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September 4, 2017
Focus On Small Business: The Start-up Guide

Delivery companies bring farm to the table

Grant Welker

Locally produced food finds its way from farms to restaurants and homes thanks to two small delivery companies.

  • Manufacturers bringing jobs back to Central Mass.

    Zachary Comeau

    Local manufacturers prefer to have their production lines nearby, rather than losing control by offshoring to low-labor-cost countries.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Be a social business

    Dr. Debra Pallatto-fontaine

    Social problems, across the street and around the globe, become more pressing and widespread as our world grows.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Successful sports teams will build Worcester's brand

    In just over a month, the Worcester Railers will drop the puck on their first home game at the DCU Center in Worcester, becoming the city's third professional hockey team since 1994.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Allen Fletcher seeks to repopulate Canal District

    Allen Fletcher is finally ready to break ground on his long-envisioned development for the property he bought for $900,000 in 2014.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Why legal support is important for small businesses

    Courtney Ross Escobar

    When companies are starting up, they often overlook the necessity of including legal support in the budget.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I know about recruiting top talent from colleges

    Steve Koppi

    10) Remember the nuts and bolts of recruiting. Take an imaginary walk through your organization's recruitment process. Has your company mastered fundamentals like defining requirements, tracking applicants, scheduling interviews, following up with candidates?

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Healthcare industry optimistic as opioid deaths slow

    Zachary Comeau

    Overdose deaths from opioids have risen each year since 2010 and have nearly quadrupled, but new Massachusetts data is showing the rate may finally be slowing.

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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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