Nonprofits

Main South Community Development Corp. has received a $30,000 grant from Boston-based quasi-public finance agency MassDevelopment to support the Worcester nonprofit’s efforts to infuse art into the area between the city’s downtown and Webster Square districts.

Madison Properties, the Boston-based developer facing criticism from the City of Worcester for a lack of progress on developments in the Polar Park district, has purchased the 13-acre former site of Rotmans Furniture.

Following the appointment of its first chief operating officer in 2022, Community Legal Aid has promoted attorney Kristen Williams to be the second person to ever hold the C-suite position at the Worcester-based nonprofit.

The Worcester County Bar Association has made its first executive director change in more than 30 years.

Employees at the Worcester Housing Authority, Clinton Savings Bank. and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts are making strides in their careers.

Every year starting in October, WBJ asks its readers to vote on the best companies in Central Massachusetts in a variety of categories, ranging from law firms and incubators to golf courses and restaurants.

Thirty-six years after its inception, the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce has closed.

Worcester nonprofit Edward Street has promoted employee Kim Davenport to the child care advocate’s leading role of CEO, effective Monday. 

As healthcare providers continue to walk off the job post-COVID, the Family Health Center of Worcester has created the community health center’s first-ever chief workforce officer position, naming attorney Leon Wilkerson to the C-suite role. 

As part of the partnership, Synergy will transfer ownership of Two Chestnut Place to the Boston-based nonprofit.