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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
International foods market buys new Framingham location for $3.5M
July 14, 2023New Jersey-based Seabra Foods has purchased a former Salvation Army location at 35 Concord St. in Framingham for a new supermarket location, across from the newly-constructed 196-apartment Union House.
July 14, 2023
New market seeks to add life to Downtown Worcester on Saturdays
July 14, 2023A weekly outdoor market will bring handmade and vintage goods, a farmers market, and entertainment to the courtyard at The Glass Tower in Downtown Worcester beginning on July 22.
July 14, 2023
Saint-Gobain redevelopment receives $2M EPA cleanup funding
July 10, 2023The U.S. EPA awarded $2 million to the Worcester Business Development Corp.’s nonprofit arm, New Garden Park, for environmental cleanup at a site formerly owned by manufacturer Saint-Gobain slated for redevelopment.
July 10, 2023
Two Worcester cultural organizations receive MassDevelopment grants totaling $72K
July 7, 2023Worcester artists collective El Salón and community radio station, WCUW, each received MassDevelopment Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Creative Catalyst Grants for projects serving their communities.
July 7, 2023
Construction complete on new Downtown Fitchburg apartment complex
July 7, 2023The redevelopment of Downtown Fitchburg continues with the completion of a 44-unit mixed-income development at 10 Main St. The project also has 8,400 square-feet of commercial space on the first floor.
July 7, 2023
Framingham properties purchased for approved 176-unit mixed-use project
July 6, 2023An affiliate of Boston developer Boghos Properties purchased parcels of land totaling $3.6 million to build an approved 176-unit mixed-use development in Framingham.
July 6, 2023
Fitchburg library receives additional funding to offset rising cost of $40M renovation
June 28, 2023The Fitchburg Public Library will receive $1.5 million from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to help offset rising construction costs on the $40-million construction and renovation project.
June 28, 2023
Late spring: The bottom has dropped out of the single-family housing market, but real estate agents see things warming up
Updated: June 26, 2023The first half of 2023 was a difficult one for home buyers and for real estate agents as single-family home sales cratered and home prices plateaued high above pre-COVID levels.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Mid-June revenues show continuation of May rebound
June 23, 2023June is usually the second- or third-biggest month of the year for tax collections, and a mid-month report shows receipts outpacing last year's pace over the first roughly two weeks of the month.
June 23, 2023
Report points to growth of Asian-American businesses in Mass.
June 22, 2023The payrolls of Asian-owned businesses in Massachusetts grew from $1.2 billion to nearly $4 billion over the 18-year period ending in 2020, according to a new report that collates information from national and local sources.
June 22, 2023
MetroWest Nonprofit Network picks second-ever executive director
June 21, 2023MetroWest Nonprofit Network in Framingham has named Leah Parker-Moldover as its new executive director. She will begin her tenure at the organization on Thursday.
June 21, 2023
Superintendents ask state to foot bill for school meals
June 21, 2023Count dozens of K-12 school superintendents among those who want lawmakers to make a universal meals program permanent, not just extend it for another year.
June 21, 2023
Local unemployment drops in Leominster, Athol, holds steady in Worcester, Framingham
June 20, 2023The local unemployment rate in Central Massachusetts communities remained low in May, including falling further from April figures in the North Worcester County region.
June 20, 2023
Mass. unemployment drops below 3%, bucking national trend
June 16, 2023The Massachusetts unemployment rate for May fell to 2.8%, down 0.3 of a percentage point from April. This is the third month in a row that the unemployment rate has decreased, and the first time it has dipped below the 3.0% percent mark in 2023,
June 16, 2023
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