There is Strength in Numbers
The Main South Business Association is an organization established to support local business owners just like YOU in the Main South commercial corridor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Together we are made up of Main South businesses and residents on a mission to ignite and inspire the continued growth in our community, advocate collectively on city, state and government decisions that directly affect the Main South area of Worcester and encourage more business-to-business collaboration efforts in our business neighborhoods.
"Joining the Main South Business Association connected me with a community of business leaders that directly made it their goal to help me grow my business. That support meant so much to me and my business."
- Jacky Duque, Kokoriko's Pizza and Fried Chicken
September 5, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal
Worcester, MA - As you walk down Main Street, south of Chandler Street, you see storefronts are filled with markets selling food from around the world, clothing, and home goods, with their doors often open to the street, creating a vibrant atmosphere of people doing their errands or talking with others from the neighborhood...
August 22, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal
Worcester, MA - Besides being a successful business owner, Norford has become a key leader in the Main South business community, playing an important role in the Worcester neighborhood’s significant development over the past five years...
August 15, 2022 - Spectrum News
Worcester, MA - The Main South Business Association held its Back to School Fiesta Monday at YMCA’s Fuller Family Park in Worcester.
The event included free haircuts, backpacks, music and art. The MSBA also held a raffle for a chance to win an eclectic scooter, iPad, and an apple watch.....
January 15, 2022 - Masslive.com
Worcester, MA - Alex Franco’s goals for his restaurant, Kokriko’s Chicken and Pizza, in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood aren’t lofty.
“I don’t worry that much,” Franco said. “As long as I pay my bills, my rent, my bills.”
COVID-19 complicated even the most modest of goals. However, a partnership in Worcester is helping Franco stay afloat....
June 24, 2021 - MassLive.com
Worcester, MA - When the state relaxed COVID-19 regulations, Laura Perez Garcia started seeing more activity in her store on Main Street in Worcester.
As a small business owner, she sees the foot traffic outside of Voltage Fashion Boutique on Main Street increasing as the percentage of people wearing masks declines.
“Things are brighter now,” said Perez-Garcia, who is also the president of the Main South Business Association. “It’s back to business.”....
May 20, 2021 - Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, MA - Business owners and community groups unveiled a large art installation across from Beacon Pharmacy last week, the latest in on-going, state-supported efforts to spruce up the neighborhood.
"I love Main South," the large, colorful installation reads, with a heart symbolizing the word "love"....
May 12, 2021 - Spectrum News
Worcester, MA - A new public art installation in Worcester's Main South aims to welcome visitors to explore the neighborhood.
The piece came together through a collaborative effort and was funded by a $40,000 grant awarded to the Regional Environmental Council in January...
December 19, 2019 - Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, MA - Business owners lit up Main South Wednesday evening with a bright red holiday message - the first such effort in memory, observers said, and a literal symbol, many hope, of a neighborhood on the rise.
“This is Main South, and this is for everyone,” Ramia Hernandez, secretary of the new Main South Business Association, said as her young organization unveiled a large “Feliz Navidad” sign and holiday display...