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  • Former Worcester business owner pleads guilty to $3.6M in fraud

    Sam Bonacci December 9, 2015

    A former Worcester business owner pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Tuesday in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme that she operated out of her convenience store.

    Sam Bonacci December 9, 2015
  • Massachusetts examining Sunday pay law

    State House News Service December 8, 2015

    Massachusetts is one of two states that requires retail workers to be paid time-and-a-half on Sundays, a practice that could end under a bill that's advancing in the House.

    State House News Service December 8, 2015
  • Movers & Shakers

    December 7, 2015

    MARIE ANGELINI, LISA M. CARROLL, LINDA S. LARRIVEE, CAROLYN J. STEMPER and THOMAS J. SULLIVAN will serve on the board of Hanover Theatre in Worcester, and MARY C.

    December 7, 2015
  • Framingham, Worcester among best places to live for beer connoisseurs

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015

    Framingham and Worcester have made the list of 99 cities linked to 99 beers, with Jack's Abby Brewery in Framingham and Worcester's Wormtown Brewery being listed as reasons why these communities are a great place to call home.

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015
  • Charles “Chip” Norton

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    To call Chip Norton a fresh face to Central Massachusetts is a little bit of a misnomer, since he has owned and/or developed several multi-million real estate projects in the region for years, but he was largely working behind the scenes until late

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015
  • Kevin Meehan

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015

    Kevin Meehan, owner of a sprawling car dealership in bucolic Mendon, two years ago made a $5-million donation in his family's name to help fund a $54-million expansion at Milford Regional Medical Center, where he served several years as a board

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015
  • Central Massachusetts Power Players

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    Power comes in many forms, but from power derives influence; and how people use that influence is ultimately reflective of the power they hold.

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015
  • $2M Worcester Big Y renovation completed

    Sam Bonacci December 2, 2015

    A $2 million renovation project that will bring 15 additional full-time jobs to the city has been completed at the 100 Mayfield St. Big Y in Worcester, the company announced Tuesday.

    Sam Bonacci December 2, 2015
  • Postal union concerned about Staples merger

    Sam Bonacci November 25, 2015

    Staples' bid to buy its chief rival, Office Depot, has been knocked by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which told Federal Trade Commission investigators that the merger proposed by the Framingham company would create a monolithic entity

    Sam Bonacci November 25, 2015
  • Healey: Amazon facility a 'distribution warehouse'

    State House News Service November 25, 2015

    Attorney General Maura Healey said Tuesday she believes an Amazon facility in Stoughton that plans to open on Thanksgiving qualifies as a "distribution warehouse," rather than a retail store that would be barred from opening on the holiday under

    State House News Service November 25, 2015
  • Worcester arts fair to generate $25K

    Sam Bonacci November 24, 2015

    The winter edition of local arts fair stArt on the Street is set to bring nearly $25,000 in sales to Worcester in December, the organizing committee announced Tuesday.

    Sam Bonacci November 24, 2015
  • Amazon worker says retailer should close on Thanksgiving

    State House News Service November 24, 2015

    Camille Carrigan wants to spend Thanksgiving with family just like many other Americans who don't have to work on the national holiday.

    State House News Service November 24, 2015
  • Central Mass firms set sights on international markets

    Livia Gershon November 23, 2015

    Westborough-based eClinicalWorks is a company near the top of its field. It's one of the top vendors of electronic health records systems for U.S. doctors' offices and a big player in the development of mobile tools that let patients track their

    Livia Gershon November 23, 2015
  • Framingham pushing for $34-million downtown MassBay campus

    Emily Micucci November 23, 2015

    Local stakeholders are in the process of re-pitching a $34-million downtown Framingham satellite campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College to the Baker Administration after a host of community college capital projects across the state have been

    Emily Micucci November 23, 2015
  • Movers & Shakers

    November 23, 2015

    HEIDI M. LANDERS and REBECCA LYNCH were hired by Worcester social service agency The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. Landers is director of nursing. A resident of Barre, she is a graduate of Worcester State University, with a bachelor's degree in

    November 23, 2015
  • Iconic Worcester toy store to close

    Sam Bonacci November 19, 2015

    The Classic Toy Shop that has been providing toys and games to the children of Worcester and surrounding communities for the past 35 years will shut its doors before the end of the year.

    Sam Bonacci November 19, 2015

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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.