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Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner has collaborated with local banks and credit unions to launch a new banking certificate program.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has selected 19 artists for its second Business of Art cohort, which is funded by GWCF’s Creative Worcester Initiative in partnership with the Boston-based Barr Foundation and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Assets for Artists program. 

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. loaned $100,000 to DivineTouch Home Health Care in Worcester to support the agency in becoming a certified homecare agency by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Facility Licensure and Certification.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg approved a $13,000 loan to Beauty Empire, a Leominster beauty salon owned by Nadia Ruiz.

A New Hampshire storage company is proposing the redevelopment of a vacant portion of a retail plaza at 380-510 John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg.

Lavalley, the executive director, is in his 19th year in charge and trying to keep the nonprofit’s legacy alive while it continues to transform to something new in its post-COVID existence.

See who is on the move at Lamoureaux Pagano Associates, AAFCPA's, Fidelity Bank, and more.

New workforce data and industry leaders in Central Massachusetts suggest any inkling that people wouldn’t travel or meet at the same rates as they did before COVID appears to be unfounded.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank donated more than $400,000 to more than 275 organizations, events, and causes in 2022 through its LifeDesign Community Dividend program.

Although the growth slowed last year, 2022 still showed Central Massachusetts has become a destination for new businesses. Another 2,772 new businesses incorporated in the region in 2022, a 1.5% increase over the eye-popping 2021 figures.