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  • Briefing
    Briefing

    WRA orders Midtown Mall owner to submit redevelopment plan

    Zachary Comeau

    The Worcester Redevelopment Authority is giving the Midtown Mall owner 30 days to submit a detailed written plan on his plans to rehabilitate the Front Street buildings.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    The business community needs to teach financial literacy

    Martin F. Connors, Jr.

    Massachusetts has earned a failing grade in teaching financial literacy to our high school students for three studies in a row, going all the way back to 2013.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Slowing down

    Susan Shalhoub

    By continuously spinning on a corporate hamster wheel – and with your subordinates following suit – it means not as much work is getting done as it may seem.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About ... Outsourcing

    Anupam Koul

    Always be prepared. Buyers should exercise care in determining what they do, who they approach and how they conduct themselves.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Bowditch courting new attorneys

    Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey has rebranded as Bowditch as part of a larger effort to transition to younger attorneys.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Redevelop the Midtown Mall, not the tenants

    Worcester is a still a low-cost market, and while commercial values are increasing, full-on gentrification is still a ways off. But as the momentum continues, the city needs to give those businesses who have hung in there for the long term a chance to thrive.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Succession planning for Hispanic businesses

    Claudia Minaya

    One often-overlooked step in ensuring the future of a business is to create a business succession plan – which is especially significant for family-owned firms.

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Today's Poll

Should Mass. officials be allowed to force local communities to zone for multifamily housing?
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Poll Description

On March 19, a judge ruled the showdown between the Massachusetts attorney general and the Town of Milton will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court in October. The dispute is over the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns near T service to adopt zoning allowing multifamily housing by right in certain areas. Some Massachusetts local governments, including Holden, have pushed back against the requirement, saying such zoning doesn't fit in their communities. 

Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have cracked down on non-compliant communities with lawsuits and by reducing state funding, as part of a larger effort to address the statewide affordable housing crisis. The MBTA Communities Act is one of a handful of laws designed to increase housing construction by having at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted.