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Worcester Union Station is a failure. Once viewed with the potential to be a true intermodal terminal, serving all kinds of transit with grace, it has now become a hollow shell with few amenities for those who depend on it. While having almost hourly trains to Boston, daily trains to Chicago, and thousands passing through...
In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing using criteria like “industrial workers live in this area as well as a few negroes.” Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack of investment.
The Worcester Redevelopment Authority is turning more proactive in helping to remake downtown and beyond, including what would be the first two properties taken as part of a sprawling revitalization plan.
WORCESTER—The City Council Tuesday approved the creation of a Ballpark Commission to oversee the general operation of Polar Park. As with previous council discussions about creation of the commission, it wasn't without debate, and it wasn't without another attempt to send it back to City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. for further revisions. The city manager had intended to have the commission in place ahead of the scheduled May 11 opening day at the city-owned minor league baseball stadium in the Canal District that will serve as the home of the top minor league affiliate of the Bost...
The Worcester Red Sox's lease with the city to play for up to 35 years in Polar Park was approved Friday by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. The long-anticipated lease agreement commits the WooSox to play at Polar Park for at least 25 years, starting as soon as April. The team is also picking up the entirety of a $17-million cost overrun announced last week, an increase that brings the project's total cost to roughly $157 million. The authority, a city body that is the technical owner of the ballpark site and gives direct oversight to the project, approved the lease unanimously. Auth...