Karen Pelletier, Author at Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce

Left to right: Craig Blais, Worcester Business Development Corporation; Rep. Kim Ferguson, R-1ST Worcester; Peter Lukes, Town of Holden; Tim Quinn, Quinn’s Blue Plate; and Kristin Sawash, UniBank. Photo courtesy WBDC.

2019 Proves Busy for Local SBA 504 Loans

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier November 14, 2019

Distribution of the 2020 U.S. Census does not begin until March, but the City of Worcester was already drumming awareness early in 2019. / PHOTO COURTESY UNSPLASH

City Aims for Complete Census Count

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier November 14, 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

Karen Pelletier November 13, 2019

Shahbaz (left), Imrana, and Ali. Photo courtesy WooRides.

Meet Startup Worcester: WooRides; 2017-18, 2018-19

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 31, 2019

Knife skills, among other culinary know-how, are taught to participants in the Worcester Regional Food Hub’s Launching Diverse Entrepreneurs in Worcester progam. Additional sessions will focus on food safety, sales, accounting, and insurance among other topics. Photo by Emily Gowdey-Backus.

High Interest in Worcester Regional Food Hub’s Diverse Leadership Program Necessitates Increase in Capacity

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 31, 2019

Fallon Health Care: Baby Boomers Deserve Helpful Dose of Medicare Info

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 18, 2019

Assumption’s Land Receives Regional News Award

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 17, 2019

Fallon Health’s newest Summit ElderCare location for participants of its Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) opens Friday, Oct. 18 on Grove Street in Worcester. The building is 15,500 square feet and replaces the facility on East Mountain Street which opened its doors in 1995. / PHOTO COURTESY FALLON HEALTH

Fallon Health opens new Summit ElderCare location in Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass. — There are a lot of new buildings popping up on Worcester’s Grove Street, but the one at… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 16, 2019

Family members and friends of the 18 graduates of the Worcester Regional Food Hub's Launching Diverse Entrepreneurs in Worcester program gathered Monday evening to celebrate the group's culinary accomplishments. / PHOTO BY EMILY GOWDEY-BACKUS

Food Hub graduates 18 from Urban Agenda Grant program

WORCESTER – From mocktails to vegan cuisine, Pre-Columbian dishes to banh mi, the smorgasbord on offer Monday evening at the… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 8, 2019

Delta Dental presents a check to UMass Memorial toward the operation of the UMass Memorial Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. Just one example of the health care system’s community-wide presence, the Care Mobile provides medical and preventive dental services in 10 low-income neighborhoods and at 20 inner-city elementary schools in Worcester, regardless of a patient's insurance status. Care Mobile staff also provide connection to social support services. / PHOTO COURTESY UMASS MEMORIAL

UMass Memorial: Anchoring a Community-Focused Mission in a 21st-Century Health Care Landscape, Economy

This story was originally published in the August 2019 edition of the Chamber Exchange newspaper. To receive hard copies of… Read More

Karen Pelletier October 3, 2019

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