Greater Worcester

Members of the Massachusetts Community College Council, a Worcester-based union representing faculty and staff at the state’s 15 community colleges, are rallying Wednesday and Thursday in Worcester.

An anonymous donor granted the nonprofit Worcester Chamber Music Society $1 million over five years to expand its youth education program, Neighborhood Strings.

Fallon Health, a Worcester-based insurer and healthcare provider, has selected 15 nonprofits focused on food security and care of older adults as recipients of $200,000 in Community Impact Grants.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded $2.1 million to local nonprofits as part of its community grants program. A total of 148 nonprofits serving the Greater Worcester community will share the funding, a majority of which is non restricted dollars.

The City of Worcester has issued a request for proposals for a property in Worcester's Main South neighborhood it would like to see developed into a light manufacturing facility.

Jackson Street Apartments LLC of Webster has bought two properties located on Jackson Street in Worcester.

Economic development officials, cultural sector advocates and others pitched lawmakers Monday on the idea of peeling off a portion of the state's sales tax revenue from online shopping to use as grant funding for organizations that work to make downtowns across Massachusetts more walkable, livable and engaging.

Prime Power Rentals of Millbury led the Central Massachusetts contingency of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.

United Medical Systems, a Westborough-based provider of mobile urology services to hospitals, has named Matthew Gattuso as the company’s new president.

Gov. Maura Healey thinks changes need to be made to the Mass Save program that conducts home energy assessments and offers rebates to help Bay State residents save money on energy bills.