MGFOA

Monday, May 6, 2024

Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston

8:30-9:00 AM          Annual Meeting Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00            Modernizing Government-Delivering Better Government Through Innovation & Technology - How Boston plans to use Artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance public services.  Speaker Santiago Graces, Chief Information Officer City of Boston, a key figure in setting the City's technology agenda with a staff of 150 employees.

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15    Inflation Reduction Act – This session will provide an overview of the IRA's clean energy tax credits and share how school construction and modernization projects in Massachusetts and across the country are taking advantage of these unlimited, non-competitive federal funds for clean energy. Speaker Sara Ross co-founder of  UndauntedK12                  

11:15-12:00      Sean Cronin, DLS Senior Deputy Commissioner annual update.

12:00-12:30  Reinventing Government Round table discussions with your peers.  How will you use AI today and in the future.  Life after ARPA now that the funds have dried up how are you filling the gaps. 

12:30-1:30  Lunch and MGFOA Updates

Registration Fee is $40, Register online.  Payment 3 options:  online, send a check to Arti Mehta or bring a check to the meeting:

Arti Mehta

MGFOA Treasurer
P.O. Box 102

Sharon, MA  02067

2025 MGFOA Executive Board (2nd Year Term)

President,  Sean Manganos, Finance Director,  Holyoke Public Schools

1st VP,  Allison Potter,  Assistant Town Manager ,  Medway

2nd VP,  Mark Milne, Director of Finance, Barnstable

Treasurer,  Arti Mehta

Exec Bd, Appointment 1           Melissa A. Morrissey - Treasurer Collector, Watertown

Exec Bd, Appointment 2           Michelle Monsegur, Asst. Town Admin./Fin, Hingham

Exec Bd, Appointment 3           Sandy Pooler, Deputy Town Manager, Arlington 

Exec Bd, Appointment 4           Ed Spellman, Finance Director, Braintree 

Exec Bd, Appointment 3           Charlie Nardi, Finance Director, Northampton

If you would like to be considered in the future please let a board member know

Directions

Tower Hill is located in Central Massachusetts, about 10 miles northeast of Worcester. There is plenty of free parking. Get directions to Tower Hill on Google Maps.

From Boston

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 11A, I-495. Take I-495 North to Exit 25B, I-290 West toward Worcester. Take Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow Church Street toward Boylston for 3 miles. The entrance to Tower Hill is on the right; a dark red sign designates the entrance.

From Providence, Rhode Island

From I-95 North, take Route 146 north exit. Follow for approximately 35 miles toward Worcester. In Worcester, take the exit for I-290 east. Follow through the city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/
Boylston. Follow Church Street toward Boylston for 3 miles. The entrance to Tower Hill is on the right; a dark red sign designates the entrance.

From Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike east toward Boston. Follow for approximately 40 miles to Exit 10, I-290 Worcester. Take I-290 east. Follow through the city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow Church Street toward Boylston for 3 miles. The entrance to Tower Hill is on the right; a dark red sign designates the entrance.

From the North or Northwest

Take Route 2 toward Leominster. Take I-190 South to Exit 5, Route 140. Turn left on Route 140 South.
Continue on Route 140 through West Boylston to traffic light at intersection of Route 140 and Route 70. Turn left onto Route 70. Travel 1 mile through the center of Boylston. Continue on Route 70 another 1/2 mile to a blinking yellow light at French Drive (marked by a blue highway sign "turn right for Tower Hill Botanic Garden"). Turn right and proceed a short distance to the entrance to Tower Hill Botanic Garden on left; a dark red sign designates the entrance.
OR
Take Route 2 to Exit 35, Route 70 Lancaster Lunenburg. Follow Route 70 through Lancaster and Clinton, passing Tahanto Regional High School on the right. Approximately 1-1/4 miles further along Route 70, turn left at the blinking yellow light at French Drive (marked by a blue highway sign "turn left for Tower Hill). Tower Hill Botanic Garden is on the left; a dark red sign designates the entrance.

Public Transportation from Boston

Take Commuter Rail from South Station or Back Bay Station to Westborough, North Grafton or Worcester (Union Station). Unfortunately, the only transportation to the garden from these stations is by cab.