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Economic Development
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ten24’s David Crouch eyes workforce development as he advises Gov. Baker
June 7, 2019At the intersection of technology companies, startups, and Worcester small businesses is ten24 and its president, David Crouch.
June 7, 2019Business confidence drops to lowest level since 2016
June 4, 2019Employer confidence in the economy continued its see-saw year in May, dropping more than three points and falling to its lowest point in two and a half years, according to Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
June 4, 2019
Amazon to employ more than 2,000 with Seaport office
May 29, 2019Boston may have lost out in the competition to lure Amazon's second headquarters to the city, but the Seattle-based tech giant plans to hire 2,000 employees to work in a new Seaport office tower beginning in 2021.
May 29, 2019
Augustus to propose vacant Worcester storefront assistance program
May 28, 2019Worcester City Councilors will be asked Tuesday evening to adopt a new special tax district intended to encourage business owners to occupy vacant storefronts.
May 28, 2019
Boston architecture firm plans $94M digital arts renovation of Worcester Memorial Auditorium
May 24, 2019The Worcester Memorial Auditorium will be sold to a historic property architecture firm for $450,000 to make way for the firm’s planned $94-million redevelopment of the 87-year-old building vacant since 1999.
May 24, 2019
GateHouse staff cuts hit Telegram, WoMag newsrooms
May 23, 2019Worcester Magazine's editorial staff is down to just one reporter, the Telegram & Gazette lost six positions and hundreds of other journalists, photographers and hundreds of other employees working for newspaper giant GateHouse Media are jobless
May 23, 2019
Wachusett Brewing to open taproom in Kelley Square market
May 23, 2019Westminster beermaker Wachusett Brewing Co. will operate a taproom in the new Worcester Public Market set to open this fall.
May 23, 2019-
Worcester Memorial Auditorium reuse recommendations to be unveiled May 28
May 15, 2019Worcester and a Boston-based historic preservation architect firm are narrowing in on a reuse plan for the Worcester Memorial Auditorium.
May 15, 2019 
Baker picks four Worcester leaders for Mass. Economic Development Planning Council
May 15, 2019Four Worcester business and higher education leaders have been named to a new Massachusetts Economic Development Planning Council by Gov. Charlie Baker.
May 15, 2019Lawmakers pitch northern rail route to Western Mass.
May 15, 2019Two lawmakers have pitched the Transportation Committee on studying an east-west passenger rail connection between Boston, Greenfield and North Adams.
May 15, 2019
The economic impact of legal pot is limited, as Mass. seeks the right balance
May 13, 2019Worcester could have up to 15 cannabis shops. Western cities of similar size show there could be demand for far more, but the economic impact may not be so noticeable.
May 13, 2019
Uxbridge, Athol find new revenue by embracing cannabis
May 13, 2019Half of Massachusetts cities and towns have enacted or are considering a ban on recreational marijuana businesses, towns like Uxbridge and Athol have gone in the other direction.
May 13, 2019Be like Uxbridge
May 13, 2019The moment the ballot initiative passed in November 2016 allowing for recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, economic development officials across the state should have been sharpening their pencils.
May 13, 2019
Developer of critical WooSox mixed-use project has low-key history
May 13, 2019The key principal for Boston-based Madison Properties has experience with Worcester but has never built a project like the one he has planned next to the proposed Polar Park.
May 13, 2019
Boston developer purchases Mission Chapel for $338K
May 8, 2019A Boston-based developer has purchased the former Mission Chapel building on Summer Street in Worcester for $337,500
May 8, 2019
Worcester close to securing all ballpark land after $5.8M deal
May 2, 2019The Worcester Redevelopment Authority has now voted to acquire nearly all of the properties needed for the $101-million ballpark to serve as the new home of the Pawtucket Red Sox.
May 2, 2019
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