Worcester

Economy

🔒Keeping construction working: Long plagued by labor shortages, local construction officials are trying to stem the pain caused by a population drop and Trump’s...

Advocates say the industry key to ending the region's persistent housing shortage is facing a workforce cliff.

Banking & Finance

🔒A $250M gap in the safety net: Central Mass. hospitals fight for their financial lives as state’s Health Safety Net reaches historic deficit

The state’s HSN is operating at an estimated $250 million deficit for fiscal 2025, dumping the burden of payment directly onto the state’s health centers and hospitals.

Economy

WPI drops interim tag for general counsel

Following an eight-month stint on an interim basis, Matthew Thaler has been named vice president and general counsel of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Banking & Finance

Two Central Mass. apartments receive financing as part of $18.7M deal

Two multi-family properties in Central Massachusetts have received loans as part of a wider three-property announcement of financing worth a total of $18.65 million.

Economy

WPI’s groundbreaking Business School dean steps down

After four years serving as dean of The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Debora Jackson has left the role.

Energy

Worcester adding to state’s growing climate tech industry, even as Trump Administration impacts loom

About 115,000 people are now employed in the Massachusetts clean energy industry, with Worcester playing a key role in the industry’s ecosystem.

Economy

Cutler Management selects long-term employee as second-ever president

After nearly four decades, Cutler Management in Worcester has a new president as the commercial real estate management company’s inaugural leader has stepped down.

Banking & Finance

🔒Surviving the Valley of Death: Worcester’s oldest incubator has brought on an in-house investment firm for the first time in 30 years

Startups have navigated the perilous Valley of Death period with varying levels of success. Conifer Life Sciences Group at MBI is trying to change that.

Economy