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A vision for a new professional soccer stadium in Everett became one step closer to reality Tuesday, with the first public hearing on state legislation that would make way for a project from The Kraft Group, owner of Major League Soccer's New England Revolution and the NFL's New England Patriots. 

The hearing was a chance for public officials and residents to voice their support and concerns about removing a 150-year-old designation on a plot of land on Everett's waterfront to allow for stadium development. And it was the first time Kraft and Revolution executives publicly discussed the proposal. 

"We welcome the opportunity to explore if it's feasible to develop what has been a rundown, unused site for a long time and turn it into an economic driver for the region," Revolution President Brian Bilello said at the hearing, held at the State House by the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. 

The proposal has reignited a debate over whether to preserve the maritime industrial use of the land, which is one of many Designated Port Areas in the state, or open the door for new economic development opportunities to a community that has historically been barred from doing so. "No one…

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While the effects of the pandemic on private sector office usage have become increasingly clear, the future of the federal footprint is still largely up in the air. The fate of these millions of square feet of offices is an unanswered question worth billions of taxpayer dollars.

Federal government agencies are using just 12% of the space in their headquarters buildings on average, a  report last month from the Public Buildings Reform Board found, the latest in a growing body of evidence that the federal government is sitting on a mountain of unused office space.  “It shows that…

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