have included landing Lego’s Americas headquarters and Eli Lilly Innovation Center in Boston, as well as the expansions of biomanufacturing facilities for Moderna and Sartorius in Marlborough, Astellas research in Cambridge, a new facility for the climatetech company Munters in Amesbury, and Werfen, a diagnostics company, in Bedford. “It has been a very active period for projects considering Massachusetts as a place to expand or relocate commercial operations,” stated MassEcon’s executive director, Pete Abair. “The ability to move quickly to assist these prospects through the Team Massachusetts approach has delivered demonstrable successes.” Massachusetts includes 351 cities and towns. With no country government, the municipalities play the important “last yard” role in getting any economic development opportunity across the goal line. Again, the Team Massachusetts approach assists municipalities interested in new economic opportunities. While many cities have highcapacity planning and development offices, smaller towns are more limited in economic development expertise. Team Massachusetts, operating through organizations like the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, MassDevelopment, MassEcon and others,works closely with town officials to identify potential impediments to economic development projects and pursue successful strategies to make job creation opportunities a reality. 23 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 04 MASS LEADS ACT
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