Park's first commercial tenant in permitting process
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On Thursday, August 13th Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-2nd Massachusetts) announced a grant totaling $12.8 million for infrastructure improvements to Worcester's Green Tech Park. Green Tech Park is a development project by the Worcester Business Development Corporation (WBDC) on part of the former campus of Saint-Gobain Abrasives in the Greendale section of the city.
After the ceremony announcing the grant, WBDC President Craig Blais gave Spectrum News an update on the development of the business park. Blais, "Senator Markey and Congressman McGovern announced federal money that will be used for vital infrastructure for Green Tech Park. Roadways, water, sewer, upgrade of all the utilities and making New Bond Street and now it's known as C Street public ways."
Blais addressed reports of a potential fi…