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Government & Politics

  • DCU Center hosting Mass. democratic convention

    State House News Service May 31, 2017

    One thousand first-time delegates will participate in the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention on Saturday, a number chairman Gus Bickford says is indicative of a "terrific amount of energy" surrounding the party after the election of President

    State House News Service May 31, 2017
  • Trump budget would cut federal MEP funds

    Laura Finaldi May 31, 2017

    The Worcester-based Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership and other MEP centers across the country will lose their federal funding if President Donald Trump's budget proposal is approved as is.

    Laura Finaldi May 31, 2017
  • SEC holds TelexFree promoter liable for $1.8M

    May 31, 2017

    A promoter of TelexFree, Inc. was found liable for more than $1.83 million in federal court in Boston last week, two months after the company's president was sentenced to six years in prison.

    May 31, 2017
  • Bay State gets high business scores in report

    May 30, 2017

    Massachusetts's business climate won high marks from dozens of companies interviewed for a new MassEcon report, particularly for its educated workforce and infrastructure.

    May 30, 2017
  • Bipartisan bill from Markey targets fentanyl

    State House News Service May 30, 2017

    As fentanyl propels the scourge of opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey plans on Tuesday to tout a bill he's filed with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to give border patrol agents technology to identify and seize illicit fentanyl

    State House News Service May 30, 2017
  • Total Wine wants alcohol sale laws modernized

    May 30, 2017

    National alcohol retailer Total Wine & More, which opened a store in Shrewsbury in February, is launching a campaign it hopes will lead to changes in Massachusetts' liquor sale laws.

    May 30, 2017
  • Telegram & Gazette striving after layoffs, succession of new owners

    Grant Welker May 29, 2017

    The T&G has faced the same challenges as practically any other newspaper in the country: declining revenues from print subscriptions and advertisers, with online readership growing but not fast enough to offset those other declines.

    Grant Welker May 29, 2017
  • Boylston starting to unleash sleeping giant of development

    Grant Welker May 29, 2017

    Boylston is in line for its largest project yet, a FedEx distribution center that the town says will be a nearly $90-million investment. At about 350,000 square feet, it's nearly twice the size of a typical Walmart Supercenter.

    Grant Welker May 29, 2017
  • Commerce Bank to keep name following acquisition

    Laura Finaldi May 29, 2017

    Commerce Bank branches in Worcester will keep their name and branding even after they are purchased by Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank.

    Laura Finaldi May 29, 2017
  • Berkshire, you should have picked Worcester

    May 29, 2017

    New England's second biggest city may not be New England's biggest city, but for a company from Western Massachusetts attempting to assert itself a dominant regional player in the Northeast and recruit the right mix of talent for the next generation

    May 29, 2017
  • Senate unanimously supports Boston-Springfield high speed train

    State House News Service May 26, 2017

    The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously agreed to study the feasibility of developing a high-speed rail line between Boston and Springfield, an issue its sponsor portrayed as a matter of regional economic equity.

    State House News Service May 26, 2017
  • Mass to receive $900K in Johnson & Johnson settlement

    May 25, 2017

    Massachusetts will get $900,000 in a settlement resulting from an investigation into New Jersey home health product giant Johnson & Johnson's alleged misrepresentation of the quality of certain over-the-counter drugs.

    May 25, 2017
  • House votes to keep inmate labor exclusively in-state

    State House News Service May 25, 2017

    The House on Wednesday voted to prevent the use of inmate labor beyond the borders of Massachusetts over the objections of Republicans who argued that existing law addresses the issue and questioned why it was a priority.

    State House News Service May 25, 2017
  • Trumpcare would lower deficit, leave 14 million uninsured

    State House News Service May 25, 2017

    The health care reform bill recently approved by the U.S. House would reduce the federal deficit over a 10-year period by $119 billion, but would cause 14 million more people to be uninsured by 2018 than under current law.

    State House News Service May 25, 2017
  • Total pay for MetroWest workers rises to $23 billion

    Grant Welker May 25, 2017

    The amount of money earned by workers in MetroWest rose by $600 million in the 12 months ending in June 2016 to surpass $23 billion, according to a new report by the 495/MetroWest Partnership.

    Grant Welker May 25, 2017
  • House expected to respond to Trump proposals

    State House News Service May 24, 2017

    The Massachusetts House is expected to take it first legislative action in response to the Trump administration Wednesday, the first fruit of Speaker Robert DeLeo's Trump working group.

    State House News Service May 24, 2017

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Should Madison Properties be forced to sell its Polar Park-adjacent land?
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Poll Description

When City of Worcester and Worcester Red Sox officials announced in 2018 the plan to construct the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, a key part of the economic development effort was a partnership with Boston developer Madison Properties to redevelop five properties around the ballpark into residences, hotels, and office buildings, with openings scheduled to begin in 2021 when the stadium opened.

All five of those Madison projects are significantly behind schedule and only one has come to fruition -- the high-end 228-apartment complex The Revington -- although the Canal District has seen other non-Madison developments come online, including The Cove and District 120 apartment complexes. All developments in Central Massachusetts have faced headwinds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trouble obtaining affordable financing, shortage of materials and labor, and downturns in the commercial real estate and life sciences industries.

The slow development of the Madison properties was the main reason cited by City officials for why the City's plan to not use general taxpayer funds to pay for the $160-million Polar Park has failed. Members of the City Council have gone as far as to call for one key Madison property to perhaps be seized by eminent domain to make way for a new developer.