New Garden Park, Inc.

New Garden Park, Inc. is a wholly owned 501(c)(3) non-profit organization subsidiary of the WBDC, creating a unique ability to receive grants for development projects.

New Garden Park’s mission is to revitalize struggling areas of Worcester, MA through collaborative redevelopment projects with a focus on leveraging and promoting the local creative and innovative economy.

Officers:

Chair - Robert J. Hennigan, Law Offices of Robert J. Hennigan

Vice Chair - Katherine Bagdis, Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP

President - Craig L. Blais, WBDC

Treasurer - Maria Heskes-Allard, Fidelity Cooperative Bank

Clerk - Karen Duffy, Duffy Advisors

Board of Directors:

Emmanuel Larbi, Accra Girls, Inc. & Akra LLC

Richard Mazzocchi, Tremont Development Partners LLC

Preservation

New Garden Park is involved in supporting the preservation of historic elements within Norton Hall on the Saint-Gobain campus.

Brownfields

Due to the historic uses of an older industrial complex, the WBDC conducted significant assessments of the properties to determine the level of contamination and develop a plan to address the remediation of the site. The WBDC commenced remediation efforts which included the abatement of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs), lead paint, Underground Storage Tanks (USTs), Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) and other hazardous materials. Upon completion, the WBDC worked with Massachusetts DEP to close out and bring compliance to the outstanding environmental records that were previously open for the site.
On the 51 acres of former Saint-Gobain land, New Garden Park is working on abatement, remediation and demolition of former manufacturing buildings to make way for pad ready sites that will be marketed for advanced manufacturing.