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Energy & Utilities

  • Baby steps add up in downtown Worcester

    October 26, 2015

    The hoopla surrounding this month's announcement of a $33-million, high-end luxury hotel for downtown Worcester may seem a bit overhyped, but given the step-by-step nature of economic revitalization, business and city officials have the right to be

    October 26, 2015
  • High-end comes to Worcester's downtown

    Sam Bonacci October 26, 2015

    In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.

    Sam Bonacci October 26, 2015
  • For doctors, financial pressure is on

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 26, 2015

    When Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group announced the layoff of 78 employees early last month, the healthcare provider cited a projected budget shortfall.

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 26, 2015
  • Incorporations

    October 26, 2015

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 16-31, 2015. Listed are the name, address, ZIP and president.

    October 26, 2015
  • Fresh Beginnings

    October 26, 2015

    Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough has reopened, following a $62.4 million renovation project which included new wiring, windows and heating system. A new security system with cameras was installed, along with a new roof

    October 26, 2015
  • Accolades & Honors

    October 26, 2015

    Dick Fiske Sr. and his Heart to Heart Foundation of North Brookfield was honored by the Children's Smile Coalition at Hanover Theatre in Worcester last month.

    October 26, 2015
  • Movers & Shakers

    October 26, 2015

    TODD DONOHOE was hired as a commercial lender at Hometown Bank in Oxford.

    October 26, 2015
  • 2015 Outstanding Women In Business: Susan Lawrence, Pepper's Fine Catering

    October 26, 2015

    Susan Lawrence is co-owner of Pepper's Fine Catering in Northborough, having realized a lifelong dream to open her own food business.

    October 26, 2015
  • North Central Chamber backs pipeline

    October 21, 2015

    The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday threw its support behind Kinder Morgan's controversial Northeast Expansion Project, saying the construction of the natural gas pipeline through Massachusetts, “will provide a reliable

    October 21, 2015
  • PowerOptions seeks renewable energy provider to serve Bay State nonprofits and public sector

    October 20, 2015

    Energy-buying consortium PowerOptions is seeking developers to supply wholesale renewable energy to individual members of its 500-member consortium, particularly to larger member institutions such as area hospitals, universities and municipalities.

    October 20, 2015
  • Ex-World Energy employees launch energy efficiency business in Worcester

    October 20, 2015

    Former World Energy Solutions employees Rick Galipeau and Mike Santangelo today announced the launch of a new company, World Energy Efficiency Services, headquartered in Worcester.

    October 20, 2015
  • Growing money with sunlight

    Livia Gershon, Special To Metrowest495 Biz October 19, 2015

    For lenders, financing solar projects is becoming a bigger piece of the business.

    Livia Gershon, Special To Metrowest495 Biz October 19, 2015
  • Framingham's Ameresco secures $16.7M Army contract

    Sam Bonacci October 16, 2015

    The Framingham energy efficiency firm Ameresco has secured an Army contract valued at $16.7 million to make improvements to the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton.

    Sam Bonacci October 16, 2015
  • Reliability, transmission factors in role of hydro power

    State House News Service October 16, 2015

    The planned closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth represents "a big step back" in meeting the state's emissions reduction and clean energy goals, and makes it "all the more important" that the Baker administration's hydroelectric and

    State House News Service October 16, 2015
  • Pilgrim Nuclear Station to close by June 1, 2019

    State House News Service October 13, 2015

    Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth will shut down by June 1, 2019, its owners announced Tuesday morning, citing "poor market conditions."

    State House News Service October 13, 2015
  • Pawsox in Worcester?

    October 12, 2015

    There's something about having a local baseball team that some locals have a soft spot for. After all, a coalition of local business leaders tried to form an ownership group to take over the former Worcester Tornadoes, an independent minor league

    October 12, 2015

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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.