Change. It’s something we’ve heard a lot about recently. With the start of a new Presidency and the anticipated release of federal funds, some very important decisions concerning infrastructure planning and budgeting will be made in the near future. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has been very vocal about his involvement in the planning of state fund allocation. As he told a reporter from the Boston Globe, “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”

The proposed economic stimulus bill offers an excellent opportunity to put Massachusetts’ great wealth of design talent to work on building cost effective, high quality, and technologically innovative public infrastructure. Be it affordable housing, schools, water treatment plants, solar harvesting materials, green roofs, landscape design, renovations, you name it – designers and architects can make a contribution. Let’s not waste this opportunity to create a lasting legacy of excellence in public design in Massachusetts.

To ensure the inclusion of design in the federal economic stimulus funding process a grassroots letter writing campaign has been started. Please let the Governor know how you feel with a letter or email. Together, we can make a change.  Contact info after the jump…

Governor Deval Patrick
State House
Office of the Governor
Room 360
Boston, MA 02133

Phone: 617.725.4005
Fax: 617.727.9725
Emails can only be sent via the www.mass.gov website (look for Governor and contact links)