Two Democrats who have a chance to stamp their mark on Gov. Maura Healey’s $3.5 billion plan to reinvigorate the state’s business climate want the benefits to stretch beyond the Boston metropolitan area.
Both chairs of the Legislature’s Bonding Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Lowell and Rep. Mike Finn of West Springfield, pressed administration officials Monday for funding proposed in the bill to flow northward, southward and westward outside the urban core.
Kennedy said he believes the life sciences industry is “almost maxed out” in Boston and Cambridge, which developed into major hubs thanks in large part to more than a decade of state investments that Healey’s bill aims to continue.
“But there is space in places like Lowell, and I’m sure in other Gateway Cities — you know, Brockton and Worcester come to mind,” Kennedy said. “I’m…
