Edward Augustus

To make up for lost time, the project team could decide to speed up the schedule by having crews work 12 hours per day and/or six days per week, Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus said on the WBJ Podcast.

Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus joins the podcast to detail how long of a delay the Polar Park stadium project can bear and still be ready in time for the Pawtucket Red Sox to move in by April 2021.

The City of Worcester is looking to add $300,000 to its Small Business Resiliency Grant program on top of the $1.5 million it has already given out to businesses impacted by the coronavirus, City Manager Edward Augustus said during a press conference on Wednesday.

Construction on Polar Park is temporarily suspended in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

Worcester's DCU Center will be turned into a 250-medical facility to treat less severe coronavirus cases as one of three planned such centers statewide, officials announced Tuesday.

The total public spending on all four Canal District projects directly related to the August 2018 announcement by the Pawtucket Red Sox to relocate to Worcester has increased to $189 million.

Visitors to the 36 communities it serves increased their spending by 20.3%, beating the Massachusetts average of 17.8%.

With a few more years of planning and at least $170 million, three very different redevelopment projects at a trio of the city's historic and long-vacant buildings at one of the city’s most high-profile intersections could dramatically transform a major gateway in Worcester.

Worcester City Councilors will be asked Tuesday evening to adopt a new special tax district intended to encourage business owners to occupy vacant storefronts. 

The Worcester Memorial Auditorium will be sold to a historic property architecture firm for $450,000 to make way for the firm’s planned $94-million redevelopment of the 87-year-old building vacant since 1999.