Related: Pioneer Valley losing new biotech firms
What, our biotech saviors are leaving? After we cut them a $1 BILLION dollar giveaway, even though "it's never been easy to turn a profit in biotech?" Flush that money away, too, taxpayer.
"Patriots' owner may get in the game - biotech, that is" by Robert Preer, Globe Correspondent | December 8, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place could be just the start of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's plans for property he owns along Route 1 in Foxborough.
Governor Deval Patrick's administration has designated 500 partially developed acres near the stadium as a growth district, making the land eligible for fast-tracked government approvals and state infrastructure money. The Kraft Group has not filed formal plans for the property, but has indicated it wants to build a 1.5 million-square-foot office and research park, possibly for biotechnology companies....
The Foxborough site is one of 14 in Massachusetts designated as special growth districts. Under the program, the state agrees to expedite permitting and provide money for improvements, such as road upgrades....
How come TAXPAYERS have to PAY for the ROAD UPKEEP while TOLLS, TAXES, and everything else goes up around here? The CORPORATE GIVEAWAYS NEVER END here in "LIBERAL" Massachusetts!!!
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