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Carol Donnelly, interim director of the Worcester Center for Crafts

This was the lead of the story in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on January 6, 2009:
The Worcester Center for Crafts, one of the city’s oldest cultural institutions, has suspended daily operations and may have to close permanently if it cannot raise $1 million by the
end of the month.
And this was the headline of the story in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette more than 11 months later on November 25, 2009: Craft Center comeback: With help from WSC, staff and volunteers, Festival of Crafts returns for 40th year.

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Jean McMurray

The Worcester County Food Bank is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is: To Engage, Educate and Lead Worcester County in Creating a Hunger-Free Community 
During fiscal year 2009, the Worcester County Food Bank distributed 5.3 million pounds of donated food and grocery product to its network of 178 partner agencies that have programs for feeding people including food pantries, community meal sites, and shelters. These agencies provided food to more than 93,000 different people living in Central Massachusetts. 

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Bill Picard, Michael Bingham and Mark Deuger

AES is a solutions-oriented company with expertise in providing services to federal Agencies.
AES has specialized knowledge and experience in brownfields assessment and remediation, and in procuring capital for redevelopment planning and development.
President William “Bill” Picard is a land-use and environmental planner, the majority owner and
principal-in-charge of AES. He has over 20 years of environmental project experience in the restoration of commercial and industrial property. 

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Dr. Marc Harrison of the Cleveland Clinic

Why the Cleveland Clinic is a good role model for truly healthy health care?
“The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care: Cleveland Clinic is both highly effective and fiercely efficient. So why are its methods so rare?”

That’s the title of a November 27, 2009 feature article in Newsweek.

The article begins by noting:

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Mike O'Brien

Since Mike O'Brien was appointed City Manager in 2004, he has worked to improve public safety and the delivery of core services, to bolster economic development and to address the long-term financial stability of New England's second-largest city.
Under his leadership, Worcester is rated one of the safest communities in the country -- compared
to cities with a population of 100,000 or more -- and is experiencing more than $1.3 billion in planned or current economic development activity citywide.