Archive for the ‘News’ Category
On the lookout for new businesses
May 13, 2012 — Community Advocate — Like officials in neighboring communities, Marlborough’s Economic Development Corporation is searching for ways to bring new business to the city in order to reduce the tax burden on residents. ... read more
TJX Buys Marlborough Property, Keeps Framingham as HQ
May 7, 2012 — Marlborough Patch — Late last week the TJX Company announced at Framingham Town Meeting that it planned to maintain its corporate headquarters in Framingham, causing concern in Marlborough that this would affect the company’s plans to expand into Marlborough. ... read more
Officials talk economic development in Marlborough
May 3, 2012 — The MetroWest Daily News — Marlborough Economic Development Corp. officials are proposing several initiatives meant to spur economic activity and reduce taxes on residents. ... read more
Weetabix moving offices to Marlborough
April 20, 2012 – The Item – The Weetabix Co. headquarters will move to Marlborough this summer. ... read more
An update on cultural-district designation request
April 19, 2012 – The MetroWest Daily News – Residents and officials looking to make the downtown area a cultural destination say the process to get a special designation from the state is underway. ... read more
Mayor highlights his first 100 days
April 10, 2012 – The MetroWest Daily News – Mayor Arthur Vigeant introduced a few new initiatives, including a city-sponsored job fair, last night and highlighted the achievements he has made so far during his first term in office. In an address to the City Council to mark his first 100 days in office, Vigeant announced that the city, in partnership with the Marlborough Economic Development Corp. and Quinsigamond Community College, will host a jobs fair in June. ... read more
Marlborough district seeks cultural status
March 25, 2012 – The Boston Globe – In an effort to generate more business, Marlborough Downtown Village, an organization of residents, business, and property owners, has been trying since 2010 to attract artists and other cultural enterprises to the Main Street area while preserving and reusing historic buildings. ... read more
Marlborough officials hopeful about TJX proposal
March 16, 2012 – Community Advocate – Last year local officials were stunned by the news that Fidelity 
Investments was planning on vacating their Marlborough campus by the end of 2012 and relocating 1,100 employees to Rhode Island or New Hampshire. Now, with the announcement that the TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) has decided to purchase two of the soon to be vacant Fidelity buildings, officials are hopeful that the city will once again be on the upswing. ... read more
Marlborough giving TJX tax break
March 9, 2012 – The Boston Globe – The mayor of Marlborough said Thursday night that the city has agreed to provide a tax break to help lure retail giant TJX Cos. to a pair of office buildings being vacated by Fidelity Investments. ... read more
MEDC appoints new board members, forms sub committees
January 30, 2012 – At the annual meeting of the Marlborough Economic
Development Corporation (MEDC) held on January 25, at the Embassy Suites, Marlborough, eight new board members were elected. ... read more
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