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    Guild of St. Agnes to renovate Colonial Bowling site into $6M child care and education center

    Katherine Hamilton May 2, 2022

    After buying the Colonial Bowling Center in Worcester, local child care provider The Guild of St. Agnes will conduct a $6-million renovation on the former candlepin bowling alley to convert it into a child care center and early education school.

    Katherine Hamilton May 2, 2022
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    2022 Power 50: David Fithian

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Since taking the reins of Worcester’s second-largest private college two years ago, David Fithian has aggressively expanded Clark University’s presence and character within the Worcester community.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: David Jordan

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    As the head of the largest Central Mass. human service nonprofit – with $211 million in assets, more than triple the second-largest – David Jordan holds considerable sway, which he uses to enhance the industry and the lives of people throughout the

    Updated: May 2, 2022
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    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: Dr. Shlomit Schaal

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    As the leader of the largest caregiver network in Central Massachusetts, at 1,205 physicians, Dr. Shlomit Schaal straddles the world of academia and research, seeking to improve both.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Ulysses Youngblood

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Ulysses Youngblood likes being an unassuming man, who people would never guess runs his own cannabis business or teaches about entrepreneurship at Clark University.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Olivia Scanlon

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    New housing, commercial developments, infrastructure, and public facilities are all great at economic development, but it takes a vibrant cultural scene to truly create a place where people want to be. In the past year, perhaps no one has

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Luis Pedraja

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    In influencing the future of the workforce, Luis Pedraja is one of the most powerful stakeholders.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Liz Hamilton

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    As Worcester’s economy and population have grown, Liz Hamilton is a leader in ensuring that development is equitable and inclusive.

    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: Bob Mumgaard

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Few companies worldwide have the ability to alter the entire course of human history, particularly our relationship with energy and limited global resources.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
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    2022 Power 50: Vincent Rougeau

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    At the helm of a 179-year-old college with a $1-billion-endowment, Vincent Rougeau holds the power to transform Central Massachusetts’ wealthiest higher education institution.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Richard Lapidus

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Perhaps more than any other college president in Central Massachusetts, Richard Lapidus has demonstrated the transformative effect a higher education institution can have on its hometown.

    Updated: May 2, 2022

  • 2022 Power 50: Dr. Michael Collins

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    At the nexus of higher education and life sciences, UMass Chan Medical School has undergone tremendous growth in the last year under Dr. Michael Collins’ leadership.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
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    2022 Power 50: Michael O’Kronley

    Updated: May 2, 2022

    Michael O’Kronley and Ascend Elements’ goal is to be at the forefront of the public’s transition from gas-guzzling cars to electric vehicles.

    Updated: May 2, 2022
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    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

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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.

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