Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce

The hoopla surrounding this month's announcement of a $33-million, high-end luxury hotel for downtown Worcester may seem a bit overhyped, but given the step-by-step nature of economic revitalization, business and city officials have the right to be excited to get another important piece of the puzzle in place and can't be faulted for shouting their successes from the rooftops.

In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.

StartUp Worcester — The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's Higher Education-Business Partnership — says its first year was a success and it's getting ready to encourage a new group of possibilities.

There's something about having a local baseball team that some locals have a soft spot for. After all, a coalition of local business leaders tried to form an ownership group to take over the former Worcester Tornadoes, an independent minor league team that suffered financial disaster back in 2012 and is now defunct. The play for the Tornadoes didn't materialize, but shortly after, the collegiate Futures League team, the Worcester Bravehearts, was founded in 2014.

National Manufacturing Day was celebrated throughout Massachusetts on Friday, Oct. 2 with tours and events hosted by manufacturers, business groups and educational institutions.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place...

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place on October 2.

The Central Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau is dead. Will its successor, the Worcester Regional Visitors and Tourism Corp., pump more life into the region's tourism industry?

Worcester's downtown is experiencing a metamorphosis. And it's in no small part the result of forward-thinking leaders who have forged collaborative partnerships, taken risks and motivated others to exceed expectations.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation this week announced the selection of 25 professionals for its Leadership Worcester 2016 program.