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  • MWCC launching advanced manufacturing program

    January 19, 2015

    Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) will launch a six-week training program in advanced manufacturing next month at its Devens campus, and is recruiting students, the Gardner-based school announced.

  • Leominster receives $10K to study business property

    January 13, 2015

    The city of Leominster has received $9,800 to conduct an environmental assessment of a vacant commercial building in one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, officials announced Tuesday.

  • Towns aiming to loosen strings to boost business

    Sam Bonacci January 12, 2015

    As businesses continue to move into the large stock of vacant commercial buildings along Interstate 495, some communities are looking to boost ground-up development with clear zoning regulations, s

  • EasyPak's Leominster expansion approved

    January 2, 2015

    EasyPak of Leominster has gotten the state's go-ahead to double the size of its 21,000-square-foot building.

  • Gardner web designer buys Leominster firm

    Rick Saia December 31, 2014

    Web and graphic design services provider Agape Creative of Leominster has been acquired by InConcert Web Solutions of Gardner, InConcert announced today. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Fitchburg manufacturer secures five-year medical contract

    December 24, 2014

    Micron Products of Fitchburg has signed an exclusive manufacturing agreement for New Era Orthopaedics knee, hip and spine implant systems.

  • State panel upholds Great Wolf tax deal with Fitchburg

    Rick Saia December 18, 2014

    (UPDATED) A state panel has upheld a series of tax incentives for the Great Wolf Lodge water park and hotel in Fitchburg after a carpenters' union alleged the company failed to use local contractors to build the facility and that subcontractors did…

  • National Grid to build more solar in Mass.

    Sam Bonacci December 15, 2014

    National Grid will more than triple its solar-power generation capabilities in Massachusetts with an additional 16 megawatts of energy at 19 sites to be built in the next year, the utility announced Monday.

  • Fitchburg State names new president

    Sam Bonacci December 11, 2014

    The Fitchburg State University Board of Trustees have selected Richard S. Lapidus to be the university's 11th president beginning in July, the school announced Thursday afternoon.

  • Brewer will join UMass-Amherst faculty

    State House News Service December 8, 2014

    Sen. Stephen Brewer of Barre is leaving the Legislature next month but will waste little time in finding new work.

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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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