At a City Council meeting in January, Mayor Petty of Worcester brought up the issue of urban agriculture. This would mean making an amendment to the zoning code to allow for commercial growing in a variety of zones in the city. The Mayor cited Boston’s recent work in this realm – Article 89 – which […]
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The Worcester CHIP: One Year Later
Last Wednesday, February 26th, well over 100 people gathered in the Levi Lincoln Room of Worcester City Hall to celebrate one year of implementing Worcester’s Community Health Improvement Plan (the “CHIP”). The CHIP is a one-of-a-kind plan in the public health world, the only one in the state, or perhaps in the country. It is […]
Let’s Raise the Minimum Wage!
by FALPC Intern Katie Irwin Why do we need to raise the minimum wage? This question has been a hot topic for the last several months and the supportive reasons outweigh the negative ones. Campaigns like Raise Up Massachusetts are working to raise the state wage to $10.50. They show that an increase “would directly raise the wages […]
What you missed at last weeks Community Meeting…
In case you didn’t make it to our Quarterly Community Meeting last week at Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester, here’s a little recap. A fabulous spread of potluck dishes welcomed about 20 attendees, a mix of folks that we knew and some lovely new faces as well. People were told they could bring their kids […]
Hunger Study Update!
By Katie Irwin, FALPC Intern As you may remember from our May Newsletter, the Hunger in America 2014 study (aka “the Hunger Study”) has been going on since April of this year. It is part of a national study being conducted by Feeding America, and locally the Worcester County Food Bank is coordinating the Worcester […]