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  • Labor's long fight in Worcester

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: May 30, 2022

    For much of its 300-year history, Worcester has been anti-labor, making it harder to organize and fight strict company rules.

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: May 30, 2022
  • Building trades unions ask for partnership on infrastructure law monies

    State House News Service May 25, 2022

    More than $9 billion of last year's federal infrastructure law is already billed for Massachusetts, but $2.5 billion in competitive grant money is also available and the Massachusetts Building Trades Unions said they stand ready to help

    State House News Service May 25, 2022
  • Hopkinton construction support company acquired by Ohio firm

    Katherine Hamilton May 12, 2022

    United Solutions, a construction software reseller based in Hopkinton, was acquired by Ohio-based Aktion Associates, Inc., according to a May 1 press release from Aktion.

    Katherine Hamilton May 12, 2022
  • Railroad construction firm fined for improper pay in Framingham

    Katherine Hamilton May 10, 2022

    A New York-based rail system construction company has been fined $220,000 to resolve allegations it failed to pay proper overtime rates to workers on public works projects in Framingham, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires, the Massachusetts Office of the

    Katherine Hamilton May 10, 2022
  • Fontaine Bros. names Fidelity Bank executive as senior marketing director

    Katherine Hamilton May 4, 2022

    Fontaine Bros. Inc., a construction and contracting firm based in Springfield and Worcester, has appointed Sherri Pitcher as senior director of marketing and business development.

    Katherine Hamilton May 4, 2022
  • Amazon Robotics expansion approved in Westborough

    Katherine Hamilton May 4, 2022

    Amazon’s footprint in Westborough will continue to expand with an addition to the Amazon Robotics’ manufacturing facility in the town, which opened in October 2021.

    Katherine Hamilton May 4, 2022
  • Power 50: The most influential professionals of 2022

    Brad Kane Updated: May 20, 2022

    The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 20, 2022
  • 2022 Power 50: Charles Norton

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Charles Norton has already had a tremendous impact on the region’s development trajectory and shows no signs of slowing.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
  • Every professional who has been on a WBJ Power list, 2013-2022

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Worcester Business Journal began listing the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy in 2013, using various iterations of the concept to arrive at the Power 50, which started in 2018.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
  • 2022 Power 50: Denis Dowdle

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Although Denis Dowdle’s developments in Worcester are still more on paper than in steel, his proposed six-building project across from the Polar Park baseball stadium remains one of the most influential developments in the city.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
  • 2022 Power 50: Anthony Consigli

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Under Anthony Consigli’s leadership starting in the 1990s, Consigli Building Group has grown from $1 million to $2.25 billion in annual volume.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
  • Clark to inaugurate President Fithian

    Brad Kane April 29, 2022

    Clark University officially will inaugurate its 10th president, David Fithian, on Saturday, in a ceremony delayed two years by the coronavirus pandemic.

    Brad Kane April 29, 2022
  • Fontaine Bros. creates corporate foundation

    Brad Kane April 29, 2022

    The 89-year-old construction company Fontaine Bros., which is based in Springfield with a major operations in Worcester, has established a corporation foundation in which each of its employees has a say in where money is directed.

    Brad Kane April 29, 2022
  • Braintree developer to develop Leicester land into industrial warehouse

    Katherine Hamilton April 26, 2022

    A swath of vacant land in Leicester sold for $2 million on Wednesday and will likely be developed into an industrial warehouse, according to Will Kelleher, principal at Worcester-based Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates, Inc., which was the

    Katherine Hamilton April 26, 2022
  • Final CitySquare parcels, including former Notre Dame church site, sell for $5M 

    Katherine Hamilton April 25, 2022

    The final two vacant parcels in downtown Worcester’s CitySquare development, including the site of the demolished Notre Dame church, sold for $5 million to a Rhode Island residential developer, according to the Worcester South District Registry of

    Katherine Hamilton April 25, 2022
  • WPI working on humanoid nursing robots for medical use

    Alexander MacDougall April 25, 2022

    A team of researchers at WPI are developing humanoid, remote-controlled nursing robots to potentially help patients in quarantine as well as combat the ongoing staffing shortages.

    Alexander MacDougall April 25, 2022

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