• Pilgrim’s progress

  National Guard troops protect the entry and scrutinize visitor identification. Cement pylons snake around parking lots and line the main buildings’ entrances. Grenade nets and metal body barriers form strategic placements along hallways, while sharpshooters look out from barricaded towers to prevent anyone from scaling fences and walls.

• Profile: Phyllis Papani Godwin

  She has taken Granite City Electric to more than $100 million in sales.

• The town of Plymouth: Past, present and future

  Plymouth, the largest town in Massachusetts, is on the verge of unprecedented development. The biggest question facing the town is: What kind of development?

• Planning Plymouth: From the town official’s point of view

  The town of Plymouth is experiencing unprecedented economic development. Plymouth County Business sat with town Planning Director Lee Hartmann and Senior Planner Valerie Massard recently to gain their insight.

• A new chapter for Cordage Park

  It’s called 40R; and it’s at the heart of North Plymouth’s renaissance.

• Cordage Park: Two brothers’ vision is coming into stark focus

  Joe and Lou Jannetty’s latest endeavor seems to have all the elements for success – the 3-quarter-mile waterfront, the Old Colony train station, the surrounding infrastructure, Plymouth’s rapidly changing demographics and economy.

• The Pinehills

  This town within a town reflects Plymouth’s rapid transformation – among residents and businesses.

• From the South Shore to Dubai

  Architect Len Cubellis’ firm is rapidly expanding, with more than 370 colleagues from Chicago to Florida – and beyond.

• Colony Place: Field of dreams

  Saxon Partners built Colony Place with confidence the shoppers will come: It’s not quite a corn patch in Iowa transformed into a magical baseball diamond, but it’s the Plymouth version of a field of dreams.

• Two sides of the Cape Cod Canal

  On one side, a stalled CanalSide Commons; on the other, a fast-tracked Wareham Crossing: Location, location, location – that oft-repeated mantra was never truer than on the shores of the Cape Cod Canal.

• Q&A with … Peter Francese

  Peter Francese, director of demographic forecasts for the New England Economic Partnership, recently spoke to the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit on “Challenges and Opportunities” for the region. This Q&A is extracted from his remarks.

• A new employer-assisted housing program

  October 26, 2007 -- State to match private investment in this pilot project.

• Health insurance reform: A guide for employers

  Business owners and managers across the region are grappling with the requirements of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform regulations. Plymouth County Business asked our legal expert, attorney Beth O’Neal of Masterman Culbert & Tully LLP, to provide this primer for our readers on the mandate. This information is accurate as of October 1, 2007.

• The New Cape Cod

  Six seismic shifts in the economic landscape that could determine your business success in 2007 – and beyond.
  
  Note: Cape Business is holding a series of seminars on on how your business can adapt and grow in the New Cape Cod. To learn more, click here.

• Curry College's growing 'southern' investment

  It’s Monday at 5:30 p.m., and almost spontaneously, the downtown Plymouth classrooms of Curry College come alive with scores of students. They’ve rushed from jobs on Cape Cod and in New Bedford to study subjects ranging from managerial accounting to strategic global marketing in an e-commerce world.

• Taking the pulse of Cape Cod Healthcare

  The system’s opportunities reflect our fast-changing economy. Its challenges could affect every business and resident in the region.
  

• Building a legacy for tomorrow

  As a young child growing up on Cape Cod in the summertime, my grandfather would take my brothers and me on an afternoon excursion. We would drive into Hyannis and visit the Ocean Street docks and watch the ferry coming from or going to Nantucket. From there, we would visit the train station and the arrival from New York. The excursion would continue up Main Street (which was two-way at the time) and stop at Martin’s Bakery, or perhaps Charlberts, Lorrainia’s or Storyland.

• Is air travel coming of age on Cape Cod?

  Do you want to go on a business trip or relax in the Sunbelt without the hassle of driving to Boston or Providence? Now you can, with new one-ticket itineraries from Hyannis to cities including Washington, West Palm Beach, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

• Q&A with Nick Stavropoulos of KeySpan Energy Delivery

  KeySpan, the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, has installed more than 220 miles of pipeline across Cape Cod over the last five years. It is now proposing to construct 13.1 miles of natural gas pipeline to reinforce its existing Sagamore line. The proposed line crosses sections of Sandwich, Barnstable, South Yarmouth, Dennis and Harwich.

• TD Banknorth to lose Barnstable branch and seven Cape employees in companywide consolidation

  March 23, 2007 -- While some rivals are expanding their operations on the Cape, TD Banknorth is contracting. It’s part of a companywide evaluation of its branch network across the entire Northeast and Mid-Atlantic after years of rapid-fire acquisitions that included Cape Cod Bank & Trust.

