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October 30, 2017
The Rainmaker

How proposals demonstrate respect (or lack of respect)

The Rainmaker, Ken Cook

Do you use boilerplate language in proposals? My guess is most of you reading this do use it in some capacity

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Bovill remade Central Mass. social services

    Zachary Comeau

    Angela Bovill wouldn't recommend the beginning of her adult life – starting with marriage and children by age 19 – to anyone.

  • Colleges, companies recruit women into STEM fields

    Grant Welker

    STEM fields have very few women, but colleges are working to change that. At WPI, this fall's freshman class was 44-percent female, up from 34 percent a year ago – WPI's previous high mark.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Meet the 2017 Outstanding Women in Business judges

    Kathryn CrockettThe executive vice president at Worcester architectural firm Lamoureux Pagano Associates, working on designs such as the revitalization of Mechanics Hall in downtown.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Disabled needed more tech services

    Paul Medeiros

    Easter Seals Massachusetts has been a leader in providing services to people with disabilities in the commonwealth for almost 75 years.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Keeping a work journal

    Susan Shalhoub

    Journaling, or keeping a diary, isn't just for angst-ridden teenagers anymore.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Duffy created a roadmap for women in finance

    Grant Welker

    A chief executive's corner office has so long been dominated by men, it isn't always a place where a woman can feel she belongs.

  • Accolades & honors

    Mark Monopoli of the Worcester Law Office of Michael M. Monopoli was recognized by the American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys, as one of 2017's 10 Best DUI Attorneys for Client Satisfaction.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Eidinger-Taylor unexpectedly became a real estate titan

    Grant Welker

    Cheryl Eidinger-Taylor's long career in real estate started with an innocent question. She was looking for a home, and asked her agent what she thought of her job.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Fallon's Lebow finds good workers and makes them great

    Emily Micucci

    Outstanding Women in Business honoree Jill Green Lebow credits her rapid rise through the executive ranks at Fallon Health and other healthcare companies to her ample opportunities.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Nguyen quickly made a difference in Worcester

    Grant Welker

    The daughter of two Vietnamese refugees, AiVi Nguyen grew up in a household in Worcester where her parents couldn't speak English..

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    WBJ announces the 2017 Outstanding Women in Business

    This year's winners are Margaret Briggs, AiVi Nguyen, Cheryl Eidinger-Taylor, Karen Duffy, Jill Green Lebow and Angela Bovill.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Women need to understand what they’re worth

    Deborah B. Goldberg

    When women are paid what they are worth and have equal opportunities to advance, it strengthens families, grows businesses and boosts our economy.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 things I know about ... starting a business from scratch

    Joy Rachelle Murrieta

    You know that one thing your community doesn't have, that you can't help but notice and get annoyed with? That's your foothold for entrepreneurship.

  • Investment fraud: easy money or not

    Bob Ainsworth

    I have inside information XYZ stock is about to double. You don't want to lose out on this opportunity, but I need an answer right away.

  • Charitable Works

    Four local institutions donated more than $21,000 to local communities.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Briggs created a $13M engineering powerhouse

    Zachary Comeau

    Margaret “Peggy” B. Briggs has left her mark on so many real estate developments it's hard to keep track.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Understand ballot initiatives' impact

    sachusetts' law allowing voters to have a direct say in creating and passing laws through ballot initiatives turns 100 years old next year, and the state once again looks to have several interesting initiatives up for public vote.

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
Poll Description

In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.

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