Timothy Murray

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

The SDO plans to amend its citizen requirement to allow immigrants with a legal status to qualify.

The money from the fund can be used for one-time initiatives, projects, and consulting services to aid in the economic development or workforce needs of Central Massachusetts.

Worcester Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts is doubling in size.

Newly launched nonprofit news site The Worcester Guardian has named its founding board of directors, including the current CEO and a former executive from the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

In the first month since the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce partnered with Discover Clinton to establish the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, the new organization has added seven members, with more inquiries.

The Latin American Business Organization, a statewide organization, will become the latest affiliate of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

Worcester Business Journal began listing the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy in 2013, using various iterations of the concept to arrive at the Power 50, which started in 2018.

Even as the Fresh Start’s services earn accolades and are in demand, Kiser has struggled to find consistent funding for his nonprofit.