In the News Archives - Worcester Regional Research Bureau

Mar 23, 2020

WRRB Update on today’s Executive Order from Governor Baker

Thank you for your support of The Research Bureau, and for the comprehensive community response in Greater Worcester to the COVID-19 crisis.

Mar 18, 2020

Update with COVID-19 Resources

We recognize that everyone in both the private and public sectors are taking unprecedented actions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. To assist in these efforts, the Bureau has assembled some guidance and online links that could be helpful to raise awareness of responses by national, state, and municipal government.

Mar 11, 2020

Who is Voting and Not Voting (Yet) in Worcester with Paul Matthews & Tom Quinn

Who is Voting and Not Voting (Yet) in Worcester Municipal Elections? Well, Paul Matthews and Tom Quinn of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau dug deep into the numbers to find out.

Mar 10, 2020

‘Never been a better time’ for fare-free public transit in Worcester, Massachusetts Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler says in letter of support

The benefits of providing regional transit authority services without charging a fare are clear but hard to quantify, Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler said in a recent letter to the Worcester City Council.

Mar 10, 2020

Worcesteria: Worcester wins on weed

PRIMARY BREAKDOWN: Woohoo! Worcester went for Bernie Sanders in the state Democratic Primary election last week. The rest of what we might consider the Worcester area, save for Northbridge (arguably Worcester area), did not. No, every town surrounding Worcester went for Joe Biden, despite his complete lack of ground game here and, seemingly, everywhere else.

Mar 06, 2020

5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – March 6

In today’s daily 5 Things You Need to Know feature, ThisWeekinWorcester.com explores five important items and stories that Worcester and Central Massachusetts residents should keep a close eye on.

Mar 05, 2020

Who’s deciding Worcester’s elections? New Worcester Regional Research Bureau report finds small portion of ‘supervoters’ determine city’s municipal elections

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau released a report Thursday morning analyzing the demographics of the electorate in Worcester municipal elections. According to the bureau, the report confirms preconceived notions of a lack of diversity in local voter turnout, and details new information including average ages, “supervoters,” voter housing, racial disparities and polling locations.

Mar 04, 2020

A free route to economic opportunity

We hear “free this” and “free that” being bandied about by certain progressive Democratic presidential candidates, without ever mentioning who’ll pick up the tab for their government largesse.

Feb 28, 2020

Report Shows Downtown Worcester Occupancy Rates on Rise

WORCESTER – A new report by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau shows occupancy rates for downtown office space in Worcester are on the rise.

Feb 28, 2020

What Could Happen If We Had Free Public Transit?

Public transit has often been hailed as a green way to lower your carbon footprint. When I lived in Atlanta back on 2007, the public system there, MARTA, capitalized on its name with the catchphrase “Marta is Smarta,” meaning that it is smarter to use public transit than it is to drive and be stuck in traffic.