Northbridge

With the Thursday signing by Gov. Charlie Baker of the $3.76-billion Massachusetts economic development bill, more than $1.4 million will filter to five Central Massachusetts projects.

The Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp., a Boston-based quasi-public corporation, awarded $759,687 to Central Massachusetts chambers of commerce, development corporations, and micro-lenders.

Open Sky Community Services has hired Mary Benvenuto of Blackstone as its new executive vice president and CFO, the Worcester-based human services nonprofit announced Monday.

People are on the move at GFA Federal Credit Union, Mirick O’Connell, and more.

The 31,080-square-foot location of a glass factory in Whitinsville sold for $4.2 million on Aug. 1. The manufacturer will remain at the location.

Timothy Doyle, who has led the Research Department for New England Business Media since 2019, has joined the Worcester Business Journal newsroom as a staff writer in charge of the real estate and higher education beats.

Whitinsville-based Koopman Lumber has acquired Boilard Lumber, a family-owned lumber yard based in Indian Orchard, a neighborhood of Springfield, marking its first incursion into Western Massachusetts.

The bank officially turned 150 in 2020, but postponed any planned celebration until this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Milford Federal Bank, UniBank, UMass Memorial Health, and GFA Federal Credit Union are among those with recent hires and promotions.

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.