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March 2010

March 7, 2010: The Republican, by Michael McAuliffe
Springfield Tries to Showcase River

March 5, 2010: South End News, by Brandon Simes
MassDevelopment Gives Cathedral High $12 Million in Bonds

March 4, 2010: Press Release
$1.8 Million MassDevelopment Bond to Help Chelmsford Housing Authority Build 37 Affordable Senior Housing Units

March 4, 2010: Press Release
Cathedral High School to Convert Buildings, Add 7th and 8th Grades Thanks to $12 Million MassDevelopment Bond

March 1, 2010: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, by Martin Luttrell
Financing Lined Up for WPI Athletic Center

March 1, 2010: Press Release
Worcester Polytechnic Institute to Build Sports and Recreation Center with Proceeds from $56 Million MassDevelopment Bond

February 2010

February 26, 2010: The Boston Globe, Alix Roy
Restaurant Newcomer Helps Medford Move Forward with Parking Garage

February 23, 2010: Statement by Robert L. Culver
Statement Before the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

February 22, 2010: Press Release
$30 Million Tax-Exempt MassDevelopment Bond to Help Finance Perkins Lower School Construction, Renovation

February 21, 2010: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, by Lisa Eckelbecker
Bristol-Myers Sets Sites on Devens Approval

February 19, 2010: The Republican, Editorial
School HQ Good Fit for Downtown Springfield

February 18, 2010: Cape Cod Times, by Sarah Shemkus
Loans Help Farmers Rebound From 2009

February 18, 2010: The Berkshire Eagle, by Tony Dobrowolski
Loans Aim to Help Struggling Farmers

February 16, 2010: Press Release
MassDevelopment, Strolling of the Heifers, and the Carrot Project Launch Loan Program to Help Massachusetts Farmers

February 15, 2010: The Eagle-Tribune, by Lynne Hendricks
Pizza Chain Owner Wins Amesbury Project Money

February 14, 2010: The Republican, by Pamela Metaxas
Chicopee Officials Predict New Commercial, Industrial Development in Coming Year

February 12, 2010: The Republican, by Jim Kinney
Uniroyal Site Plan Under Way

February 11, 2010: Press Release
Public-Private Partnership Plus $80,000 in MassDevelopment Brownfields Funds to Lay Groundwork for Handicap-Accessible YMCA Parking Lot in Downtown Athol

February 9, 2010: Belchertown-News.com, by Michael Seward
EDIC News

February 2, 2010: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $1.915 Million Tax-exempt Bond to Support Cooperative Production, Inc. in Taunton
 

January 2010

January 21, 2010: Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, by Eliot Baker
New School, Strong Wings Merger Finalized by $1.25 Million State Bond

January 19, 2010: Press Release
Lawrence’s Class, Inc. to Buy Building Thanks to $3.15 Million MassDevelopment Bond

January 18, 2010: The Boston Herald, by Paul Restuccia
Designs on Future

January 16, 2010: The Halifax-Plympton Reporter, by Casey Meserve
The Kennedy Donovan Center Moves to Kingston

January 15, 2010: Nashoba Publishing, by Don Eriksson
Draft Mill Site Report Finished

January 11, 2010: The Herald News
New Bedford Breaks Ground at Riverside Landing

January 10, 2010: The Boston Globe, by Megan Woolhouse
Using Different Tools to Help Small Businesses Survive

January 8, 2010: The Republican, by Pamela H. Metaxas
Uniroyal Site Demolition Starts

January 7, 2010: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $1.25 Million Tax-Exempt Bond to Support the Merger of Nantucket New School and Strong Wings

January 5, 2010: The New York Times, by Susan Diesenhouse
Biopharmaceutical Industry Is Banking on Boston

January 4, 2010: Press Release
MassDevelopment Provides $630,000 Low-Interest Loan to Help Buzzard Bay’s KC Enterprises Buy Building

December 2009

December 22, 2009: Press Release
The Groves in Lincoln to Build New Independent Living Homes for Elders with $117 Million MassDevelopment Bond

December 21, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $1.97 Million in Bonds to Help Attleboro Enterprises Expand, Renovate Building

December 14, 2009: Press Release
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School to Renovate Buildings Thanks to $6.5 Million Bond from MassDevelopment

December 11, 2009: Amherst Bulletin, by Stephen C. Hill
State, Town to Work on Defunct School

December 10, 2009: PlasticsToday.com
Meredith-Springfield Moves Into PET Market with Two Aoki Systems

December 10, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $43 Million in Bonds to Enable Western New England College to Build Academic Building

December 9, 2009: Press Release
Hawthorn Services to Purchase Adult Day Health Center with $925,000 MassDevelopment Bond

December 8, 2009: The Patriot Ledger, by Allison Manning
Weymouth Apartment Complex Sold; 65 Units to Stay Affordable

