Jared C. Nicholson

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Jared Nicholson
58th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
Assumed office
January 4, 2022
Preceded byThomas M. McGee
Personal details
Born (1985-12-03) December 3, 1985 (age 38)
Framingham, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceLynn, Massachusetts
Alma materPrinceton University
Harvard University
ProfessionAttorney

Jared C. Nicholson (born December 3, 1985) is the 58th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Early life and education[edit]

Nicholson was born on December 3, 1985, in Framingham, Massachusetts to Stephen and Lindsay Nicholson.[1] He attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, graduating in 2004.[2] He went on to graduate from Princeton University summa cum laude in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in 2008.[3] He earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2014,[3] where he was Executive Director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.[4] Nicholson is bilingual in English and Spanish.[5]

Career[edit]

Nicholson received the Skadden Fellowship out of Harvard Law School, and designed, launched, and led a new community economic development practice in Lynn, Massachusetts.[3] Here he represented underserved communities in entrepreneurial and small business legal matters.[6] He also helped make recommendations adopted by the Lynn City Council to support economic development in the city.[7] In 2016 he was elected to the Lynn School Committee, serving three two-year terms.[8] During that time he helped develop a new initiative for students across the district to learn job skills after school,[9] and founded the city's wrestling team.[10] Since 2016, Nicholson, who wrestled at Princeton, has hosted a beach wrestling tournament every summer to support Lynn wrestling.[11] Prior to being elected Mayor, Nicholson worked as a business lawyer for startups at Latham & Watkins[12] and later as a law professor at Northeastern University, where he worked with and researched small businesses.[13]

Mayor of Lynn[edit]

In 2021 Nicholson was elected mayor of Lynn defeating City Council President Darren Cyr in all 28 precincts of the city.[14] The Mayor also serves as the Chairperson for the School Committee for Lynn Public Schools.[15]

One of Nicholson’s first accomplishments in office was to reform the City’s development process, working with the City Council, to allow for a more coherent and coordinated review by City officials.[16] The streamlined process soon yielded a historic contribution by a developer on a major project to affordable housing.[17] To implement his Administration’s goals for affordable housing, Nicholson created an affordable housing trust fund with the City Council.[18] Property tax relief programs for senior citizens were also increased early in Nicholson’s administration.[19] In his first year in office, Nicholson delivered on a campaign commitment to deliver inclusionary zoning, working with the City Council, that was calibrated to encourage continued growth while also creating affordable housing for Lynn residents.[20]

Nicholson has made the conditions of Lynn’s schools a top priority.[2] To alleviate overcrowding, Nicholson is leading a multi-year process to build a new middle school.[21] He has also focused expanding access to quality pre-K education, with Lynn Public Schools adding a significant number of seats for the 2023 school year.[22] The schools also opened the Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy on North Shore Community College’s campus, a pioneering partnership between the Lynn Public Schools and North Shore Community college that gives high school students the opportunity to attend college-level courses at no cost to them while still enrolled in high school.[23]

Nicholson has pushed to bring good-paying jobs to Lynn and connect Lynn to the region’s innovation economy, achieving an upgrade in MassBIO’s designation of Lynn’s readiness for life sciences growth from bronze to platinum,[24] bringing a high-tech manufacturer with over one hundred jobs to Lynn’s downtown,[25] and working with the City Council to rezone key parcels to facilitate job growth.[26]

Nicholson has led an effort to improve language access to city services for multilingual residents, hiring a team of interpreters.[27]He has announced plans for the City to launch an independent, unarmed crisis response team to address mental health needs and further racial justice.[28] The schools have dramatically increased their mental health support for students through the hiring of social workers and clinicians.[29] Nicholson has also sought to increase the availability and utilization of lifesaving Nalaxone as part of the efforts to combat the opioid crisis[30] as the City has experienced a promising downward trend in opioid overdose deaths.[31]

Nicholson has also focused on improving the City’s infrastructure, including streets,[32] parks,[33] litter,[34] and a new senior center,[35] as well as financial stability, attaining a credit rating upgrade from Standard & Poor’s from A to A+.[36] Nicholson also led the creation of the City’s first comprehensive plan, “Vision Lynn.”[37]

Personal life[edit]

