Chamber Supports Clean City Push and Culinary Growth Through Food Hub and Green Corps Initiatives

By Hank Stolz

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WORCESTER, MASS.-Tim Murray speaks with the Talk of the Commonwealth about the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce’s involvement in the Worcester Food Hub, a partnership that provides commercial kitchen space and resources for food businesses. It also highlights the Chamber’s role in the Worcester Green Corps, a collaborative effort to clean up and beautify the city. The Chamber has helped launch The Worcester Food Hub, located at Union Station, provides commercial kitchen space and resources for food businesses, including caterers, producers, and those looking to start a food business.

With the announcement from Worcester City Manager Eric Batista about tackling the city’s trash problem in August with an all-hands-on deck approach, Murray talks about the efforts of the Chamber, through the Worcester Green Corps, to help keep the city clean. “The Worcester Green Corps is a partnership between the United Way, the city and the Chamber. It’s funding that comes that we raise here at the chamber from some of our businesses, contribution from the United Way and the city’s contribution, it’s not financial.” He supports the City Manager putting a renewed emphasis on a cleaner city. “Literally thousands and thousands of pounds of trash picked up regularly, this beautification efforts that they’ve undertaken. But we need to do better as a city collectively.”