[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The House voted yes on a bill Thursday that would fund every operator that originally applied for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The Senate vote is next. The U.S. House of Representatives voted yes on a bill Thursday that would provide $42 billion in relief to foodservice businesses that originally applied for...
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...
The Port of New Bedford is pleased to announce that it is a founding partner of New Bedford SourceLink, a major new initiative by the New Bedford Economic Development Council. New Bedford SourceLink is a supportive platform that connects maritime, arts+culture, and main street entrepreneurs to a network of local, regional,...
New Bedford Creative is pleased to announce that it is a founding partner of New Bedford SourceLink, a major new initiative by the New Bedford Economic Development Council. New Bedford Creative New Bedford Sourcelink is an online platform and real-life network of people and providers. It is designed to connect resources and...
The New Bedford entrepreneurial ecosystem began to take shape about six years ago. We were simply doing our best to recruit a co-working or maker-space operator for vacant space in a city-owned building—that's it. Since then, we have added program partners such as Groundwork, EforAll, the Co-Creative Center, the NB Creative...
New Bedford has an incredible sense of community. It can feel like a small town where everybody knows your name, and more importantly, that everybody is pulling for you. I’ve come to know this community intimately in the 5+ years since I started Groundwork. At that time I was new...
