
GenExit: Making it work on the Cape - CCO
December 21, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By Stephanie Vosk DENNIS — Laurel Kirker's little bedroom is fit for a 4-year-old, filled with ceramic fairies, toy horses, and a big hand-me ...more
Young immigrant population booms on the Cape - CCO
December 21, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By Patrick Cassidy HYANNIS — Francisco Rodriguez is everywhere. With a retail gig at a local cell phone store, a night job at the Comfort ...more
Hip on the Cape means home at 1 a.m. - CCO
December 21, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By MATTHEW M. BURKE At 1 a.m. on a Saturday night in late November at the British Beer Company in Sandwich, the town's own Tripl3Crown, a popular t ...more
GenExit: Packing up, leaving Cape-CCOnline
December 15, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By Aaron Gouveia ROCK HILL, S.C. — They had to ask their waitress what hush puppies were. And if that question didn't make Dave and Erica ...more
Cape workers pay price for staying put-CCOnline
December 15, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By Aaron Gouveia Jobs and money. The shortage of employment opportunities and the high cost of living are the two main reasons a third of the Ca ...more
Cape faces generation gap -CCOnline
December 07, 2008
As reported on Cape Cod Online - Full Story here Watch the video with Cape Cod Times' Sean Gonsalves on NECN - Click here By Patrick Cassidy Truro Police Chief John Thomas has little diff ...more
Early vision for Cape ignored realities
December 07, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Click here for full story By Patrick Cassidy If Norman Cook could see Cape Cod today, he would likely be both delighted and disappointed. Cook, who led the Cape Cod Chamb ...more
Cape property sales volume drops sharply
December 02, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - Read full story here By Sarah Shemkus BARNSTABLE — After two straight months of growth, Cape Cod real estate sales volume plummeted in November, according to numbers ...more
Barnstable faces possible school closures
November 19, 2008
From CapeCodOnline - for full story go here By MATTHEW M. BURKE November 19, 2008 HYANNIS — The Barnstable School Committee last night discussed budget constraints that could force the closur ...more
Young workers fleeing region - CCOnline
November 15, 2008
From Cape Cod Online - for full story click here By Sarah Shemkus WEST BARNSTABLE — More than a third of Cape Cod's young workers expect to move away from the region within the next five y ...more
Consolidate Our Schools - Editorial CCOnline
November 13, 2008
Editorial excerpted from CapeCodOnline - Read full story here In late October, the Nauset Regional School Committee and Lower Cape elementary school committees invited officials from Harwich, Chatham ...more
Concerned Citizens, Business People and Community Leaders Coalesce - Cape Cod Focus Formed To Address Critical Cape Issues
November 12, 2008
Cape Cod is losing its greatest resource, its people, and to curb this devastating trend, a collection of concerned citizens, business individuals and community leaders have joined forces to create Ca ...more
Second Annual Cape Cod Economic Summit to be held November 14th
November 11, 2008
Hyannis, MA: The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us on Friday, November 14th for an important economic summit on "What’s Next: A Focus on Cape Cod’s Economic Future,& ...more
Cape Cod Focus formed to address critical Cape issues
September 05, 2008
Concerned Citizens, Business People and Community Leaders Coalesce Cape Cod Focus Formed To Address Critical Cape Issues From Cape Cod Today Cape Cod is losing its greatest resource, its ...more
Cape Cod leaders hope to stem exodus of younger residents
September 05, 2008
Reprinted from the Taunton Daiy Gazette - for full story, click here. By Steve Desroches GateHouse News Service Posted Sep 05, 2008 @ 11:42 AM REGIONAL — It’s a hemorrhage that just ...more
Patrick releases final education proposals- CapeCodOnline.com
June 26, 2008
Reprinted from CapeCodOnline - Read full story here By DAVID KIBBE TIMES BOSTON BUREAU June 26, 2008 BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick expects a special commission to deliver a cost estimate on hi ...more
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