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    2023 Power 50: Fred Taylor

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Fred Taylor gives Central Massachusetts a voice in one of the largest trade unions in the country, advocating for more than 30,000 members across the region.

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    2023 Power 50: Timothy Murray

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Timothy Murray is approaching 10 years leading the Worcester regional chamber, a powerhouse chamber in New England serving more than 150 communities in the region and 2,300 members.

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    2023 Power 50: Shannon George

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Shannon can be found George pounding the pavement with students, hospital workers, and other union members, navigating the noise to get the union's message out.

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    2023 Power 50: Julie Bowditch

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    If Worcester has one person who serves as the face of everything positive about the city’s business community, it’s probably Julie Bowditch.

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    2023 Power 50: Joshua Croke

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Croke is the influential voice for the LGBTQ+ community across the Central Massachusetts region. As president of Love Your Labels, they lead the Queer Coalition of Greater Worcester and run programming across the area, including Drag Queen Story…

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    2023 Power 50: Karen LaFond

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    With more than 20 years of experience in commercial finance and real estate, LaFond brings a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge to the transactional practice group at 200-year-old Worcester law firm Fletcher Tilton.

  • 2023 Power 50: Charles “Chip” Norton

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Norton has had the foresight to recognize the value in Central Massachusetts.

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    2023 Power 50: Steven Gentilucci

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Longtime Worcester resident Gentilucci started with Consigli more than 25 years ago as an assistant superintendent and worked his way up to his position as general manager.

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    2023 Power 50: William Kelleher, IV & James Umphrey

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Will Kelleher and Jim Umphrey oversee more than 20 full-time commercial real estate brokers at Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates. The company leased nearly 2 million square feet and sold $156 million in commercial space in 2022.

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    2023 Power 50: John “Jack” Roche

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    The Hanover Insurance Group generates an estimated $749 million in annual value added across Massachusetts and employees an average of 1,837 people in Central Massachusetts from 2010 to 2020. All of this means John "Jack" Roche has a lot of…

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Today's Poll

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

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