AIRPORTS ARE UPDATED.
ROADS ARE REDESIGNED.
STILL, THE CHARACTER OF THE HISTORIC CITY REMAINS.
REPORTER: THE WORCESTER COMMON -
DATES -- THE CENTERPIECES CITY HALL.
WE WENT UP THE TOWER TO SEE THE VIDEO.
♪ REPORTER: FROM UP HERE, THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND IS ON DISPLAY.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS ALL AROUND.
♪ REPORTER: THE HANOVER THEATRE, RENOVATED AND RETURNED TO ITS GRAND STYLE.
THE OLD BOYS TRADE SCHOOL, NOW MODERN APARTMENTS.
THE LONG ABANDONED BOYS CLUB BUILDING THE BECOME A SCHOOL FOR HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC STUDENTS.
THE ICE CENTER IS THE NEW PRACTICE RINK FOR THE WORCESTER RAILERS.
REPORTER: AND HOLLYWOOD IS ADDING TO THE CITY’S ECONOMY.
LIAM NEESON’S ACTION THRILLER "HONEST THIEF" IS FILMING HERE.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT MAIN STREET, SOON TO BE REDESIGNED IN A MAJOR INITIATIVE.
HERE IS THE CITY MANAGER.
>> THIS REIMAGINING OF MAIN STREET IS AN $11 MILLION INVESTMENT.
WE WILL SHRINK THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
WE WILL HAVE ONE LANE EACH WAY WITH A TURN LANE, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF MAIN STREET.
ERIKA: RIDER SIDEWALKS WILL BE A KEY FEATURE.
>> WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN YEARS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO SUSTAINING RETAIL ON THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC ART.
A WAY OF TELLING THE STORY OF WORCESTER, AND HIGHLIGHTING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT THAT IS WORCESTER.
ERIKA: CRUCIAL TO WORCESTER’S RENAISSANCE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
ABOUT A DOZEN TRAINS TRAVEL ROUND TRIP TO BOSTON DAILY, LEAVING FROM THE RENOVATED UNION STATION.
NEW WORCESTERITE.
>> I WILL HAVE AN. OFFICE IN BOSTON, I WILL NOT BE DRIVING I WILL BE TAKING THE RAIL IN.
IT IS AN HOUR IN THE MORNING.
REPORTE: BUT BOSTON IS NOT HIS ONLY COMMUTE.
>> I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR BUSINESS, SO THE AIRPORT OPENING HERE WAS A BIG CONSIDERATION FOR US.
I CAN GET IN AND OUT EASY.
REPORTER: PASSENGERS ARE BACK AT WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, ALONG WITH CHANGES.
WHILE MASSPORT MANAGED THE AIRPORT, IT DID NOT OWN IT.
NOW IT DOES.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE TERMINAL AND RUNWAY.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE A CATEGORY 3 LIGHTING SYSTEM NOW.
WHICH MEANS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE IN THE PAST THOUGHT OF WORCESTER, THEY THOUGHT OF GETTING FOGGED IN OR FOGGED OUT.
THOSE DAYS ARE BEHIND US BECAUSE THE CATEGORY 3 LIGHTING SYSTEM IS THE HIGHEST TECHNOLOGY.
IT ALLOWS US TO LAND AND TAKE OFF IN 100 FOOT VISIBILITY.
REPORTER: JETBLUE PLAYS DAILY -- LEAVES DAILY FOR THREE LOCATIONS.
THIS FAMILY IS BACK FROM DISNEY WORLD.
>> WE COULD HAVE GONE TO HARTFORD OR BOSTON.
HOWEVER, THIS WAS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT.
HE PARKED THE CAR AND ARE ABLE TO WALK IN WITH YOUR LUGGAGE.
REPORTER: AMERICAN AIRLINES TROUBLES DAILY TO PHILADELPHIA -- TRAVELS DAILY TO PHILADELPHIA.
>> I CAN FLY TO MY JOB IN PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IS A DIRECT WAY, INSTEAD OF -- WHICH IS A DIRECT FLIGHT, INSTEAD OF GOING TO LOGAN.
THIS IS GREAT FOR THE AREA, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN FLIGHTS TO DETROIT THROUGH DELTA.
WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE AIRPORT, FROM MASSPORT, THIS WILL BE A SUCCESSIVE AIRPORT.