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Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 37 • Number 10 $3.50 May 18, 2026
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
PHOTO | BRAD KANE
Community banks find ways to
finance nonprofits despite their
lending and revenue challenges.
| 8
Banking nonprofits
PHOTO | EDD COTE
PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT
City Manager Eric Batista sits down
with WBJ to discuss stretch codes,
tax breaks, and Worcester's next
phase of development.
| 14
Balancing Worcester's
development
S H O P TA L K
22
Powering the next
workforce.
| 21
CHAMBER
CORNER
Two Worcester hotels plan
to begin construction this year,
even as occupancy rates have
fallen over the last 16 months.
Story by Eric Casey on page 12.
More hotels,
softer
demand
Mary Simone,
AC Hotel
Q&A: Keeping
Polar Park
fresh
