Jean Horstman

CEO, Interise

[Olympics watchers] are asking how the Boston Olympics may affect Boston neighborhoods, housing, small business and gentrification.

Boston 2024 ‘Bid Book’, Obtained By Boston Journalists, Reveals Need For Public Money

Boston planners would do well to remember that our city is an applicant to host the Games, not a supplicant. The distinction matters.

With The Right Priorities, A Winning Olympics Bid Could Transform Boston

Jean Horstman: "Every aspect of Boston’s Olympic bid should be predicated on the intent to build a city that offers greater opportunity for everyone." Pictured: This architect's rendering released Monday, June 29, 2015, by the Boston 2024 planning committee shows an Olympic stadium that is proposed to be built in Boston if the city is awarded the Games. The Boston group trying to land the Olympics released the most detailed look yet at its bid for the Summer Games, unveiling a $4.6 billion plan it says would create jobs and housing, expand the tax base and leave behind an improved city with a $210 million surplus. (Elkus Manfredi Architects for Boston 2024/AP)