Quinsigamond Community College has received a $300,000 grant from one of Worcester's top private foundations for the school's new downtown Healthcare and Workforce Development Center, QCC announced Monday.
Clark University will receive nearly a half-million dollars from two grants distributed by the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA) for a set of projects investigating the balance of carbon uptake and release across forests in the United States.
Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty wants to capitalize on urban farming by opening the city to commercial farming that he says will expand the economy while enhancing the quality of food available to all residents.