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Home » Posts Tagged "Worcester"

David Crouch (center) with ten24 employees Dilip Francis, a lead architect (left), and Storm Rockwell, a front end developer (right), at the company’s downtown headquarters. / Photo by Emily Gowdey-Backus.

Worcester is Fertile Ground for New & Expanding Service, Creative Firms

Outgrowing their office space and looking to tap into local, young talent, in December 2014 David Crouch and his team… Read More
Sharyn Williams November 23, 2019
Worcester City Hall from the adjacent Worcester Common. / PHOTO CHAMBER ARCHIVES

Chamber Urges for Gradual Adoption of Single Tax Rate

With clear solutions developed, competition growing, and a negative trend of manufacturing businesses leaving the city, the Worcester Regional Chamber… Read More
Sharyn Williams November 13, 2019
Worcester is bustling. An op-ed written by Chamber President & CEO Timothy P. Murray summarizing recent and ongoing economic development in Worcester was published by Banker & Tradesman in late August. / IMAGE COURTESY BANKER & TRADESMAN

No Timeouts for Worcester Development Plans

Chamber Wants to Keep Rally Alive By Timothy P. Murray, Chamber president & CEO Banker & Tradesman, Aug. 26, 2019… Read More
Sharyn Williams September 6, 2019
Dr. Lisa Olson of AbbVie Bioresearch Center in Worcester addresses more than 300 business professionals at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's Breakfast Club at the AC Marriott Hotel on September 5.

Chamber Breakfast Club Salutes Six Member Businesses, Features Keynote from AbbVie’s Dr. Olson

Worcester’s contributions to the international biomedical industry as well as recognition of three new female executives and three member businesses’… Read More
Sharyn Williams September 5, 2019
Orphaned sibling mountain lions, Salton and Freyja, lounge in their spacious habitat at Worcester EcoTarium's new Wild Cat Station exhibit sponsored by the Hanover Insurance Group Foundation. Photo by Dominique Goyette-Connerty.

Orphaned, Sibling Mountain Lions Find Home at EcoTarium

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More
Sharyn Williams August 15, 2019
2019 Worcester Youth Leadership Institute Graduate Xavier Aviles poses with Dr. Mattie Castiel, City of Worcester's commissioner of Health and Human Services, and Timothy P. Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, upon receiving his certificate. Photo by Dominique Goyette-Connerty.

Local High School Students Graduate from Worcester Youth Leadership Institute

WORCESTER, Mass. – After seven weeks of professional learning experience, 13 local high school students graduated from the Worcester Youth… Read More
Sharyn Williams August 12, 2019

Why Worcester: Ralph Crowley Jr. on Polar Beverages and Central Mass Manufacturing

WORCESTER – Worcester is bubbling over with pride for Polar Beverage Co. and the feeling is mutual. Ralph D. Crowley… Read More
Sharyn Williams June 11, 2019
The City of Worcester's Business Improvement District, highlighted in blue, is one of 2,000 across the globe and reflects years of collaboration, planning and development execution. / COURTESY CITY OF WORCESTER

Dunn talks Worcester redevelopment to packed crowd at April WIN

WORCESTER – Multi-million-dollar development was at the heart of a keynote address given by Peter Dunn, assistant chief development officer… Read More
Sharyn Williams April 16, 2019
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