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Lowertown’s Council Member Wants a Slice of Foundry Row’s Growth Redirected Home
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Council Member Terrence Boudreaux wants to create a dedicated Lowertown reinvestment fund capturing rising Foundry Row property values, arguing the neighborhood deserves a guaranteed share of growth happening next door.
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Bellwater’s Skills Gap Is Narrowing, Iyer’s Annual Report Finds, but Not Fast Enough
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Economist Samuel Iyer’s annual skills-gap report finds the region’s shortfall of qualified technical workers has narrowed to about 1,200 positions,…
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Rejected Vendors Say Riverlight Festival Keeps Picking the Same Favorites
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Rejected vendors say Riverlight Festival’s selection process favors a familiar group of returning businesses over newcomers, a complaint organizers dispute…
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Lowertown Eviction Filings Climb Even as Rent Increases Cool Citywide
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Eviction filings against Lowertown tenants rose 22 percent even as citywide rent growth slowed to its lowest pace in years,…
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As Liberal-Arts Enrollment Drops, Bellwater State Bets on Workforce Programs
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Bellwater State University’s enrollment in biotech and clean-energy programs has grown nearly 40 percent in three years, though officials say the pipeline still trails behind employer demand.
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Foundry Row’s Biotech Growth Is Reshaping the City’s Bottom Line, Budget Office Finds
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A budget office report projects nearly $11 million in additional city tax revenue driven by Foundry Row’s biotech expansion, prompting a debate over whether to save the windfall or spend…
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$34 Million Appropriation Would Finish Foundry Row and West Bellwater Transit Segments
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The city council voted 6-1 to approve a $34 million appropriation completing construction financing for the transit corridor’s West Bellwater and Foundry Row segments, with Cedar Hollow’s council member casting…
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Planning Department Launches Corridor-Wide Study of Mill Street
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Bellwater’s planning department has launched a corridor-wide study of Mill Street, aiming to set consistent zoning and affordable-housing rules after lawsuits exposed gaps in project-by-project agreements.
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New County Data Shows Overdose Deaths Concentrated in Lowertown, Cedar Hollow
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The Wentworth County Department of Health’s full annual overdose report shows Lowertown and Cedar Hollow account for 62 percent of the county’s overdose deaths, and that the population affected is…
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Trustees Fund First Two Phases of Miners Facility Overhaul, Defer the Third
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Bellwater State’s trustees approved $14.2 million to fund the first two phases of the Miners’ facility upgrade plan, deferring locker room renovations amid concerns about competing budget priorities.
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Record Crowd at Millrace Stadium as River FC Opens Season
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Bellwater River FC set a franchise attendance record of 14,478 at Millrace Stadium in a 2-1 season-opening win, though a supporters’ group leader flagged concerns about rising ticket prices.
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Kestrel Biologics Hits Its Hiring Target, With Help It Didn’t Expect to Need
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Kestrel Biologics says it has nearly doubled its Bellwater workforce, hitting its two-year hiring target partly by absorbing technicians laid off by rival Ridgeline Therapeutics.
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After Twenty Years on Vale Avenue, the Millhouse Café Is Betting on Foundry Row
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Vale Avenue’s Millhouse Café will open a second location near Foundry Row this fall, betting that the neighborhood’s growing biotech workforce can support a satellite of the downtown institution.
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Council Splits Over Chief Simms’ $94 Million Police Budget Request
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A push to redirect police overtime funding toward a mental-health co-response pilot became the sharpest fight of this year’s budget season, ending in a committee compromise that funds a smaller…