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Education

  • Worcester Idea Lab signs with WPI, first corporate member

    Grant Welker October 27, 2017

    The Worcester Idea Lab, a two-year-old collaborative workspace, has signed its second higher education member and its first corporate member.

    Grant Welker October 27, 2017
  • Sikh temple opens in Westborough

    Grant Welker October 26, 2017

    A 28,000-square-foot Sikh temple has opened in Westborough with more than 50 rooms, including eight classrooms and four meeting rooms.

    Grant Welker October 26, 2017
  • Tegra Medical offers apprentice program

    Zachary Comeau October 24, 2017

    A Franklin manufacturer of medical devices is offering a four-year program to build its own skilled workforce and offer new opportunities for its employees.

    Zachary Comeau October 24, 2017
  • Massachusetts proposes Downtown Worcester space in state's Amazon bid

    Zachary Comeau October 20, 2017

    Massachusetts released its official Amazon proposal on Friday and highlights several Worcester-area features and incentives in a bid to lure the online retailer to the state.

    Zachary Comeau October 20, 2017
  • Assumption faculty votes no confidence in college president

    October 20, 2017

    Despite a faculty senate vote of “no confidence” in President Francesco Cesareo, Assumption College's Board of Trustees are not proposing any changes.

    October 20, 2017
  • MetroWest coalition offers 6.6M sq. ft. to Amazon

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    Marlborough is leading a coalition of five MetroWest communities in a bid to land Amazon's HQ2.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • Leominster offers 400 acres, $405M to Amazon

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    The City of Leominster is offering more than 400 acres of public and private land and a tax breaks worth up to $405 million to lure online commerce giant Amazon.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • MathWorks donates $10M for museum exhibit

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    Natick computer software developer MathWorks will gift $10 million to the Boston Museum of Science, the museum announced Thursday.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • Mass. adds 9,300 jobs in September

    State House News Service October 19, 2017

    Massachusetts added 9,300 jobs in September, driving the unemployment rate back below 4 percent.

    State House News Service October 19, 2017
  • WPI lands $1.2M high school curriculum grant

    Zachary Comeau October 18, 2017

    A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a $1.2 million grant to help integrate biology and computer science tools in high school classrooms.

    Zachary Comeau October 18, 2017
  • Easter Seals open Worcester assistive technology center

    October 17, 2017

    The Easter Seals opened an assistive technology center in Worcester last week to help people with disabilities explore and test technology to increase independence.

    October 17, 2017
  • Amazon should come to Worcester

    Setti Warren October 16, 2017

    It is important to ask the right questions when it comes to Amazon and the opportunity to become the host for its proposed second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.

    Setti Warren October 16, 2017
  • CDCs create stronger cities

    Yvette Dyson October 16, 2017

    The City of Worcester contends with blighted buildings in our inner city neighborhoods fallen to foreclosure.

    Yvette Dyson October 16, 2017
  • Blackstone Valley receives $456K grant for voke/tech

    Zachary Comeau October 13, 2017

    The Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce received a $456,320 Skills Capital Grant from the state to implement vocational and technical training programs.

    Zachary Comeau October 13, 2017
  • Pay gap creating crisis in human services sector, agencies say

    State House News Service October 11, 2017

    After the signing of a law calling for equal pay across gender lines, human services agencies are asking legislators for help closing a different sort of pay gap.

    State House News Service October 11, 2017
  • Addiction treatment to be added to social work education in Mass.

    State House News Service October 11, 2017

    Students at the nine social work schools in Massachusetts will learn about preventing and treating substance misuse.

    State House News Service October 11, 2017

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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.