Nonprofits

The three-story building at 30 Winfield St. will include 18 studio apartments for people with severe housing issues.

The United Way of Central Massachusetts gave nearly $18 million toward COVID-19 relief as the pandemic tore across the region over the last year, including $10 million through the Worcester Together fund, president and CEO Tim Garvin said on Thursday.

Just days after Clark University in Worcester announced it would establish the Becker School of Design & Technology, aimed at absorbing a portion of programming at Becker College, which is closing after the spring semester, Clark has received $250,000 in seed funding for the initiative. 

People are on the move at GFA Federal Credit Union, ERA Key Realty Services, Open Sky Community Services and more.

Barbara Fields has resigned as CEO of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation after a little over a year and a half leading the nonprofit.

One very real challenge unique to vaccine distribution, both in Massachusetts and the rest of the country, has centered around overcoming skepticism and assuaging concerns about the relative safety of inoculation.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Friday it will extend deferment periods for all disaster loans, including those part of the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, until 2022.

People are on the move at Worcester Art Museum, Spectrum Health System, Open Sky Community services and more.

Five years ago, WBJ created its Hall of Fame in order to honor the lifetime achievements of those professionals who have significantly improved the Central Massachusetts economy and community. With the induction this year of the Class of 2021, the WBJ Hall of Fame has grown to 17 members

When the professionals who would become WBJ’s 2021 Business Leaders of the Year started their years anew in January 2020, they could have had no idea the past 15 months would end up like they did. Yet, each of them in their own way, found a path for their organizations to thrive.