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Economic Development
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2023 Power 50: Debora Jackson
Updated: May 1, 2023WPI may be best known for its engineering power, but Debora Jackson is putting the business school on the map in the region.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Ivette Olmeda
Updated: May 1, 2023After the Main South TDI district graduated from the program, Ivette Olmeda was appointed to help another Worcester neighborhood along Pleasant Street in the vicinity of Piedmont Street.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Timothy Murray
Updated: May 1, 2023Timothy Murray is approaching 10 years leading the Worcester regional chamber, a powerhouse chamber in New England serving more than 150 communities in the region and 2,300 members.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Tuyet Tran
Updated: May 1, 2023The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA is the only organization of its kind in the region, and it was built from the ground up by and for Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees in Worcester. One of those was Tuyet Tran, then a young social
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Michael Nicholson
Updated: May 1, 2023During the tenure of the state’s youngest mayor and Gardner’s first Latino elected official, Michael Nicholson is seeing signs of recovery as new businesses open and the neglected downtown is revived.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Jeffrey Cunningham
Updated: May 1, 2023Cunningham is using his influence as a developer to help communities make the most of what they have.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Amy Chase
Updated: May 1, 2023While a precarious retail market sent many across the city and region running, Amy Chase celebrated 10 years in business in September and remains a bright spot for the creative community.
Updated: May 1, 2023
Two new restaurants open in downtown Fitchburg
April 27, 2023As downtown revitalization efforts in Fitchburg are beginning to materialize, two pairs of local business owners opened new restaurants on Main Street in March and April.
April 27, 2023
Healey overhauling state economic development plan
April 26, 2023State officials next week plan to jump-start the process for creating the administration's economic development plan, a framework that all new governors must produce during their first year in office.
April 26, 2023
Shrewsbury autism center acquired by national provider
April 26, 2023Springtide Child Development, an autism center with locations in Shrewsbury and across Massachusetts and Connecticut, has been acquired.
April 26, 2023
Central Mass. unemployment rates decrease after early-year rises
April 25, 2023After months of growing unemployment across Central Massachusetts communities, rates decreased in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state between February and March.
April 25, 2023
Worcester developer proposes 98-unit affordable housing project
April 21, 2023Kensington Management, LLC submitted a proposal to the City of Worcester for a seven-story, 98-unit affordable housing development on Mason Street in Worcester.
April 21, 2023
Next part of Main South mixed-income development proposed to ZBA
April 20, 2023Worcester-based developer Civico has proposed a plan to convert an industrial building into mixed-income apartments at 98 Beacon St. in Worcester.
April 20, 2023
WRTA approves zero-fare extension
April 20, 2023The Worcester Regional Transit Authority zero-fare bus program will continue at least until June of 2024.
April 20, 2023
NEH awards Fitchburg State $500K for downtown theater project
April 19, 2023Fitchburg State University received $500,000 from a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant to support the construction of a 250-seat black box theater adjacent to a historic theater in downtown Fitchburg.
April 19, 2023
Bankrupting the system: High utilization of travel nurses still causing financial strain
Updated: April 17, 2023To cover for COVID-related staff shortages, hospitals are over-reliant on travel nurses, who are paid significantly more than staff.
Updated: April 17, 2023
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