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  • Caterer Buys Devens Theater Building

    Rick Saia December 11, 2013

    A local caterer has bought the former Hodges Theater in Devens and the three acres on which it's situated, according to MassDevelopment, which sold the property for $120,000.

  • Auto Parts Retailer Bringing 300+ Jobs To Devens

    December 10, 2013

    National auto parts retailer O'Reilly Auto Parts will be bringing at least 300 employees over the next few years to a recently purchased distribution facility in Devens.

  • For New Beginnings, North Central Area Looks To Its Past

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal December 16, 2013

    North Central Massachusetts is an area that keeps its manufacturing past in full view. Many towns retain nicknames that bring to mind old, dirty factories turning out the kinds of things that are now mostly imported from China. For instance,…

  • Cambrooke Foods Announces Name Change

    December 5, 2013

    Ayer-based Cambrooke Foods, which provides medically appropriate foods to people with metabolic disorders, announced Wednesday it has formally changed its name to Cambrooke Therapeutics.

  • Robust Rebirth: Devens Proven To Be Economic Dream Come To Life

    Emily Micucci December 2, 2013

    Leave it to Devens to become the destination of the much-anticipated film studios that economic development leaders had hoped would come when Massachusetts implemented tax credits designed to lure the film industry. Developers floated plans for…

  • Area Unemployment Steady in October

    November 26, 2013

    Unemployment in Central Massachusetts held fairly steady over the past month but is markedly higher than this point last year.

  • Groton School Receives $75M MassDevelopment Bond

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013

    MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, has issued a $75-million tax-exempt bond for the renovation of Groton School’s historic Schoolhouse building, built in 1899.

  • Arrhythmia Revenue Dips; Quarterly Loss Plunges

    Rick Saia November 20, 2013

    Arrhythmia Research Technology of Fitchburg saw a 4.7 percent drop in revenue for the third quarter, but substantially cut its losses as the medical device manufacturer touted several victories from July through September, the company said today.

  • Milford Voters Deliver Emphatic 'No' On Casino

    Rick Saia November 20, 2013

    Voters in Milford yesterday said “no dice.” No blackjack or slots either. In fact, there was nothing ambiguous about the denial they delivered yesterday to the developers of the proposed resort casino near the junction of Interstate 495 and Route 16.

  • Revenue Up, Losses Down For Precision Optics

    November 19, 2013

    Precision Optics of Gardner increased fiscal first-quarter revenue 61 percent while cutting its quarterly loss, the maker of optical systems announced Monday.

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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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