Banking & Finance

Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, a Worcester-based nonprofit addressing homelessness through initiatives aimed at promoting long-term housing stability, has teamed up with the City of Worcester to open a Day Resource Center for the community’s unhoused population. 

Worcester County state, local, and nonprofit agencies have received a slice of nearly $3.8 million in federal funding to help mitigate intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking in the local community. 

Employees at Assumption University, Fidelity Bank, and Mirick O'Connell are advancing in their careers.

Worcester Business Journal has launched its annual survey of readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to gauge business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts community in the coming year.

The Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market series in Worcester will offer extended dates and an expanded vendor lineup in 2025, as program administrator Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District has received a $100,000 grant through the Massachusetts Urban Agenda Grant Program.

An effort to convert a historic Maynard schoolhouse into a 12-unit, mixed-income apartment building has received $3 million in loan financing.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit addressing inequities on a global scale, has extended its reach to Central Massachusetts, awarding Ashland-based BioSurfaces a $2.06 million grant.

“While we are excited to offer our clients many new benefits, we’re also pleased to have the continuity of our entire team being part of this merger,” Maryann Copeland, co-managing partner of Singer & Lusardi, said.

BJ’s Wholesale Club shoppers can soon expect to see an increase in their yearly billing statements as the Marlborough-based retailer plans on raising membership fees in the new year.

Gov. Maura Healey spent months clamoring for lawmakers to finish work on a sweeping jobs package she filed in March, and she wound up needing only about 60 percent of the time allotted for her review before making it law.