Nicholson lives in Lynn with his wife, Katherine, and their sons, Henry and Benjamin.[38]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Valiente, Ciro (May 11, 2015). "Jared Nicholson quiere ser miembro del Comité Escolar de Lynn".
  2. ^ a b "Lynn's new mayor, Jared Nicholson, vows to oversee 'inclusive growth'". February 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Free legal advice worth a fortune to small business". HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. November 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Clinic alumni join long line of Harvard Law educated city leaders across the nation". HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. November 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Alston, Paris (September 28, 2022). "Meet Lynn's mayor Jared Nicholson, who wants to develop the waterfront and clean up the beaches". GBH. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "New program offers free legal help to low-income entrepreneurs".
  7. ^ Nicholson, Jared (March 16, 2018). "Offering Transactional Legal Aid to Low-income Entrepreneurs". Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality. 6 (1).
  8. ^ Dunnigan, Allysha (May 13, 2021). "Nicholson launches mayoral campaign in Lynn".
  9. ^ Cawley, Gayla (October 30, 2019). "Lynn Tech after-school program seeks to fill need for vocational career training".
  10. ^ Staff, Daily Item (April 29, 2016). "Varsity wrestling to return to Lynn".
  11. ^ Dunnigan, Allysha (August 8, 2021). "Mayoral candidate Nicholson hosts wrestling tournament at Lynn Beach".
  12. ^ Kuehn, Joel (July 1, 2019). "NUSL Welcomes New Faculty – School of Law – Northeastern University -". School of Law – Northeastern University.
  13. ^ Ramjug, Peter (December 2, 2021). "Call this law professor 'Mr. Mayor'". News @ Northeastern.
  14. ^ Kuzub, Alena (November 3, 2021). "Nicholson shuts out Cyr in Lynn mayoral election".
  15. ^ "Lynn School Committee". www.lynnschools.org.
  16. ^ Bass, Adam (February 15, 2022). "Developing story at Lynn City Hall: Nicholson changing the planning process". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  17. ^ McKenna, Charlie (June 7, 2022). "Lynnway developer to give city $3M". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  18. ^ Laidler, John (August 2, 2022). "Lynn seeks applicants for Affordable Housing Trust Fund board - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  19. ^ Kuzub, Alena (April 15, 2022). "Lynn increases tax abatement for seniors". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  20. ^ Cammalleri, Anthony (December 14, 2022). "Council OKs zoning regs". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  21. ^ Cammalleri, Anthony (April 11, 2023). "Sisson selected for new Pickering site". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  22. ^ Pauls, Emily (April 26, 2023). "Lynn increases preschool seat availability". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  23. ^ Cammalleri, Anthony (October 18, 2022). "North Shore Community College shows off Early College Program". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  24. ^ Halloran, Paul (July 17, 2022). "MassBio scores Lynn highly". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  25. ^ Kuzub, Alena (May 11, 2022). "Lynn welcomes new manufacturer with tax incentive". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  26. ^ McKenna, Charlie; Cammalleri, Anthony (December 5, 2022). "Lynn has a plan for zoning". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  27. ^ Laidler, John (January 17, 2023). "Lynn working to break the language barrier - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  28. ^ Pauls, Emily (July 20, 2023). "Lynn focuses on unarmed response initiative". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  29. ^ Barnett, Lana (February 14, 2023). "The Beloved City". Harvard Law School. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  30. ^ Pauls, Emily (May 4, 2023). "Lynn offering Narcan training sessions". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  31. ^ Itemlive Newsdesk (July 30, 2023). "As opioid deaths decrease, Lynn looks to continue trend". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  32. ^ Halloran, Paul (July 12, 2022). "State grant will lead to pedestrian improvements". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  33. ^ Laidler, John (July 25, 2022). "Lynn to spend $35 million in rescue funds on three dozen projects - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  34. ^ Cammalleri, Anthony (August 23, 2022). "Cleaning up Lynn a priority for Nicholson". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  35. ^ Kuzub, Alena (May 19, 2022). "New Lynn Senior Center, a place for the young at heart". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  36. ^ Bass, Adam (March 27, 2022). "City sells bonds to fund projects". Itemlive. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  37. ^ Vennochi, Joan (June 26, 2023). "Lynn is trying to reinvent itself. Will inertia at the MBTA derail its plan? - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  38. ^ Yarin, Sophie (February 15, 2022). "A day in the life of a new mayor in Lynn".
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