Scope and Content: The Government Land Bank was established in 1975 as an independent Massachusetts state agency to finance development of blighted areas and land surplus to state and federal uses.  Its mandate had its origins in the work of a twenty-one member Joint Commission on Federal Base Conversion consisting of legislators and gubernatorial appointees established per Resolves 1973, c 19, to investigate long-term use of facilities and lands associated with federal installations at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Chelsea Naval Hospital, Otis Air Force Base, and Westover Air Force Base, in the event of their phase down or termination.  The commission was revived and continued by Resolves 1974, c 2; Resolves 1975, c 1; and Resolves 1976, c 1; its final report was issued in Jan. 1976.  The Government Land Bank established in the meantime was authorized to make use of commission staff (St 1975, c 212, s 16).  Series records the work of the commission as preserved and utilized by the Land Bank.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Sample non-Massachusetts materials submitted by firms not retained
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