Worcester is one of six cities and towns to benefit from the release of $9.3 million in state affordable housing loans, with the planned Voke Loft apartments across from Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Gateway Park selected to receive $2 million for construction.
After announcing in March it would reorganize, the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC) has hired Jeanine B. Went to serve as its executive director.
David P. Forsberg, the former Worcester city councilor who helped shape the Worcester Business Development Corp. (WBDC) into an economic development force, has been named dean of the business school at Anna Maria College, the school announced Tuesday.
The nonprofit alliance of Worcester-area colleges and universities will undergo a restructuring that its leaders said will allow it to strengthen the government-funded programs it oversees to aid middle and high school students as well as low-income adults.
Anna Maria College in Paxton announced that its president, Jack P. Calareso, has signed an extended contract extension that will keep him on the job for an additional five years.