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  • Medical marijuana applicants enter next phase of approval process

    Rick Saia February 3, 2014

    With 20 sites across the commonwealth – including locations in Worcester, Milford and Ayer - winning initial state approval to open medical marijuana dispensaries, the next step toward approval begins, a process that will focus heavily on local…

  • Does location benefit the Leominster slots proposal?

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 10, 2014

    For the past three years, it's been hard to get away from questions about gambling in Massachusetts. Headlines have been filled with proposals, disqualifications, public meetings and community votes. Within the next five weeks, the Massachusetts…

  • Unitil attributes higher earnings to natural gas demand

    Emily Micucci January 29, 2014

    Unitil Corp., which provides power to business and residential customers in Ashby, Fitchburg, Lunenburg and Townsend, reported earnings of $21.6 million for the year, and $10.3 million for the fourth quarter which ended Dec. 31, representing…

  • Enterprise Bancorp reports 9% annual net income growth

    Emily Micucci January 29, 2014

    Lowell-based Enterprise Bancorp Inc., which has branches in Acton, Fitchburg, Leominster and Westford, reported annual net income of $13.5 million for 2013, a 9-percent increase over 2012, in a milestone year for loan growth, according to an…

  • Area unemployment up slightly in December

    January 28, 2014

    Unemployment in Central Massachusetts held relatively steady in December and throughout the past year.

  • Patrick seeks 5% spending jump in final budget

    Matt Murphy And Michael Norton State House News Service January 23, 2014

    Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday presented his eighth and final budget proposal before he leaves office, filing a $36.4-billion spending plan for the next fiscal year that includes a $205 million increase for public education and investments in the…

  • AMSC settles lawsuit for $10M

    January 21, 2014

    AMSC has agreed to set aside $10 million to settle claims that it artificially inflated its financial results between July 2010 and July 2011, according to court filings.

  • Devens leads spike in warehouse occupancy

    Emily Micucci January 21, 2014

    Since the Great Recession of 2009, business tenants in Greater Boston, including MetroWest towns along Interstate 495, have enjoyed low commercial rents and the upper-hand in negotiations with landlords. But is that starting to change? It's highly…

  • Looking back: Army closes Fort Devens in 1996

    January 20, 2014

    This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary.

  • Renewable energy contract promises North Central Mass. savings

    Emily Micucci January 15, 2014

    Manufacturers based in North Central Massachusetts will now have new access to renewable electricity, thanks to a new contract between the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. (NCMDC) and Nugen Capital Management LLC to generate net…

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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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