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Boston testing mobile building permit tracking app

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The City of Boston is piloting a Web and mobile app that lets citizens track their permit applications online. The app called Permit Finder could free city employees from having to respond to the 30 to 40 permit status-related calls they receive each week. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Aging in Place: My Aunt Nancy’s New ADU

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It had been a few years since I visited my dear Aunt Nancy at her home in the leafy green Boston suburb of Hanover, Mass. As such, obtaining a permit requires the homeowner to inform neighbors of the project and allow for public input at a zoning board meeting. Peter Fabris. The contractor agreed. But there was a regulatory hitch.

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7 lessons learned from 40+ years planning and designing senior living environments

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It was developed by Hebrew Senior Life of Boston and is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. This 940,000-sf community offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, long-term care, and hospice for over 800 seniors. It opened during the 2008-10 financial crisis and filled rapidly, despite the recession.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

Business Facilities

When the renowned Boston Consulting Group recently ranked the top 50 most innovative companies, it was found that 13 of that top 50 operate significant R&D facilities in Michigan. For a true sense of the state’s technology leadership, you need only to know a few of the ways that differentiate Michigan from virtually all other locations.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

The Red Tape Reduction Initiative encourages businesspeople, state employees and consumers to identify burdensome regulations and offer suggestions for improvement. Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rick Scott has eliminated hundreds of regulations he says are impeding business expansions and new facilities in the Sunshine State; and Louisiana, which has married an unrivaled workforce training program with a bevy of new incentives that are spurring hot new growth sectors, including digital media.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

Business Facilities

Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Walking you through the permitting process. Streamlined approval processes for zoning, permitting and design also aid speed to market. OSWEGO COUNTY: ACCESS WITH PROXIMITY AND CONVENIENCE. Just ask Hickman’s Family Farms.