have access to local talent. “We have a shuttle that services from Boston, Cambridge up to Billerica to get employees from the city up here,” expands Cronin. Middlesex Community College in neighboring Bedford provides workforce development programs based on industry needs, while UMass Lowell is a major resource for research, engineering, and advanced manufacturing expertise. “Those are the two post-secondary institutions that are closest to us, that the businesses here drive a lot of their employees from or they have their employees go back to school at those two facilities to improve upon themselves,” relays Assistant Town Manager Robert Maynard. The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is another crucial entity helping to guide the future of advanced technology manufacturing in the region. “Our most recent grand opening was a business that was created out of WPI called AM Batteries,” Malgieri adds.“They found a way to create the internal layered materials 41 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 10 BILLERICA, MA
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