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  • 27 Central Mass. firms win training funds

    June 10, 2015

    Twenty-seven Central Massachusetts companies are among nearly 200 companies in the Bay State that have been awarded state-funded workforce training grants.

  • Report: PFERD headquarters moving from Leominster to Milwaukee

    June 9, 2015

    Leominster-based manufacturer PFERD Inc. plans to consolidate its staff and operations at its Wisconsin facility, BizTimes of Milwaukee is reporting.

  • Real Deals: June 8, 2015

    June 8, 2015

    Real Deals highlights recent commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts. This week's deal: The former Evergreen Solar building in Devens.

  • Moody's lifts UMass Memorial outlook

    Rick Saia June 4, 2015

    Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its debt outlook for UMass Memorial Health Care from negative to positive, citing an upturn in the Worcester-based organization's finances.

  • Gas pipeline changes to spare 6 Central Mass. communities

    Michael Norton State House News Service June 3, 2015

    Planned revisions to the proposed Kinder Morgan gas project mean the proposed pipeline will no longer affect several communities north and east of Worcester.

  • Former Evergreen Solar site sells for $36M

    Sam Bonacci June 3, 2015

    The owners of the former Evergreen Solar site in Devens have sold the fully-leased property for $36 million after initially purchasing the property for $8.3 million.

  • AMSC revenue up; quarterly loss down

    Rick Saia May 28, 2015

    Wind energy equipment manufacturer AMSC of Devens saw a strong 36-percent revenue growth to close out its most recent fiscal year while substantially cutting its quarterly losses, the company reported Thursday.

  • Making room - and living space - for the arts in Worcester, Fitchburg

    Sam Bonacci May 25, 2015

    Some of the most dynamic cities in the United States rely on a strong core of artists to boost their image and add an element of desirability that’s missing from other communities.

  • Treatment options grow to battle rising opiate crisis

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal May 25, 2015

    From July 2013 through June 2014, nearly 5,000 people sought treatment for substance abuse in Worcester. For 62 percent of them, the drug in question was heroin.

  • More help on the way for small businesses

    Sam Bonacci May 25, 2015

    Former State Treasurer Steven Grossman, now CEO for a Boston-based nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize urban economies through business and job development, is leading the charge for business training in Massachusetts' 26 Gateway Cities,…

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
Poll Description

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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