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National Grid offers $1K grants to help small businesses pay utility bills
January 25, 2023Electric utility National Grid is handing out 1,000 grants of $1,000 each to small businesses in Central Massachusetts as part of its statewide attempt to help soften the blow of the energy cost increases.
January 25, 2023
Stretch codes: More stringent building codes coming to Central Mass.
Updated: January 23, 2023With new building codes on the horizon, battles will be fought in the name of progress, as developers and various interest groups are hesitant to make sweeping changes.
Updated: January 23, 2023
New challenges await the Massachusetts cannabis industry
Updated: January 23, 2023Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way
Updated: January 23, 2023
Q&A: Negotiating a volatile real estate market
Updated: January 23, 2023Now the residential real estate market has slowed, Richard Healey of Foster-Healey Real Estate Inc. hopes to see it settle down again and level out.
Updated: January 23, 2023
A place for innovation: Diversity consultant to open Worcester incubator
Updated: January 23, 2023PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.
Updated: January 23, 2023
Ziggy Bombs to open Leicester shop
January 18, 2023Sandwich shop Ziggy Bombs, which opened its first permanent location in December on Franklin Street in Worcester, plans to open a second store in Leicester.
January 18, 2023
Leominster dance studio loaned $100K for buildout
January 18, 2023The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg loaned $100,000 loan to MK Dance Center in Leominster. The owners will use the funds to renovate and build out their new space at Gateway Business Center at 435 Lancaster St.
January 18, 2023
WBJ Business Leader of the Year and Hall of Fame nominations due Friday
January 17, 2023Nominations for the Worcester Business Journal’s Business Leader of the Year and Hall of Fame awards are due this Friday, Jan. 20.
January 17, 2023
Framingham State names new director of entrepreneurship center
January 13, 2023Framingham State University has named Christimara Garcia as director of its Entrepreneur Innovation Center.
January 13, 2023
NCMDC loans Groton cafe $206K to buy business location
January 10, 2023The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg approved a $206,000 loan to help Salt and Life Café purchase its location at 159 Main St. in Groton.
January 10, 2023
The beer challenges of 2023
Updated: January 9, 2023Beer has become big business. In Massachusetts, the industry supports more than 14,000 employees and, according to the Brewers Association, had an economic impact of more than $1.6 billion in 2021.
Updated: January 9, 2023
Best of Business 2023: Best Ownership
Updated: January 9, 2023See who won the categories of Best Employee-owned Business, Best Employee-owned Business, Best Family-owned Business, Best Woman-owned Business, Best Minority-owned Business, and Best Business Incubator.
Updated: January 9, 2023
Best of Business 2023: Best Food, Drink & Marijuana
Updated: January 9, 2023Check out which companies won the categories Best New Business, Best Locally Owned Place to Meet for Coffee, Best Restaurant for Business Dinner, Best Restaurant for Business Lunch, Best Caterer for a Corporate Event, Best Local Brewery, and Best
Updated: January 9, 2023
Main South ambassador program avoids layoffs, funded under larger empowerment initiative
January 5, 2023The Main South Community Development Corporation in Worcester has received a $350,000 Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development for the Main South Empowerment Project.
January 5, 2023-
Chocolatier to move into Worcester Public Market
December 29, 2022Bri’s Sweet Treats, a Leicester-based chocolatier owned by Briana Azier, will open a location in the Worcester Public Market, expecting to begin serving her products in mid-January.
December 29, 2022 
Main South ambassador program running out of funding, as layoffs loom
December 16, 2022The Main South Neighborhood Ambassador Program, a pilot program in Worcester put in place by state agency MassDevelopment, is about to lose its funding, unless neighborhood leaders are successful in raising money for the program before the layoffs
December 16, 2022
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