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Business leaders overwhelmingly support the city’s agreement to sell the former Worcester County Courthouse to a New Hampshire developer for $1.2 million, according to early results from this week’s WBJ Flash Poll.
The poll, posted Monday on the WBJ website, found 79-percent support for the deal without conditions being pushed by the Worcester Community-Labor Coalition. Those conditions include ensuring that at least half of the construction jobs for the site’s redevelopment go to Worcester residents.
By 11 a.m. Tuesday, the poll found that 19 percent believe the city should attach conditions sought by the coalition. Two percent are not sure.
The City Council is expected to approve when it meets tonight at City Hall. It had been originally scheduled to vote two weeks ago.
Voters were also asked to comment about the deal. Here are three:
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