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Uneven impacts seen as Mass. economy accelerates
May 27, 2021While Massachusetts may not recover all of the jobs it lost until 2022, 2023, or beyond, the economic recovery here is "well underway," aided by federal stimulus spending and COVID-19 vaccinations, and the outlook for the rest of 2021 is "quite
May 27, 2021
Worcester’s colleges have fostered a startup ecosystem to help students become business owners
Updated: May 24, 2021When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the
Updated: May 24, 2021
2021 Power 50: Jon Weaver
Updated: May 10, 2021Worcester has a cluster of colleges and population density unlike anything else in Massachusetts outside Boston and its immediate suburbs, so it’s only natural that Worcester’s been making a long push to build a life sciences-based startup culture
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Eric Mosley
Updated: May 10, 2021Very rare is the instance in which Central Mass. has a unicorn, a startup valued at $1 billion or more. But Workhuman reached that achievement in June.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Small biz lifeline program reaches its end
May 7, 2021When Vivian and Juan Acevedo opened Lowell's Panela restaurant in 2019, it was in many ways the realization of a dream and the culmination of Vivian's culinary career.
May 7, 2021
Challenge urges shopping at Asian American businesses
May 4, 2021Kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus is putting forward a social media challenge encouraging people to shop at Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned businesses.
May 4, 2021
Index: Confident Mass. employers expecting strong recovery
May 4, 2021After a surge in March, confidence among businesses in Massachusetts took a tiny step backward in April but analysts said firms have their eyes on a robust recovery over the next six months.
May 4, 2021
Ashland granted $570K for biz community, town improvement projects
April 27, 2021The Town of Ashland announced on Monday it has received $564,955 across three grants for various improvement projects ranging from local business development to firefighter safety.
April 27, 2021
North Central Chamber pushes for biz impact survey responses
April 22, 2021The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is strongly encouraging business owners to fill out its open business impact survey as it determines how to best support the local economy as it begins recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
April 22, 2021
Worcester chamber launches pro-Worcester commercial
April 19, 2021The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is launching a 30-second commercial promoting Worcester, set to air on stations in the Boston-Manchester-Worcester, Providence and Springfield markets, the advocacy group announced on Monday.
April 19, 2021
Baker Administration awards $1.1M to Central Mass. regional programs
April 19, 2021The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has awarded $1.1 million to Central Massachusetts municipalities and nonprofits as part of a new Regional Pilot Project Grant Program aimed at helping bolster economic recovery by supporting uniquely regional
April 19, 2021-
BID asks for artists to decorate empty Worcester storefronts
April 15, 2021The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District is looking for artists to help brighten empty storefronts this summer, the organization announced on Tuesday.
April 15, 2021 -
North Central chamber launches third COVID biz impact survey
April 14, 2021The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is launching a third COVID-19 business impact survey aimed at tracking how the pandemic is affecting the local business economy, the organization announced this month.
April 14, 2021 
Q&A: Shrewsbury entrepreneur sells coffee, empowers women
Updated: April 12, 2021After graduating high school in Burundi, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian moved to the U.S. for college before living all over the world – Canada, France, Asia, the U.S. – working for corporations.
Updated: April 12, 2021
40 Under Forty nominations due today
April 7, 2021Nominations for the Worcester Business Journal’s annual 40 Under Forty awards are due, today, Friday, May 7.
April 7, 2021
CDC updates guidance on cleaning, disinfecting facilities
April 6, 2021The Centers for Disease Control on Monday updated its guidance on cleaning and disinfecting facilities and now says that "when no people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are known to have been in a space, cleaning once a day is usually enough to
April 6, 2021
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