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Central Mass. communities have different philosophies for tax breaks

A Worcester Business Journal investigation shows a broad range of practices in how communities use — or don't — tax breaks for development.

Want vegan cupcakes or fondant wedding cake? Check out my competition

You should see the look on the faces of those who ask me who my competition is.

Two Leominster properties sell for $2M each

The Arts of Beads building and a CVS store have sold for a combined $5.05 million

Year ends with Central Mass. home sales down, prices up to $275K

Central Massachusetts ended 2018 with single-family home sales falling for the year and prices rising on a tight inventory.
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Market Basket to anchor Maynard development

A Market Basket grocery store will anchor the Maynard Crossing mixed-use development just south of the town center, giving the chain its latest location in Central Massachusetts.

The Botanist parent says its marijuana Super Bowl ad was denied

Acreage Holdings, a national cannabis giant with a medical dispensary in Worcester, says its proposed Super Bowl advertisement advocating for equal access to medical marijuana was denied by CBS.

10 Things I Know About … Retaining staff in the service industry

Sell a good product. Make sure the product your employee is trying to sell is reputable, this makes her/his job easy.

Hits & Misses: For local governments, the potential upside of tax breaks outweighs the risk

A hit-or-miss nature has been an unavoidable part of communities' use of business tax breaks over the last two decades, a WBJ review shows.
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Central Mass. officials pushing federal opportunity zones incentive

For neighborhoods in Central Massachusetts overlooked by developers, there's a potential salvation: a new federal tax incentive program.

Paying for growth: Tax breaks central to Central Mass. economic development

Communities have often used tax deals to help companies in what officials say is the most important tool they can use in economic development.
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