The GMGI Gloucester Biotechnology Academy recently celebrated their expanded space with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Guests at the ceremony included Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy and Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante.
The space was made possible with funding from a Massachusetts Workforce Skills Capital Grant which was matched in contributions from industry and private donors. The expanded 3,200 sf space enables the Academy to double its annual class size to 40 students and has allowed them to add biomanufacturing to their curriculum, opening up more options for Academy graduates while also meeting the growing demand for a workforce to meet the needs of the biotech industry in Massachusetts.
This exciting project expands upon the first Academy teaching lab, which we completed in 2015. The new space features an open-concept classroom, a state-of-the-art biomanufacturing laboratory, an instrument room and additional office and storage space.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.