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  • Movers & Shakers for Jan. 10, 2022

    Updated: January 10, 2022

    People are on the move at Country Bank, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., RCAP Solutions, and more.

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    Central Mass. towns receive $50M for water infrastructure construction

    Katherine Hamilton January 6, 2022

    Central Massachusetts communities have received roughly $44.3 million in loans and $5.6 million in loan forgiveness grants from the state treasurer to go towards improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, according to a Thursday…

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    Lancaster mansion sold for $2M

    Katherine Hamilton January 5, 2022

    The 56-acre Maharishi Ayruveda Health Center, which is located in an historic mansion in Lancaster, sold for $2 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

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    Bomba family sells Harrington Farm in Princeton for $6.4M

    Katherine Hamilton December 30, 2021

    Harrington Farm, a popular wedding venue in Princeton, has been sold by its owner of almost three decades for $6.4 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

  • Unemployment in Greater Worcester, Leominster hits COVID low

    Katherine Hamilton December 30, 2021

    Unemployment in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area saw a decrease of 0.4 percentage points in November, dropping to 4.8%, according to Thursday’s report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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    Rite Aid property in Clinton sells for $3M

    Katherine Hamilton December 23, 2021

    A property containing a Rite Aid in Clinton sold on Tuesday, along with several surrounding vacant lots, for just over $3.1 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

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    Boston developer buys Harvard Appleworks office complex, vacant land for $6M

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021

    A 78,000-square-foot flex office space known as the Appleworks in Harvard has sold along with an adjacent property for a total of $6 million to a Boston developer, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

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    Transformation of Leominster’s Jytek Park continues with $1.6M sale

    Katherine Hamilton December 20, 2021

    Randolph and Baldwin, an Ayer-based engineering and design firm, has purchased a warehouse on Jytek Road in Leominster for $1.6 million, according to real estate database CoStar.

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    Here are 22 people you should meet in 2022

    December 20, 2021

    To help you navigate the ins and outs of the region's business community, WBJ has compiled a list for its Economic Forecast edition of 22 people who will have an outsized role in shaping those trends.

  • People to Meet in 2022: Tina Sbrega

    Sloane M. Perron December 20, 2021

    Sbrega is a strong proponent of small businesses, particularly cannabis startups often facing problems securing funding, as marijuana remains illegal federally.

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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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