The city of Boston’s economy overall is diverse, with health care, education, biotech, and government making up large shares of the job market. In the city’s core, that’s less true. The Financial District in particular is home to mostly professional services workers in finance, insurance, tech, and management. Many of those workers have still not returned.Our contributors have ideas for making Boston’s downtown less reliant on those now absent office workers. By welcoming a wide range of new enterprises, from art studios to light manufacturing, downtown Boston may be able to develop a more resilient new identity.
