STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AIMING TO TRANSFORM BOSTON into the hub of the “industrial Internet,” the CEO of General Electric expressed a come-what-may attitude on Monday about two policy proposals in the pipeline. Speaking before a crowd of business and government heavyweights at 60 State Street, Jeff Immelt said Boston’s “ecosystem” of ideas and entrepreneurs […]
Growth and Development
Posted inEconomy, Gambling
Revere officials find major code violations at Wonderland site
REVERE MAYOR BRIAN ARRIGO said city inspectors have identified code violations at the former Wonderland dog track that could lead to fines totaling $10,000 to $15,000 a day. Arrigo indicated he has no immediate plans to collect the fines, but wants to use them as leverage to spur the owner of the property to move […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Baker seeks to redevelop state parcel
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE PLANNING TO MOVE STATE HIGHWAY OFFICES from their perch above Boston’s Big Dig, city and state officials want to develop a large area at the edge of Chinatown, they announced Tuesday. The move is a high-profile example of an effort by Gov. Charlie Baker to convert state-owned land into housing and […]
Posted inEconomy, Gambling, The Back Story
A tale of two companies
STEVE WYNN MUST BE CRYING in front of his Picasso reading about the efforts of state and city officials to bring GE to Boston. The so-called Summary of Incentives agreement signed by GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Gov. Charlie Baker, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh might as well have been written on red carpet. The state […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
ML Strategies scores win with GE
GENERAL ELECTRIC’S DECISION to relocate its headquarters and 800 jobs to Boston was a big victory for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker, but it was also another win for the well-connected Boston lobbying firm of ML Strategies. ML, a division of the law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, was […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Come to Boston for the sights, stay for the tax credits
Boston and the entire state is puffing out its collective chest just a little bit more this morning with the announcement that General Electric is moving its worldwide headquarters to the Seaport District this summer. And all it took was money. Lots and lots of money. Potentially as much as $145 million in tax credits, grants, and infrastructure […]
Posted inOpinion
In Newtonville, smart growth is taking hold
Photos from 1984 by Bill Dain; photos from 2015 by Amy Dain. TAKE OUT YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS for a moment. You might need it to see some of changes in Newtonville since I was a kid. The annual jazzy Newtonville Day that takes over part of Walnut Street for an afternoon is new. Carolyn’s Sweets […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Closed doors
Photographs by Michael Manning IN NEWTON, WHERE single-family home values are creeping into the million-dollar range, few things trigger more raw emotion than proposals for affordable housing. That emotion was on full display in early December at Newton City Hall as proponents and opponents of a mixed-use development packed the Board of Aldermen meeting […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Baker unveils new development approach
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A NEW WORKING GROUP will facilitate the revitalization of the city of Lynn, using expedited permitting and coordinating development of sites with cross-jurisdictional issues, the Baker administration announced Monday. Gov. Charlie Baker traveled to Lynn to announce the Lynn Economic Advancement and Development Team. “If this is a model that could […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
Carrying the Bay State’s water
Although Massachusetts is currently experiencing a moderate drought, the Bay State is unlikely to experience water problems of California-sized proportions. But the Bay State does have a major water problem, it’s just one that most people can’t see. The US Environmental Protection Agency recently projected the nation’s drinking water infrastructure needs and found that Massachusetts would need […]