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Worcester Airport to Celebrate Passenger Milestone and Announce Veterans Program
On Tuesday, the Worcester Regional Airport will celebrate its 750,000th passenger milestone and make a special announcement with Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program regarding a traveling benefit for veterans in treatment programs.
Students from Worcester State University and local veterans groups will also plant 2,500 flags along the entrance to the airport in honor of our veterans.
The flag raising ceremony will be at 3:55 PM and will be immediately followed by a speaking program.
City of Worcester, Cultural Coalition Need Your Vote for Special Grant
The Worcester Cultural Coalition, in partnership with the City of Worcester and Green Island Resident Group, Inc., have advanced to the voting round of the Levitt AMP [Your City] grant application process.
With enough votes, Worcester would be awarded one of 15 available grants, the funds will be used to create a 10-week free, live music concert series during the summer of 2020 at Crompton Park.
Supporters are asked to register and vote at levittamp.org/vote before November 20 at 8 PM.
Once voting closes, the Levitt Foundation will review the Top 25 finalists’ proposals and announce the 15 Levitt AMP 2020 winners on December 20.
Girls, Inc. of Worcester CEO and Renowned Pediatrician to Speak at Mechanics Hall
Marianne Felice, M.D., Professor Emerita, Pediatrics, UMass Medical School is hosting a casual conversation with Victoria Waterman, CEO of Girls Inc. of Worcester, and recent speaker at TEDxNatick, on the topic “Today’s Girls are Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
The discussion will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 5:30 PM at Mechanics Hall.
The pair will be engaging in open dialogue combining medical and youth-development perspectives to discuss the importance of investing in today’s girls—and how doing so will change the landscape of women’s leadership for the future. The conversation will not only be on Waterman’s TEDxNatick presentation, but also on broad ways in which girls can be supported and lifted up the ladder of success.
More than 120 women from across Central Mass. are expected to be in attendance.
Public Hearing for Main South Marijuana Establishment Tonight
A public hearing will be held tonight – Monday, Nov. 4 – at the PNI Club on Millbury St. in Worcester at 6 PM for a proposed marijuana establishment in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood.
Arcadia LTD, LLC is aiming to open a cannabis retail shop at 5 Jacques St. [off Webster St.].
Report: Worcester Economy is Struggling
The Worcester Economic Indicators report released each quarter by Assumption College Professor of Economics Dr. Thomas White shows the greater Worcester economy increased at a 0.3 percent annualized rate during the third quarter of 2019.
The slight uptick in economic activity follows two quarters during which the index fell modestly. The WEI is an estimate of local economic activity based on recent Worcester area employment and unemployment data.
“On a seasonally adjusted basis, Worcester area household employment and payroll employment estimates were both up during the third quarter, but not enough to move the index substantially,” said Dr. White. “Those employment estimates, as well as the labor force have not moved much over the past year so the economy has kind of plateaued. There’s little evidence of a sustained slowdown, but not much growth either.”
However, there’s two promising signs for the city’s economy: Third quarter new business incorporations in the greater Worcester area increased about 7.8 percent since the third quarter of 2018 and state-wide initial unemployment claims decreased 4.8 percent from a year ago.
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