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Economic Development
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Study ranks Worcester in the top 20 most expensive places to raise children
August 7, 2023The Worcester metropolitan area ranked 16th nationally in a 2023 SmartAsset study of the most expensive places to raise a child.
August 7, 2023
Healey signs $375M transportation bill
August 7, 2023The infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars into roads and bridges throughout the commonwealth will spur the creation of "good jobs" and economic growth, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said during an infrastructure funding bill signing ceremony Friday.
August 7, 2023
Worcester nonprofit receives $4M for Greendale demolition, redevelopment
August 4, 2023Rockland Trust has provided $4 million in financing to New Garden Park, Inc., the nonprofit subsidiary of the Worcester Business Development Corp., to help fund the initial phases of the redevelopment of a 51-acre parcel of underused, former Saint-
August 4, 2023
Clark University seeks to demolish entire Main South block for large student housing complex
August 3, 2023In order to build a mixed-use, 508-bed student housing complex by 2026, Clark University in Worcester plans to demolish and rebuild an entire block of Main Street in the Main South neighborhood in 2024, including three historic structures and a
August 3, 2023
School conversion is the first multifamily project permitted in Templeton in a quarter-century
July 31, 2023The former Baldwinville Elementary School in Templeton will be the site of a 54-unit mixed-income apartment community, the first multifamily project permitted in the town in 25 years.
July 31, 2023
Worcester Community Action Council piloting $500-per-month basic income program for those in need
July 28, 2023Worcester Community Action Council is using $250,000 in funding to launch a pilot program providing basic income to 52 participating households.
July 28, 2023
Senate approves $513M spending bill
July 27, 2023The Senate passed a $513 million spending bill on Wednesday afternoon, adding to the growing pile of legislation caught in the crossfire of a seemingly widening divide between Democratic legislative leaders.
July 27, 2023
Central Mass. Agency on Aging runs programming as part of new center
July 26, 2023The Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging is running back-to-school programming starting in August, an initiative part of the Worcester organization's new Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center.
July 26, 2023
The final drop: Women are still underrepresented as college presidents
Updated: July 24, 2023Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.
Updated: July 24, 2023
Q&A: Auburn bookstore founders embrace entrepreneur mentality: "Do it scared"
Updated: July 24, 2023Millennial couple Courtney and Tyler Galicia took the plunge earlier this year and opened the doors to their first business: the independent bookstore A Great Notion.
Updated: July 24, 2023
Diversity denied: Affirmative action's removal from college admissions will impact corporate ladder
Updated: July 24, 2023With affirmative action now barred in college admissions, workplace and education officials expect an immediate impact in the diversity at the start of the workforce talent pipeline and worry about a cooling effect on DEI efforts overall.
Updated: July 24, 2023
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority receives $686K for transit app
July 21, 2023Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, or MART, will receive a $685,746 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to develop a regional app to make travel for North County residents easier and less expensive.
July 21, 2023
After concerns over alleged subcontractor wage theft, WRA holds off on recommendation for Denholm Building developer
July 20, 2023The shorthanded Worcester Redevelopment Authority paused plans to recommend a developer out of the two plans proposed for the Denholm Building, after a WRA member raised concerns over allegations of subcontractor wage theft tied to the preferred
July 20, 2023
Leads, but no commitments, on governor's $84K Ireland trade trip
July 19, 2023The costs and benefits of Gov. Maura Healey's recent trip to Ireland are starting to come into focus.
July 19, 2023
Seven Worcester businesses participate in Interise minority business academy
July 17, 2023Interise, a Boston-based nonprofit with the goal of providing resources and assistance to minority-owned or low-income area-based organizations, has brought its NextStage Minority Business Entrepreneur Academy and NextStage Accelerator to Central
July 17, 2023
Families remind Beacon Hill of child care struggles
July 17, 2023Children and parents swarmed around the Grand Staircase Thursday to rally for passage of an early education package they said would bolster affordability and access, address pay and benefits for early ed staff, and represent a "new, stable source of
July 17, 2023
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