New grants, training program, and messaging will bolster local creative economy,launching with online event Friday, October 15, at 12:00pm NEW BEDFORD, MA — New Bedford’s sizzling creative sector continues to set a blistering pace of return value to the community with more exciting news this autumn: New Bedford Creative, housed at...
The smells of Central America and the Caribbean wafted through the Riverside Park summer air on Saturday afternoons this July and August.From Carmen Martinez’ pupusas to Estella de la Cruz’s tacos, they were all there.Corrinn Williams and Ken Rapoza of the Community Economic Development Center oversaw a pilot program to...
NEW BEDFORD — As early as next spring, a facility that once manufactured seafood packaging will house classrooms, obstacle courses and a deepwater pool to train workers for the offshore wind industry, which is scheduled to start delivering energy to Massachusetts in 2023. The National Offshore Wind Institute training facility in New Bedford, which has...
City and customer support helped add new dining spots during pandemic. NEW BEDFORD — Steve Silverstein has spent his life in the restaurant industry. But as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses in March of 2020, he was forced to contemplate what he’d have left to show for it. “Is this the end...
