AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEconomic Development: Reading won a $500,000 state grant to redesign Walkers Brook Drive, laying groundwork for a safer corridor and a mixed-use district with new housing and commercial development. Life Sciences: Thermo Fisher is adding sterile drug-product lines and bioprocessing capacity at a Massachusetts site, while AstraZeneca plans to invest more than $1 billion in the state and expand its workforce. Energy Infrastructure: Massachusetts is funding an 80-megawatt-hour iron-sodium battery project at a ski resort; in Falmouth, neighbors are challenging Eversource’s proposed substation, which the utility says would improve reliability. Agriculture: Cranberry growers are beginning harvest early again, with compact loaders helping reduce picking time.
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