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MWCC, vocational schools granted $1.6M to partner with businesses on skills training

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, along with three Central Massachusetts vocational schools and the nonprofit Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Auburn, received $1.57 million in funding for workforce development programs which partner with local businesses.

🔒Q&A: Negotiating a volatile real estate market

Now the residential real estate market has slowed, Richard Healey of Foster-Healey Real Estate Inc. hopes to see it settle down again and level out.

🔒Stretch codes: More stringent building codes coming to Central Mass.

With new building codes on the horizon, battles will be fought in the name of progress, as developers and various interest groups are hesitant to make sweeping changes.

Number of Mass. workers represented by unions grows 3%

The number of Massachusetts workers represented by unions grew by 3.23% to 447,000 in 2022, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Data Statistics.
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Restaurant location sold in Gardner for $1M

The former location of a West Broadway restaurant sold on Wednesday for $1 million.

Heywood, UMass Memorial cancel planned merger

Months after Heywood Healthcare, one of the few Central Massachusetts independent community healthcare systems, entered formal non-binding discussions to affiliate with UMass Memorial Health of Worcester, the merger has been called off.

New federal budget doles out millions for Central Mass. nonprofit projects

Central Massachusetts nonprofits will receive millions of dollars in federal funding in fiscal 2023 as part of the $1.7-trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday.

🔒Housing 2023 economic forecast: The boom continues

Residential development will continue its upward trajectory in 2023, as prices will remain high.
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QCC, MWCC to split $2.5M, as part of $48M statewide adult education push

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner were among organizations across Massachusetts receiving $48.2 million in state grants to support workforce development and adult education.

Worcester County unemployment drops to lowest rate since April 2019

The Worcester County unemployment rate in November dropped two tenths of a percentage point from October to 3%, the lowest rate since April 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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