Framingham

MutualOne Bank in Framingham promoted its long-time head of commercial lending, Brian Ledwith, to executive vice president and chief lending officer, the bank announced Tuesday.

Framingham renewable energy firm Ameresco was awarded a contract to add a comprehensive battery energy storage system to its existing solar energy facility in Maryland.

Worcester Business Journal began listing the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy in 2013, using various iterations of the concept to arrive at the Power 50, which started in 2018.

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.

David Nordman, executive editor at the Telegram & Gazette, will step down at the end of May, the Worcester-based newspaper announced Tuesday.

The TJX Cos., Inc., headquartered in Framingham, on Wednesday announced plans for a global expansion and acceleration of its environmental sustainability goals, with plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations by 2040.

The move applies to all Reliant locations, which span across Worcester County and the MetroWest area. The move comes in the wake of staffing shortages at the group, a problem augmented across the healthcare industry by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The honors include Family Owned Business of the Year, Minority Owned Business of the Year, Women Owned Business of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and Small Manufacturer of the Year.

Renewable energy firm Ameresco partnered with Hickam Communities LLC, residential homes owned and managed by Lendlease at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.

MassDevelopment, the state’s development agency, issued a $16.5-million tax-exempt bond to Attleboro autism services nonprofit Amego Inc., to buy 16 facilities, including seven in Central Massachusetts.