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Worcester County and especially the city of Worcester are in a homebuilding crisis
Town officials push for new commercial development and weigh eminent domain as they look to remake economy.
Craft beer is still booming, but breweries are scaling back their plans as dozens of new brewers come on line each year.
The age of building vertically stopped in the city nearly 30 years ago, as new developments focus on tying into the walking community.
Three Central Massachusetts companies have reported CEO pay at least 100 times that of respective companies' median employees.
New homes aren't being built at nearly the rate they used to in and around Worcester. In fact, the region hasn't kept up with statewide or national rates.
In a perfect world, all employees exhibit exceptional time management, judgment and diligence. But even if that were the case, definitions of those concepts can still vary greatly from cubicle to cubicle.
More than one year has passed since Gov. Maura Healey was sworn in as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts. Since then, Healey has spoken extensively about her commitment to attracting, retaining, and growing business in the state. To accomplish that goal, Healey and her administration have proposed and enacted several initiatives, including granting Central Massachusetts manufacturing businesses $600,000, allocating $458,000 to businesses training the disabled workforce, and most notably, filing the $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act aimed at bolstering the state’s life sciences, climatetech, and applied artificial intelligence industries.
At the same time, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index dropped to 45.9 in April, the second lowest score in the index's history, reflecting declined views regarding the region's economic outlook.
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