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  • HealthAlliance Hospital announces layoffs

    Emily Micucci June 18, 2014

    HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster on Wednesday said it will lay off employees from clinical and administrative departments, including managerial staff, due to declining patient volumes.

  • Ayer manufacturer will boost production with loans

    Emily Micucci June 18, 2014

    Ayer-based Optometrics Corp. has received a $300,000 equipment loan from MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

  • 21 organizations in Central Mass. win building grants

    June 13, 2014

    The Patrick administration is awarding nearly $14 million in grants to support new building projects for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, schools, and communities across the state, including 21 in Central Massachusetts.

  • Deal would give Mass. nation-leading $11 minimum wage by 2017

    Matt Murphy State House News Service June 12, 2014

    The minimum wage in Massachusetts would increase from $8 an hour to $11 an hour by 2017 under a deal announced Wednesday night by top House and Senate Democrats.

  • WBJ honors 6 as Family Business Awards winners

    June 9, 2014

    Family relationships can be complicated. But in some cases, those blood relationships can be tested and even strained when there's a family business involved that needs caring and nurturing.

  • Central Mass Family Business Awards 2014: Wood's Ambulance

    Livia Gershon June 9, 2014

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  • Gateway Cities key for continued growth in Bay State

    Craig L. Blais Special To The Worcester Business Journal June 9, 2014

    Gateway Cities, such as Fitchburg and Worcester, are in a unique position of combating the perceptions that come with older industrial centers while building upon the remnants of that industrial heritage to foster the industries of tomorrow.

  • Fresh Beginnings: June 9, 2014

    June 9, 2014

    True North Holistic Center and Retreat House in Hubbardston will open The Evoking Alchemy Center —a refurbished farmhouse and studio — on Tuesday, June 10.

  • Looking back to 1990: Nypro goes to Russia

    June 9, 2014

    This year the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary with a look back at major events over that time, this issue we look at Nypro's Russian joint venture in 1990.

  • AMSC reports $40M deal, falling revenue

    June 5, 2014

    Devens-based AMSC said today that it has received a $40 million order for wind turbine electrical control systems (ECS).

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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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