Fitchburg

Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust elected Brian Anderson as chairman of its board of directors.

Voting for the WBJ’s 2023 Best of Business awards, which seeks to highlight institutions throughout Central Massachusetts based on reader votes, will close this coming Monday, Nov. 14.

Delicious Dips, a bakery offering custom orders of cakes as well as a walk-in retail service featuring items like smoothies, has received a $30,000 small business loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg.

NewVue Communities, a community development corp. serving Fitchburg, received a $726,000 grant from the Massachusetts Underutilized Properties Program for new roofs on three historic buildings that are a part of the organization’s plan to create artist space in downtown Fitchburg.

The Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp., a Boston-based quasi-public corporation, awarded $759,687 to Central Massachusetts chambers of commerce, development corporations, and micro-lenders.

Magic Treasures, a Fitchburg-based business focused on alternative health care, received a $10,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has awarded 11 grants totaling $900,000 as part of its activation fund program..

Sheila King-Goodwin, the senior vice president and chief community banking officer at Fidelity Bank in Leominster, has joined the Fitchburg State University board of trustees.

The Innovation Institute at Westborough-based MassTech Collaborative has granted $25,000 each to the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. to develop a strategic plan for a program to help local entrepreneurs.

JC Ferreira Construction, Inc., a Leominster contractor specializing in utility and road construction, received a $112,500 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. to fund the purchase of new equipment.