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Economic Development
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Worcester Wares growing into business adolescence
February 19, 2018In less than three years, Jessica Walsh has gone from selling “I Love Worcester” pins at area stores and festivals to running a retail store out of the DCU Center, feeding off the passion residents and visitors have for the city.
February 19, 2018
Primetals considering leaving Worcester for $28M Sutton facility
February 14, 2018Primetals Technologies, a London-based metal manufacturer that operates two facilities in Worcester, is looking to move, possibly a $28-million facility in Sutton.
February 14, 2018
New $7.3M space helps Becker video game program grow
February 13, 2018As Becker College's video game design program has grown, it's been held back by just one thing: not enough space. The college doesn't have that problem anymore.
February 13, 2018
Amazon HQ2 in Mass. could require legislation, Baker says
February 9, 2018Amazon doesn't quite fit into the state's current set of job-boosting programs, according to Gov. Charlie Baker, who raised the idea Thursday of legislation tailored to suit the tech giant's needs.
February 9, 2018
Healthcare staffing firm signs Mercantile Center lease
February 7, 2018A healthcare staffing firm will relocate its Worcester office to occupy more than 14,000 square feet of the Mercantile Center on Front Street.
February 7, 2018
UMass Memorial bids farewell to Patrick Muldoon
February 5, 2018Muldoon worked his last day on Jan. 31, after reversing the Worcester hospital's fortunes in the last four years.
February 5, 2018
Milford office park proposes 272 affordable units
February 1, 2018Burlington-based Gutierrez Co. is proposing a 59-acre, 272-unit affordable apartment complex off Route 85 to instead of office space first envisioned.
February 1, 2018
deadhorse owners to open second restaurant March 1
January 24, 2018Korean-style restaurant simjang -- the second location from the deadhorse hill team -- is expected to open March 1 on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, said co-owner Albert LaValley on Tuesday.
January 24, 2018
Fantasy sports bill includes tax, panel
January 23, 2018With the legal status of daily fantasy sports set to expire in about five months, Sen. Eileen Donoghue has proposed making the popular fantasy contests permanently legal, putting the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in charge of overseeing the
January 23, 2018
Worcester to buy Saint Vincent parcels for $385K, market site
January 22, 2018The City of Worcester is set to acquire property parcels from Saint Vincent Hospital for Worcester Senior Center parking while marketing an unused portion of the center to developers.
January 22, 2018
The 20 most developable sites in Central Mass.
January 22, 2018These properties – which could host retail, housing, industrial or office complexes, or some mix – are practically hiding in plain sight, simply waiting for the right buyer or builder.
January 22, 2018
WPI, QCC get $4M for new photonics lab
January 11, 2018Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College announced Thursday they'll start a new photonics lab thanks to a $4-million Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative grant.
January 11, 2018
PawSox $83M stadium deal moves forward in R.I. legislature
January 9, 2018The Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee voted 8-1 on Tuesday to pass along an $83-million ballpark deal for the Pawtucket Red Sox for approval by the full legislature, as the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate is in separate talks to move the team to
January 9, 2018
Economic growth is a community-driven process
January 8, 2018Economic development is not a profession. It is a process, an amalgamation of various activities, which, together, focus on a singular goal: the betterment of a community.
January 8, 2018
Accolades & honors
January 8, 2018Diana Lados, Milton Prince Higgins II distinguished associate professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the founder and director of WPI's Integrative Materials Design Center, was elected a fellow o
January 8, 2018
Worcester getting $327K for pharmacy tech training
January 3, 2018The City of Worcester and the Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board are receiving about $327,000 in state funding for a program training pharmacy technicians.
January 3, 2018
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