Ward 2 Alderman Maryann M. Heuston got a firsthand look at the rapidly developing expansion site for Greentown Labs, their Global Center for Cleantech Innovation.

By Jim Clark

Back in 2011, a small group of like-minded MIT graduates decided to establish a facility where they could keep building their engineering prototypes.

Since then, more than 100 startup companies have been incubated at Greentown Labs in Somerville, where they have collectively created more than 500 jobs and raised over $200 million in funding.

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Fab Foundation brings makers network to Somerville

On April 1, 2015, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times
Somerville mayor Joseph A. Curtatone extolled the virtues of Fab Lab, emphasizing its positive environmental impact. ~Photos by Douglas Yu

Somerville mayor Joseph A. Curtatone extolled the virtues of Fab Lab, emphasizing its positive environmental impact.
— Photos by Douglas Yu

By Douglas Yu

Fab11, Fab Lab Annual meeting, will take place this year in the Boston metro area, including the City of Somerville, the Fab Foundation and the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) announced during their latest news conference.

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