Small Business

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has awarded $1.1 million to Central Massachusetts municipalities and nonprofits as part of a new Regional Pilot Project Grant Program aimed at helping bolster economic recovery by supporting uniquely regional challenges, according to a Thursday announcement. 

The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District is looking for artists to help brighten empty storefronts this summer, the organization announced on Tuesday. 

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is launching a third COVID-19 business impact survey aimed at tracking how the pandemic is affecting the local business economy, the organization announced this month.

After graduating high school in Burundi, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian moved to the U.S. for college before living all over the world – Canada, France, Asia, the U.S. – working for corporations.

Nominations for the Worcester Business Journal’s annual 40 Under Forty awards are due, today, Friday, May 7.

The Centers for Disease Control on Monday updated its guidance on cleaning and disinfecting facilities and now says that "when no people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are known to have been in a space, cleaning once a day is usually enough to sufficiently remove virus that may be on surfaces and help maintain a healthy facility."

Business confidence in Massachusetts surged to an outright enthusiastic level in March, buoyed by COVID-19 vaccination progress and the final passage of a $1.9 trillion federal spending law.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed the bill authorizing $7 billion in borrowing to stabilize the unemployment insurance system, establishing a paid sick leave program for COVID-19 emergencies, and reducing the size of premium increases employers face to fund the jobless benefits system.

The City of Worcester License Commission voted to extend the city’s temporary outdoor dining program through the end of the calendar year on Thursday.

President Joe Biden signed off on Tuesday on a bill extending the deadline for Paycheck Protection Program applications to May 31.