Hospitality

Chuck Brown was stuck between turning his home into a full-time business or taking out loans to push the project to the next step to open a business in a commercial space. Eventually, Brown’s connections in education led to him meeting.

Local brokers are optimistic they can fill that space as the industry experiences a post-COVID resurgence and innovative new concepts for retail space are hitting the marketplace.

The stretch of Park Avenue in Worcester between Pleasant Street and Elm Park is returning to life after closures since the COVID-19 pandemic.

An academic paper has used the $160-million Polar Park in Worcester as one of two examples of the problem of the pro forma model, saying the ballpark will saddle the city government with fiscal deficits up to $60 million.

Aeronaut Brewing and Julio’s Liquors announced that they’re collaborating on a new beer to be sold exclusively at the Westborough liquor store and on draught at Firefly’s BBQ in Marlborough. 

Worcester-based Studio Jade opened a second office in Gainesville, Florida, positioning itself for a possible change in cannabis laws in that state.

The Cannabis Control Commission announced on Tuesday licensed adult-use marijuana retailers, delivery operators, and medical marijuana treatment centers can wholesale purchase seeds and clones from cultivators and sell them to consumers.  

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue revealed Wednesday preliminary tax revenue collections for April were $4.782 billion, which is $2.162 billion, or 31.2%, below collections from April 2022.

Here’s all 264 professionals who has been named to a Power list & the year(s) they were listed.

Business professionals from organizations of all types and sizes hold some amount of power, but how you shape the economy and community is when you are truly influential.