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Nonprofits

  • Worcester State, Guild of St. Agnes open $8M childcare facility in former bowling alley

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023

    The Guild of St. Agnes, a nonprofit childcare profit childcare agency, opened a new child care and early education center in Worcester in collaboration with Worcester State University on Thursday.

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023
  • Fitchburg, Worcester facilities among 11 awardees of $1.3M in cultural grants

    Timothy Doyle May 18, 2023

    Fitchburg State University, Creative Hub Worcester, and Southborough Historical Society were among the largest recipients of $7.6 million in Cultural Facilities Fund grants statewide from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

    Timothy Doyle May 18, 2023
  • Health Foundation of Central Mass. awards $25K to EforAll startup program

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023

    Entrepreneurship for All, a national nonprofit startup accelerator, has received a $25,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to increase its capacity to support Greater Worcester inclusive entrepreneurship, including its

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023
  • Girls Inc. names interim CEO in effort to restore suspended programming

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023

    Girls Inc. of Worcester has named an interim CEO in an effort to restore its programming that was suspended when its CEO and COO were placed on administrative leave amid allegations of racial discrimination.

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023
  • Human service workers seeking wage, loan repayment aid

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 17, 2023

    Members of The Caring Force -- the advocacy arm of the Providers' Council, which represents community-based organizations in the human services sector -- touted legislative proposals at their 11th annual rally that would bolster wages and create a

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 17, 2023
  • Girls Inc. and its CEO sued over racial discrimination back in January 2022

    Isabel Tehan May 16, 2023

    A former Girls Inc. of Worcester employee began a lawsuit against the organization and its CEO for discriminatory treatment in January 2022, more than a year before top leadership were placed on administrative leave amid program closures and a

    Isabel Tehan May 16, 2023
  • Nonprofits battle against rising food insecurity as pandemic era assistance comes to an end

    Isabel Tehan Updated: May 15, 2023

    Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue

    Isabel Tehan Updated: May 15, 2023
  • Following CEO being put on leave, petition claims racial discrimination at Girls Inc.

    Isabel Tehan May 12, 2023

    Days after Girls Inc. of Worcester suspended its programs and put its CEO and COO on leave, an online petition calling for the permanent removal of leadership was released alleging discriminatory treatment of employees.

    Isabel Tehan May 12, 2023
  • Recovery Centers of America at Westminster names new CEO

    Isabel Tehan May 10, 2023

    Recovery Centers of America at Westminster has named Amanda Pitts as its new CEO.

    Isabel Tehan May 10, 2023
  • Girls Inc. puts CEO & COO on leave as programs suspended

    Isabel Tehan May 8, 2023

    The CEO and chief operating officer of Girls Inc. of Worcester have been placed on administrative leave amid the suspension of all programming at the nonprofit, the organization announced Friday.

    Isabel Tehan May 8, 2023
  • Report: Job vacancies piling up in human services sector

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 4, 2023

    The pandemic, the "Great Resignation" and high inflation has exacerbated an already-strapped human services industry in Massachusetts, raising vacancy rates for jobs that provide services for elderly, disabled and mentally ill populations up to an

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 4, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Grace Elton

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Under Grace Elton, the gains of the botanic garden have been significant, and they’re starting to pay off with more visitors and more attractions.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Power 50: The most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2023

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023

    Business professionals from organizations of all types and sizes hold some amount of power, but how you shape the economy and community is when you are truly influential.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Angela Bovill

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Angela Bovill holds the top job at one of the largest human services organizations in Central Massachusetts.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Julie Bowditch

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    If Worcester has one person who serves as the face of everything positive about the city’s business community, it’s probably Julie Bowditch.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Kaska Yawo

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Yawo has changed the landscape that immigrants and refugees to the Worcester area encounter when they arrive.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

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Should cannabis businesses be allowed to own more than three retail licenses?
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The Massachusetts House passed an overhaul marijuana oversight bill on June 4, part of which would raise the retail license limit for each business from three to six over a three-year period. The three-license limit was established to prevent large companies from taking over the legal cannabis industry and push out smaller firms. However, the new six-license-limit proposal is seen as a way for firms to achieve economies of scale and survive in the ultra-competitive industry.