Thomas Menino

One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

Boston is known for its innovation.

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series!

Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.

And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free.

Let's use the energy of this historic year to propel us toward our shared vision of a greater Boston.

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.