Joshua Lee Smith

• Board Member, Board of Directors of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau
• Board Member, Board of Directors of the Southern Worcester County Economic Development Organization

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• Chairman, Board of Directors of Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Westborough Economic Development Committee
• Finance Committee Member, Worcester Art Museum
• Corporator, Greater Worcester Community Foundation
• Board Member, Board of Directors of Music Worcester, Inc.
• Executive Committee Member, Babson College Real Estate Career Affinity Network
• Member, Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

• Named a Go To Lawyer for Commercial Real Estate, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2023)
• “40 Under Forty,” Worcester Business Journal (2011)

• “Worcester Planning Board OKs plan for 371-unit apartment complex on Mount Carmel Church site” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “NY developer proposes 150k-sq.-ft. warehouse at former Worcester movie theater” (Worcester Business Journal)
• “Planning Board OKs plans for 218-unit Shrewsbury Street project” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester apartments to receive $178M renovation, adding 100 new units” (Worcester Business Journal)
• “Downtown Worcester apartment development given planning board nod” (Worcester Business Journal)
• Joshua Lee Smith moderates Bowditch Economic Development Summit on Multifamily Development and Inclusionary Zoning
• “Here’s the beef: Developer plans 9-story building at old Fairway site on Grafton Street” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Six-story mixed-use development proposed for long-vacant Madison Street lot in Worcester” (Worcester Business Journal)
• “With expansion of MBI’s biomed center, state and city say Worcester rises on biotech scene” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• Joshua Lee Smith Speaks with Worcester Telegram about Two Approved Higher Ed Real Estate Projects
• “Holy Cross plans to raze 4 College Hill buildings, build 2 new dorms” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• Joshua Lee Smith Spoke at Bisnow’s “The Rise of Boston’s Neighborhoods and Importance of Location” (related article: “Developers Chasing Attractive Live-Work-Play Spaces For Boston’s Growing Workforce“)
  Joshua Lee Smith Spoke at NECANN’s “Super Sale: How to Sell Your Marijuana Business in Massachusetts and Stay Out of Trouble”
• “Resourcefulness sees BV Chamber through the pandemic” (Blackstone Valley Xpress)
• “Central Mass. ‘Cannabis Capital of the East‘” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “North Adams Planning Board OKs marijuana cultivation in former Crane Stationery HQ” (The Berkshire Eagle)
• “Retail pot storefront gets special permit to open on Mountain Street East” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “49-unit apartment building OK’d for Sever Street in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Marijuana retailer New Dia preparing to open in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Suburban Boston Developers: Coronavirus Pandemic Is Time For CRE To ‘Exercise Humanity’” (Bisnow)
• “Worcester OKs marijuana grower and ‘craft cannabis’ business for Fremont St.” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Resinate, New Dia get marijuana licenses in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Nature’s Remedy gets tentative nod for adult-use marijuana in Grafton” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Mass. Biomedical Initiatives expands incubator space, offering startups more room to grow” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “With 2 more marijuana permits Worcester nears self-imposed cap” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Nature’s Remedy, TDMA get marijuana shop licenses in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester licenses Millbrook Street pot shop” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester OKs 2 pot shops, on Southbridge St., Millbrook St.” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester OKs more adult cannabis retail operations” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester board green-lights Lincoln Street pot store” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Mission MA, The Botanist get local approvals for recreational pot sales” (Worcester Business Journal)
• “Marijuana shops face little opposition in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Worcester Planning Board OKs marijuana products operation” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Westborough voters approve tax agreement for Olympus Corporation” (Community Advocate)
• “Rehab of old Worcester County Courthouse to start in spring” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Temescal gets special permit to grow recreational pot in Worcester” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Holy Cross’ $92M Performing Arts Center Gets Planning Board Approval” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• Joshua Lee Smith moderates Smart City: Smarter Connectivity, Better Quality of Life at Game Changers 2018
• Joshua Lee Smith appointed to Westborough Economic Development Committee
• “Review Committee Approves Multiple Signs” (Sturbridge Villager)
• “Council OKs 7-Eleven store proposal” Daily Times Chronicle)
• “Done deal: Old Worcester courthouse sold to developer” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Debate sparked over gas station proposal” (Grafton News)
• “Another switching station proposed for Somerset” (Southcoast Today)
• “Worcester Board Gives Holy Cross OK for Major Expansion of Athletic Complex” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Clark celebrates opening new Alumni and Student Engagement Center” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
• “Heated Discussion Over Solar Farm Law as Neighbors Fight Loss of Farmland” (Agawam Advertiser)
• “Plainville OK’s Special Permit for National Grid Substation at Casino” (WickedLocal Plainville)
• “Meet Your Neighbor” (Westborough Life)
• “Looking for a Land Bridge” (Andover Townsman)
• “Former Downtown Worcester Nightclub Approved for Apartments” (MassLive)
• “Holden Approves New Tennis Courts that Resulted from Merger with Worcester Tennis Club” (MassLive)

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• J.D., magna cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law
• B.S., summa cum laude, Babson College