• New England Savings Bank is Granted A Certificate of Public Convenience from Division of Banks

  July 31, 2006 – The Division of Banks today issued a Certificate of Public Convenience to New England Savings Bank, paving the way for the new community bank to open on Cape Cod.

• Buzzards Bay Association Supports CanalSide Commons Retail Plan for Bourne Circle area

  JULY 28, 2006 -- The Buzzards Bay Village Association, Inc. (BBVA) representing residents, business, and community organizations along Main Street and environs in Buzzards Bay, endorses Len Cubellis' plan to construct much needed retail facilities in the Town of Bourne. The residents of Bourne have long been denied convenient access to meet their modern retail needs and this investment will trigger an effort to restore contemporary retail amenities to all Bourne residents and visitors." said Tom Moccia, president of the BBVA.
  

• Towns rethinking development

  In Cape Cod’s 15 towns, a revolution is slowly brewing on land use controls. Town leaders and voters are beginning to reorder the patterns of development that had been allowed for more than 30 years.

• Bourne’s Finance and Development Corporation: Can it revitalize a marginal economy?

  Bourne’s challenge is as stark as ever. How can it become a destination rather than a gateway to Cape Cod?

• Change agents

  These two leaders must manage by coalition building among businesses, the community, and increasingly, second-home owners. They are young, confident women assuming the biggest jobs of their lives at a time of critical change for their organizations and the Cape. Together, they are responsible for more than 1,700 businesses – big and small. They take over from highly successful and trendsetting predecessors, but are expected to pursue new and expanded missions.
  

• Making peace with growth

  As A.D. Makepeace, the world’s largest cranberry grower, begins to turn thousands of acres into subdivisions, the regional impact is taking shape.

• What Cape leaders are saying about Wareham’s development …

• Community Bank offers boutique approach to banking

  Put yourself in David Curtis’ shoes. He’s the CEO of The Community Bank, which owns a sliver of the Cape Cod market. He faces a growing cadre of competitors – from giants such as Bank of America to homegrown players like Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank and Cape Cod Cooperative Bank – whose Sandwich branches are located only blocks from his own headquarters on Cotuit Road.

• Tax cuts part of developing

  BOSTON, APRIL 25, 2006 -- Recognizing a growing number of residents who are working while trying to care for young and old dependents, Senate President Robert Travaglini on Tuesday announced the Senate will push to more than double the income tax deduction for child and dependent care expenses.
  

• Cape Cod Commission approves YMCA redevelopment project

  April 20, 2006, BARNSTABLE, MA -- The Cape Cod Commission voted unanimously (12-0) today to approve the redevelopment proposal of the YMCA Cape Cod facility in West Barnstable.

• Bank of Cape Cod receives initial FDIC approval

  Bank of Cape Cod has received initial approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for depositors to be covered by federal deposit insurance, it was announced today by Timothy Telman, President and CEO of the proposed bank.

• The Season Ahead

  How will summer 2006 compare with last year? Cape Business talked with Wendy Northcross, CEO and Executive Director of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, to gain insight into the upcoming summer season.

• Cape businesses to pay 60 to 80 percent more for electricity

  Hurricanes and global demand for natural gas

• What can we expect in 2006?

  Dr. Michael Goodman, director of the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute and Dr. Clyde Barrow, director of the UMass-Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis provide their analysis of the 2006 economy for Massachusetts, the region and Cape Cod.

• Romney offers renewable energy support, but...

  Gov. Mitt Romney's appearance at a clean energy promotion event on Nov. 7 set off a chain of criticism, with students, labor, environmentalists and Democrats saying his opposition to a proposed wind farm on Cape Cod is inconsistent with his stated support for renewable energy.
  

• A Qantum leap on Cape Cod

  When Frank Osborn set his sights to acquire radio stations on Cape Cod

• Working on the wild side

  International Fund for Animal Welfare eyes new Cape headquarters as it ramps up global efforts.

• The economic impact of Otis Air National Guard Base

  What is at risk?

• Cape Cod & the Islands:B&B+R&D=A new economy

  Begun to develop a much broader economic base.

• Business health tied to more local aid

  State economy won't live up to its competitive potential

• Cape Cod Times and Barnstable Patriot join forces

  Ottaway Newspapers Inc., parent company of The Cape Cod Times

• Signs of growth

  Insight into economic activity over the next three months..

• Community Leadership Institute

  Debated for centuries whether leaders are born or made

• New corporations - February 2005 - April 2005

  Newly incorporated in Barnstable County

• Natural gas demand rises; so do prices

  No end to the local demand

• How two anchor stores view the future: Snow's and Friends

  Their views on the local economy and peer into the future

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