Mansfield, Massachusetts

MANSF I ELD , MASSACHUSETTS That allowed Hagen to expand for another entire third shift at their facility, through a small investment by the town of $330,000 total over a 10-year period. “Regarding the small business incubator space, we’re working with Brian Quick from VAM Realty, who owns 64 acres that the bio-incubator sits on, to look at creating additional opportunities and space. We already have one business that’s a spinoff of the bio-incubator and we want to make sure we provide an opportunity where some changes in zoning will allow the company to stay at that location and turn into a multi-million dollar business. We’re trying to be flexible with businesses to allow growth opportunities.” BVM: What’s happening in the areas of infrastructure and environmental initiatives? Burke: “We have fiber optic throughout the Cabot Business Park. Mansfield Electric Light Department installed it there, first, to ensure our high-tech businesses have the fastest electronic communications available, to stay competitive with the Boston area.” Stanbrook: “Five years ago, the town Finance Committee put forth a $2 million road revitalization program per year for five years - a $10 million program to get our road ratings up above 80 percent in five years, town-wide. It just ended and we’ve been able to achieve that. Now we’re in the evaluation phase and probably going to continue within another similar program.” Dumas: “We have focused a lot of initiatives to cut back on the town’s energy usage, on water conservation efforts, in addition to massive infrastructure improvements. If there needs to be water and sewer work done, we pipe them together into the program, so we’re only disturbing the road once and then we can comprehensively go through and deal with water, sewer, and pavement work all at one time. We participate in a state-wide Complete Streets Program, which means that when we rebuild a street it has sidewalks, a bike lane, as well as being safe to