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Education

  • Movers & Shakers

    February 20, 2017

    Ten professionals got hired or promoted at places including Fallon Health, JM Coull and Fidelity Bank.

    February 20, 2017
  • Strully grows NECC by running it like a traditional business

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

    Vincent Strully Jr. could have never predicted that the nonprofit he founded would eventually become one of the leading autism education and research centers in the world, employing more than 1,200, serving 680 students.

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017
  • Angelini connects the dots of Worcester's community

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

    Over the course of his 50 years in Worcester, Michael P. Angelini has had his hands in a lot of different ventures.

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017
  • Accolades & Honors

    February 20, 2017

    Desiree Awiszio, a self-employed Worcester engineering consultant, won the K-12 STEM Literacy Education-Engineer Partnership Award in 2016 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her work with students and teachers in the

    February 20, 2017
  • How personal happiness can lead to professional success

    Carla Mccall February 20, 2017

    When we tackle a job and a career, we are often asked to sacrifice what we're most passionate about personally in order to punch the proverbial clock.

    Carla Mccall February 20, 2017
  • Clark among best bang-for-your-buck schools

    February 16, 2017

    Worcester's Clark University made The Princeton Review's new list of colleges offering students the most return on their tuition investment.

    February 16, 2017
  • Video games employ 4,500 in Mass.

    February 15, 2017

    Employed in places like Becker College's digital institute, the video game industry has more than 4,500 workers in Massachusetts making an average of $102,600 annually, according to new data released Tuesday by the Entertainment Software Association.

    February 15, 2017
  • Anna Maria teams with Illinois college on fire science program

    February 15, 2017

    Anna Maria College in Paxton announced Wednesday it has started a new partnership with an Illinois community college to offer a degree in fire science.

    February 15, 2017
  • Worcester native promoted in Connecticut

    February 14, 2017

    Sean Rose of Worcester has been named the executive director of the child trauma care service provider JRI's Connecticut division.

    February 14, 2017
  • Immigrants have major impact in Mass., study shows

    February 14, 2017

    Immigrants have an outsized role in the Massachusetts economy, with the state's universities and colleges a major reason why, according to a new survey.

    February 14, 2017
  • DeLeo says no money to revisit budget cuts

    State House News Service February 10, 2017

    The Legislature may restore some, but not all, of the $98 million in spending Gov. Charlie Baker cut from the budget in December, but House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Wednesday he wants at least one more month's revenue report before taking any

    State House News Service February 10, 2017
  • WPI team finalists in $1M NASA robot challenge

    Grant Welker February 7, 2017

    A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students, faculty and staff are among 20 finalists in a NASA-sponsored robotics challenge -- the only such team from a university, the space agency announced Tuesday.

    Grant Welker February 7, 2017
  • WBJ names new digital editor

    February 6, 2017

    Worcester Business Journal on Monday hired an award-winning Massachusetts business journalist to lead its digital operations.

    February 6, 2017
  • Worcester economy had best year since Great Recession

    February 6, 2017

    The Worcester economy had its strongest year since the Great Recession, finishing out with 2.1-percent growth in the fourth quarter, according to Assumption College's Worcester Economic Index.

    February 6, 2017
  • Manufacturers reaching out to traditional high schoolers

    Laura Finaldi February 6, 2017

    Businesses, schools reaching out to non-vocational students and displaced workers to get them interested in manufacturing careers.

    Laura Finaldi February 6, 2017
  • For-profit medicine changing Central Mass. health care

    Emily Micucci February 6, 2017

    Profit-driven health care is a growing local and national trend that doesn't necessarily carry ill effects.

    Emily Micucci February 6, 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.