Small Business

Two new grant programs will make $78 million available to Massachusetts small business owners focusing on disadvantaged communities and movie theater owners.

As the Southeast Asian Coalition settles into new digs, its executive director arrives with big ambitions for its role in the community.

The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District named Electric Haze owner Victoria Mariano as its new program director.

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

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.

The White Room has made a post-COVID comeback over the past year and is a nexus of cultural and social life in Worcester.

BIPOC-owned startups seeking out larger investments have come up short, in large part because the deck is stacked against them.

After ramping up since opening its doors in September, Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream is holding its grand opening ceremony at its Front Street store at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Wolanski CoWork, Inc., a franchise of Venture X, will open a nearly 15,000-square-foot coworking space in downtown Worcester in late summer.

TidePool Bookshop opened in September 2020 after months of delays thanks to COVID-19. Now, two years later, they have a busy store with a growing number of events and an expanding catalog of books.