In today’s daily 5 Things You Need to Know feature, ThisWeekinWorcester.com explores five important items and stories that Worcester and Central Massachusetts residents should keep a close eye on.
These five things can cover a whole range of subjects and issues that we feel are pertinent to understanding what’s going on in the city and the cities and towns surrounding Worcester.
In today’s edition – Friday, August 28 – Creative Hub to build Art Space in Main South with help from UMass Memorial Health Care, Startup Worcester announces new winners, weekly COVID-19 update in Worcester, CVS to offer drive-by vaccinations for seniors and Insomnia Cookies has a $500 gift card giveaway.
Creative Hub Secures Funding for Art Space at Former Boy & Girls Club
The Creative Hub Worcester will rehabilitate a currently vacant, historic building into a new community hub at the former Boys & Girls Club location at 2 Ionic Ave.
UMass Memorial Health Care is providing a seven-year, $500,000 investment loan to Creative Hub Worcester to fund the project.
The community hub will have a multi use arts center serving at-risk youth and local working artists from the Main South area.
On the first floor, there will be event space available for rent to generate income to support programming, maker space and studios. There will be classes, art exhibitions and after-school programs.
On Monday, August 31, at 9:30 AM an announcement and preview of the space will be presented at 2 Ionic Ave.
Startup Worcester Announces 2020-21 Cohort
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, WorcLab, and the Venture Forum have announced winners of Startup Worcester memberships.
Each company selected receives year-long memberships to the Worcester Regional Chamber, WorcLab – an incubator space for entrepreneurs and innovators, and the Venture Forum – a not-for-profit community for entrepreneurs at any stage. The packages is valued at $3,500.
This year’s winners are:
- Admet – 3D printing nozzles that add metal printing capability to
- household 3D printers
- Doughboyz – Pancake Delivery Service
- handi co. – Professional handyman, carpentry, and painting services
- Integrated Vision – Manufacturer of apparatus to help mobility,
- vision, and hearing-impaired people connect and live independently
- Multiscale Systems, Inc. – Design and manufacture advanced materials that are lighter, stronger, and better than conventional counterparts
- Pineapple Girl Productions – A freelance collective talent pool for multimedia marketing
- TechnoFrame – An open 3D printable metric aluminum extrusion construction system for prototyping machinery, robotics, and static structures.
- World Youth Opportunity Inc. – Provider of education and training of skills for IT and entrepreneurship to empower youth
Weekly COVID-19 Update Shows Increase of Cases in Worcester
The City of Worcester’s weekly COVID-19 update, released on Thursday, August 27, showed an increase of cases in Worcester when compared to previous weeks.
The report said that 87 individuals from Worcester tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week. That precedes the previous two weeks which held totals of 69 and 70 respectively.
CVS Pharmacy to Offer Drive-By Flu Clinic for Seniors
CVS will offer flu, pneumonia and shingles immunizations at a Drive-By Flu Clinic for seniors on Saturday, September 12 at Vernon Medical Center, located at 10 Winthrop St.
Immunizations will be administered by appointment only. The deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 7.
To schedule an appointment, call the Worcester Senior Center at (508) 799-1232.
Win a $500 Gift Card from Insomnia Cookies
You could win a $500 gift card from Insomnia Cookies, or a number of other prizes.
The promotion, called Cookies for College, is available for online registration now and until September 27.
Every registration provides a prize when registration is completed.
Image Credit: Facebook/ Creative Hub Worcester