December 8, 2009: GateHouse News Service, by Ed Baker
Tammy Brook Dwellers in Weymouth Have New Owner

December 7, 2009: Press Release
$10.17 Million MassDevelopment Bond Preserves 65 Affordable Housing Units and Funds Upgrades at Tammy Brook Apartments

November 2009

November 24, 2009: The Walpole Times, by Keith Ferguson
Walpole, State Sends Message to Local Business

November 17, 2009: The Patriot Ledger, by Allison Manning
MassDevelopment Offers Developers a Wider Range of Incentives than Tri-Town

November 17, 2009: The Patriot Ledger, by Allison Manning
Devens: A Base Redevelopment Formula that Works

November 10, 2009: Press Release
State to Invest $177,375 in Cultural Facilities

November 9, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $3.3 Million in Bonds, Guarantees Loan for Hill View Montessori Foundation

November 8, 2009: The Boston Globe, by Brian Benson
Seafood Firms are Offered Loans

November 4, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment to Offer $100,000 in Low-Cost Loans to Gloucester Seafood Businesses Affected by Summer Water Crisis

November 3, 2009: Press Release
Patrick-Murray Administration in Partnership with MassDevelopment Announces Community Service 501(c)(3) Loan Fund

October 2009

October 31, 2009: The Boston Globe, by Jenifer B. McKim
Bay State’s Low-Income Programs Get Boost

October 30, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Secures $55 Million in Federal Tax Credits to Encourage Private Investment in Distressed Communities

October 29, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment and Wright Builders Break Ground on Eastview Homes at Village Hill Northampton

October 29, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Provides $3 Million in Bonds to Expand Facility at Hospice of the North Shore

October 28, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment, MassBio and UMass Hold BioReady Gateway Cities Developer Conference

October 26, 2009: BusinessWest, by Dan Chase
Fueling Optimism – Qteros, the ‘Microsoft of Energy,’ Lands in Chicopee

October 26, 2009: BusinessWest, by Joseph Bednar
State, Springfield Officials See 1550 Main as a Catalyst for Further Growth

October 20, 2009: The Boston Globe, Editorial
To Foster Green Energy, State Needs to Make Bets

October 20, 2009: The Republican, by Pamela Metaxas
Chicopee Gets $100,000 to Begin Cleanup Process of Former Uniroyal Tire Industrial Complex

October 20, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment CEO Culver and Mayor Bissonnette Announce $100,000 for Uniroyal/Facemate Clean-Up

October 9, 2009: Press Release
Representative Neal, Mayor Sarno, Secretary Bialecki, and MassDevelopment CEO Culver Announce Partnership to Revitalize Main Street Corridor

September 2009

September 29, 2009: Press Release
Low-Cost Financing From MassDevelopment Helps Harborlight Make Homes for Working Families, Elders, and Disabled

September 24, 2009: Press Release
Masy Systems of Pepperell Constructs Biopharma Storage Facility with MassDevelopment Equipment Loan

September 23, 2009: The New York Times, by Stephanie Strom
Nonprofits Paying Price for Gamble on Finances

September 23, 2009: The Republican, by Peter Goonan
Springfield Mayor Firm On Move

September 22, 2009: The Lowell Sun, by Mary E. Arata
Devens Gets $500,000 for Dispatch Hub

September 22, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Issues $3.5 Million in Bonds to Support Merrimack Valley Hospice In-Patient Care

September 19, 2009: The Boston Herald, by Christine McConville
Perkins School to Expand

September 17, 2009: Press Release
Massachusetts: It’s All Here Launches Statewide Promotional Effort

September 17, 2009: The Lowell Sun, by Prudence Brighton
Development Opportunities ‘Enormous’

September 17, 2009: Press Release
There’s A Lot to Like About Lowell: 100 Developers And Real Estate Professionals Tour Key Sites During City/MassDevelopment-Sponsored Conference

September 14, 2009: Worcester Business Journal, by Eileen Kennedy
BMS Wraps Up Construction On Devens Plant

September 10, 2009: The Boston Globe, Editorial by Robert Culver
Home Green Home

September 14, 2009: Press Release
Homisco, Inc. of Melrose to Meet European Demand For Its Call Management Systems and Create Seven Jobs Thanks to MassDevelopment Export Loan Guarantee

September 3, 2009: Press Release
Patrick-Murray Administration Releases $7.96 Million for Public Safety, Highlights Municipal Regionalization Efforts

August 2009

August 24, 2009: The Lowell Sun, by Hiroko Sato
Green Building Contest in Devens

August 18, 2009: Press Release
MassDevelopment Chooses Four Baystate Teams to Vie for Right to Build Model Green Housing in Devens

August 13, 2009: Press Release
Penikese Island School to Buy Administrative Building Thanks to MassDevelopment Loan Guarantee