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🔒Q&A: Former Worcester city councilor grows nonprofit serving the disabled

Now known as Thrive Support & Advocacy, the nonprofit has substantially grown under the leadership of former Worcester city councilor Sean Rose.

New local podcast centers urban planning, inclusivity, and queer joy

Queer For Cities, a podcast created and hosted by Joshua Croke, looks to make queer a joyful norm—but not in the way you might be thinking.

Westminster landscaping employee to buy portion of business with $150K NCMDC loan

A long-term employee of J. Martin Landscaping in Westminster has secured $150,000 in financing to purchase the lawn care business portion of the landscaping enterprise. 

MassHousing launching $50M developers fund to address inequities in capital access

The new Equitable Developers Fund is the largest publicly led financing program of its kind in the country, according to MassHousing.
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Veterans Inc. receives $356K in funding for suicide prevention initiatives

Veterans Inc., a Worcester-based nonprofit, has been awarded one of the largest cuts of $2 million in grant funding to 15 community organizations promoting suicide prevention among the Massachusetts veteran and servicemember community.   

Two Central Mass. organizations split $1.9 million for suicide prevention efforts

LUK Crisis Center of Fitchburg and United Way of Tri-County of Framingham are among 19 community organizations receiving a total of $1.9 million in funding over the next 11 years.

Framingham charity supporting human trafficking survivors receives cut of $1 million in state grants

As part of the Healey Administration’s efforts to bolster programs within Massachusetts working to support human trafficking survivors and those most at risk of exploitation, RIA, a Framingham-based public charity, has been selected as one of five organizations within the state splitting $1 million in funding. 

🔒The next chapter: After closing her Worcester grocery store, Lynn Cheney charts a new path to boost the local community

Following the closure of her Maker to Main grocery store in Worcester’s Canal District, shop owner Lynn Cheney has quickly found a way to continue to contribute to the community.
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🔒The new Worcester media, part 2: The rise of smaller players raises concerns about bias, independence

Amid the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s decline in coverage and size, smaller publications have tried to fill the gap in Central Massachusetts’ journalism. But they’ve all run into the same problem: Making a profit as a media organization is not easy.

Ascend partners with Atlanta firm to handle logistics for emerging EV battery recycling empire

As Ascend Elements is building billions dollars worth of electric vehicle battery recycling facilities in America and Europe, the Westborough firm has inked a deal with an Atlanta logistics organization to manage the flow of those materials.
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