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  • MassEcon honors 3 Central Mass. companies

    December 5, 2014

    Affordable Interior Systems, Inc. of Leominster, Quest Diagnostics of Marlborough, and Pall Life Sciences of Westborough were among 18 companies from across the state honored by MassEcon this week for their contributions to the economy.

  • The essential middleman: Why a broker can be a smart move when you want to buy or sell a business

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal December 8, 2014

    For the past two years, Hudson-based ResTech Plastic Molding has been on a buying spree, gobbling up three fellow manufacturers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania and looking at more potential deals d

  • Cashing in on culture to boost business

    Sam Bonacci December 8, 2014

    More governments and nonprofit groups across Central Massachusetts are focusing on culture and the arts as money-making cornerstones capable of anchoring entire neighborhoods while making cities more livable.

  • Tyco cuts Westminster work force by 5 %

    Sam Bonacci December 3, 2014

    Voluntary separations of longer-term Tyco SimplexGrinnell employees in Westminster will reduce the company's local workforce 5 percent by the end of the year while keeping the number of employees above 700, according to a spokesperson for the…

  • Fitchburg State narrows president search to 3 finalists

    November 24, 2014

    Three educators from outside Massachusetts have emerged as finalists to succeed the retiring Robert Antonucci as president of Fitchburg State University, the school announced.

  • SBA honors banks with regional ties

    November 24, 2014

    Several banks and a credit union with operations in to Central Massachusetts have been honored by the state's office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for lending to businesses during the 2014 federal fiscal year, the federal agency…

  • North Central chamber picks new leader

    Rick Saia November 24, 2014

    The head of the chamber of commerce in the New Bedford area will move north and take on the same role at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, its board of directors announced Monday morning.

  • Have a dream? MWCC contest deadline is Dec. 31

    November 21, 2014

    A business plan competition put on by Mount Wachusett Community College encourages entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and perhaps win a prize.

  • Briefing: Westminster tobacco ban

    November 24, 2014

    Members of Westminster's board of health may have gotten more pushback than they expected when they proposed banning the sale of all tobacco products in the town. Last week, they dropped the plan.

  • Editorial: Worcester council should narrow tax-rate gap again

    November 24, 2014

    Worcester city councilors next week are expected to hold their annual tax classification hearing, and the business community is again lobbying to shrink the gap between the residential and commercial/industrial rates. The council has done that in…

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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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