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Three Worcester County nonprofits have been awarded a combined $1.49 million in capital funding to refurbish their early education and out-of-school time program facilities predominantly serving low-income families.
Worcester-based Safe Exit Initiative, a survivor-led nonprofit working to end the sex trade by providing support and safe exit options, has re-opened Harbor, its community resource center and day shelter.
Worcester’s EcoTarium has launched a mobile-phone navigation app prototype.
Three Worcester nonprofits have been named among the first recipient cohort of Massachusetts’ new grantmaking program Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, an initiative providing funding to grassroots organizations working to reduce harm caused by
A state fund meant to open the legal marijuana industry up to more entrepreneurs from communities most harmed by prohibition and enforcement now has more than $27 million at its disposal.
Caitlyn Correia has taken over ownership of BlueHive Exhibits.
Dello Stritto involves herself in all aspects of the Worcester community, whether it be her former role as marketing outreach officer at Bay State Savings Bank or serving as festival director at Pride Worcester.
Since opening, Jusme has grown his practice from one provider to three providers of color on a staff offering a range of expertise including depression treatment, trauma therapy, and racial identity.
Haywood left the security of her 9-to-5 position in higher education to set out on her own, launching her equity-based consulting firm in April 2023.
Today, Alicea Torres oversees 40 home daycares in Greater Worcester, while providing services to those receiving help from the Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance, in addition to her work with unhoused families and teen and adult parents
Lora Dumas has played a role in keeping tens of thousands of Central Massachusetts residents safe, even if they don’t know her name.
This special edition is a celebration of everything the 40 Under Forty has meant to the Central Massachusetts business community over the last 25 years, with a heavy focus on the incoming Class of 2024.
Jusme is a talented multitasker, a skill she picked up during her years at AIC pursuing a business management degree, where she balanced classes, being a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, supporting her household, and raising a child.
Carney headed west to Worcester following graduation, finding a city with a culture that reminded him of his hometown before it was changed by gentrification.
The nearly 1,000 winners of the 40 Under Forty awards from the last 25 years have gone onto great things, and we catch up with 25 alumni for the 25th anniversary.
Before she was named to the inaugural class of WBJ’s 40 Under Forty, Stacey Luster was breaking new ground as the first Black woman elected to Worcester City Council.