In face of challenges, Mass. has momentum, Healey tells biz leaders in Boston [Video]

As the home to burgeoning life science, artificial intelligence, and green energy sectors, Massachusetts is uniquely positioned to emerge, and solidify its position, as a national leader.

But it also has some big problems, a housing shortage, among them, to solve. And to get there, Gov. Maura Healey appealed Tuesday to some of the Bay State’s best and brightest to lend a hand.

“You guys are all leaders,” the Democratic governor said during an appearance before the New England Council at the Harbor Hotel in Boston. “They listen to all of you in your communities … Talk about your experiences … and help us make the case together for what we need to do.”

That appeal to the council, which bills itself as the oldest regional business group in the nation, comes as Healey seeks to juggle an ambitious policy agenda that includes a sweeping economic development packagecrammed with workforce development initiatives and investments in …