NEW BEDFORD, MA – Mayor Jon Mitchell and the New Bedford Economic Development Council (NBEDC) on Monday, December 7 jointly announced the launch of New Bedford SourceLink, a supportive platform that connects maritime, arts and culture, and main street entrepreneurs to a network of local, regional, and national resource partners to foster innovation, growth, and […]
Help keep the Cape Verdean Memorial Vets Hall Evergreen
Like many organizations and facilities, the Cape Verdean Memorial Veterans Hall is struggling to stay afloat and also build for the future during the pandemic. They write that, “the Historic Cape Verdean Veterans Memorial Hall has been closed since February 2020 due to Covid 19. We were unable to reopen due to the fact that […]
Addressing The Ave
A new interactive project that’s part of the Urban Agenda Initiative developed by the Community Economic Development Center (CEDC). Addressing Acushnet Ave will be a participatory online project and a place-making project along North End’s commercial corridor. The project will spotlight 10 addresses along The Ave – a mix of vacant storefronts and open small […]
ROGER MANDLE: Truly, A Man for all Seasons
NEW BEDFORD, MA – Roger Mandle, the co-founder of DATMA in the City of New Bedford and for all of South Coast, Massachusetts and the wider world, died this past weekend, aged 79. The official announcement from DATMA (Design, Art, Technology Massachusetts), and an overview of his remarkable life, is below: Roger Mandle was a […]
Re-Port of New Bedford: Nov. 2020
Steven Froias, writer For and brought to you by the New Bedford Ocean Cluster // The election of President-elect Joseph Biden promises a new focus on renewable energy. The Boston Globe writes, “Few industries stand to benefit more from the Biden administration’s arrival than clean energy, and the nascent offshore wind sector in New England […]