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Economic DevelopmentThe Town of Littleton is committed to encouraging economic development which is consistent with community character. But what sort of economic development do we want and where? A public forum was held on Wednesday, May 21st at 7 PM. Read the Littleton Independent story about it. See the PowerPoint presentation (PDF file). Read the notes on themes and policies, and comments about specific locations. On June 18, 2008, the Economic Development Steering Committee and the Board of Selectmen met with IBM's transition team. Read more from the Independent. The Economic Development Steering Committee next meets on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 7 PM in Room 103. Town Meeting voters approved funding to formulate an economic development strategy and action plan, and the Town has contracted with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council as planning consultant/facilitator to work with a Steering Committee of Town board/staff representatives.
Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan. On January 8, 2008, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve a contract withthe Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for a scope of services to undertake the economic development strategy and action plan exercise (with $25,000 funded by the 11/5/07 Town Meeting) and the expedited permitting process ($20,000 funded by a grant from the state's IPB). The Economic Development Steering Committee next meets on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 7 PM at the Littleton Town Offices. |
IBM, Cisco approved as Priority Development Sites. The Commonwealth’s Interagency Permitting Board has approved the Town of Littleton’s expedited permitting application under MGL C.43D and designated two Priority Development Sites (PDS) in Littleton: (1) 550 King Street (Map U8, Parcel 10-- the “IBM” site owned by National Development) and (2) the Cisco Systems site on Great Road (Map R18, Parcel 1-2). The 11/5/07 Town Meeting had designated both properties as Priority Development Sites. |
| Expedited Permitting Takes Effect September 11, 2008. The 120-day timeline the Town of Littleton has under MGL Chapter 43D to take steps to implement expedited permitting officially began on May 14, 2008, with receipt of grant funding from the state. 120 days from that date-- September 11, 2008— is the date that expedited permitting will officially take effect in Littleton, and any application received on/after that date for either of our two PDS sites (IBM, Cisco) will be subject to that expediting permitting process. |
$100,000 in Grant Funds approved. In votes taken on December 13, 2007 and February 13, 2008, the Interagency Permitting Board also approved $100,000 in grant funds for the Town's implementation of expedited permitting. $20,000 is being used to fund services from MAPC as the Town's expedited permitting/ planning consultant; $30,000 for 18 months of increased Town staffing; and $50,000 to undertake transportation analyses of the IBM and Cisco Sites. |
Economic Development Steering Committee. The approved scope of services provides that MAPC is engaged as a planning consultant/facilitator to work with a Steering Committee of Town board/staff representatives on the economic development and expedited permitting projects. "Participants in this Steering Committee shall include, but may not be limited to, town boards and commissions such as the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Planning Board, Board of Health, Conservation Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Historical Commission, as well as town employees such as the Town Administrator, Town Planner and Town Department Heads (e.g., Fire, Police, Water). |
IBM plans to move 3,400 to Littleton ...IBM plans to move 3,400 employees to its new software campus in Littleton, Mass., the technology giant plans...... Boston Business Journal on August 13, 2007 |
| IBM to Open Largest Software Campus in Massachusetts, Enhancing Investment in Bay State High Tech Talent . . . IBM Press Release 14 Aug 2007 . . . "Continuing its pattern of growth, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will open the largest software campus in Massachusetts in 2008. The software campus, comprised of sites in Littleton and Westford, Massachusetts, will bring together 3,400 of IBM's top technical talent in the state." |
Tyco Sets Eyes on Taylor Woods Option . . . GlobeSt.com 3/20/08 . .. LITTLETON, MA-A real estate throwback from suburban Boston’s golden age of computers is close to getting a new lease on life, as Tyco International reportedly prepares to lease all of 151 Taylor St. The building is a two-story, 100,000-sf flex/office building located at the juncture of Route 2 and Interstate 495. The property is owned by the Bulfinch Cos. of Needham, which acquired it three years ago from Hewlett Packard for $4.3 million. . . . |
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N.E. Deaconess behind Littleton proposal ... Lowell Sun 10/12/2007 ... The health-care company that plans to build a $60 million to $80 million assisted-living facility in town is the same one lured to Provincetown when current Littleton Town Administrator Keith Bergman worked there. . . . |
Community Snapshot - Littleton ... Boston Globe October 7, 2007 ... The brainiacs are coming, and this town hopes they inspire others to do the same. IBM, the computer and software company, is consolidating about 3,400 of its software writers at the former Hewlett-Packard site on King Street and in neighboring Westford. Littleton's new town administrator . . . said a top priority is to rejuvenate commerce in the town, with its enviable access to both Interstate 495 and Route 2. "I think its a jewel and it's going to be a very exciting place to be," Bergman said of Littleton. "We are looking at IBM relocating here and the buzz that that brings as being a very positive sign for the future of town." |
Town gets grant money for promoting business growth ... Lowell Sun 1/15/2008 ... "The town is slated to receive another $50,000 state grant to promote economic development. The money will help the town market the Cisco property located off Great Road near Interstate 495 . . ." |
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