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Massachusetts marijuana regulators are concerned about a recent significant uptick in reports of potential industry investors who targeted economic empowerment and social equity program entrepreneurs with unfair contract terms.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. on Wednesday announced it had approved a $35,000 loan to the owners of Black Hydra Tattoo in Fitchburg: Emily Shortsleeves, Matt Gallagher, and Brad Touchette. 

In summer of 2020, Price was spending time with those closest to him, watching the Black Lives Matter movement expand in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and trying to figure out what he should do next.

Coworking spaces and the coronavirus pandemic were never going to be a great match.

The Gov. Charlie Baker administration is issuing $333,989 in grants to Central Mass. collaborative workspaces, to help them expand and safely reopen, according to a Tuesday press release from MassDevelopment, which is administering the funds.

Technocopia, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumnus-founded nonprofit makerspace and incubator in Worcester’s downtown, is recruiting for new board members as part of a board expansion, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced the 27 members of its upcoming Leadership Worcester class of 2021, on Wednesday. 

This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.

In an interview on the WBJ Podcast, the co-founders of Uxbridge cannabis startup Blackstone Valley Naturals said the key to surviving Massachusetts' long and expensive regulatory process is to stay as lean as possible.

Coworking spaces looking to purchase new equipment or undergo building improvements intended to implement social distancing and coronavirus-related safety standards may apply for grants of up to $100,000 through the MassDevelopment’s Collaborative Workspace Program, the agency announced on Monday.