Cabela's, the chain of outdoor clothing and equipment stores, is hiring about 200 people to staff its new store in Berlin, which will open in the spring, the Nebraska-based firm says.
While the U.S. Senate narrowly defeated the proposed Keystone pipeline expansion from Canada to the Gulf Coast earlier this week, another pipeline project with local impact is still pending, and it's creating controversy for the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Groton Selectman Joshua Degen's recent decision to cancel his chamber membership has led its CEO, Melissa Fetterhoff, to defend Houston-based energy giant Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' status as a chamber gold sponsor, a designation Degen said he could not stomach. He recently wrote to Fetterhoff, asking his membership be canceled, just one month after he joined the Devens-based chamber.
When it comes to demand for rental housing, as Boston goes, so goes MetroWest, and developers are planning new apartment complexes throughout the region to take advantage of a rental boom.
The Holden Area Chamber of Commerce is hoping to attract new member businesses from neighboring towns through a name change its board of directors approved last week.
A mixed-use development project in Berlin may soon realize its potential with the arrival of a new tenant and other development prospects within reach.