Small Business

MassDevelopment has hired four development experts to help redevelopment initiatives in four cities, including Worcester and Fitchburg.

Worcester is working to determine which of the proposed 24 retail cannabis stores will land the city's 15 licenses.

It's another first for Good Chemistry: the Harrison Street dispensary is Worcester's first marijuana company to apply for a special permit to sell adult-use cannabis products.

As it works to get the non-medical marijuana market up and running, the Cannabis Control Commission is planning to work up regulations this fall to assume control and oversight of the state's medical marijuana program in December.

Worcester has had baseball fever ever since the Pawtucket Red Sox signed a letter of intent with the city to build a potential $90-million ballpark in the Canal District.

With this year's WBJ 40 Under Forty, you see the people who could turn the cultural renaissance from a well-started idea to a full-blown reality.

In almost seven years total of business, I have seen my afternoon hobby blossom into a flourishing company.

A total of 16 Central Massachusetts companies made Inc. 5000's 2018 list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the country.

Bed-and-breakfasts used to be the little guys on the block in hospitality before anyone could rent their place on Airbnb. But in Central Mass., at least, they're holding their own.

With cannabis legal to use in Massachusetts since December 2016, a worker could go home and toke up, akin to stopping by a pub for a beer. Well, not really.