Ecotarium

As a further sign in the growing demand for Central Mass. real estate, more MetroWest and Boston companies are reaching out to local cultural institutions to provide employees with area benefits.

A new Worcester Ecotarium exhibit that opened Tuesday morning features work by Central Massachusetts firms.

Joe Cox has been working to raise money and develop the plans to preserve the EcoTarium for the next generation.

Worcester's EcoTarium has initiated the public phase of a $9.1 million fundraising campaign aimed at adding two new major exhibits and improving the location's infrastructure.

The new hire responsible for marketing the Bay State's tourist attractions spent a decade as the managing director of Boston Harbor Hotel and started a think tank for the industry.

For local nonprofits, it can be a never-ending marathon to gather the dribs and drabs of money that keep the lights and the paychecks signed, which explains the enthusiasm in the voice of Joseph Cox when he talks of the $2 million his EcoTarium received from the Worcester-based C Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation.

Culture in Worcester has received a $15.25 million boost with the announcement that the Myles & C. Jean McDonough Foundation will grant those funds to seven cultural institutions in the city and surrounding area.

Worcester's EcoTarium has become the first New England museum to partner with National Geographic in an agreement that will bring the educational organization's films and exhibits to the city.

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