UMass Memorial to partner with Creative Hub

  • Updated: UMass Memorial Health Care announced early Thursday morning a long-term partnership with Creative Hub Worcester at the former Boys & Girls Club on Ionic Ave.

    UMass Memorial Health Care announces partnership with Creative Hub in 'historic space in Worcester'

    UMass Memorial Health Care announced on Thursday morning that it "is elated to announce its new long-term partnership with Creative Hub Worcester as it prepares for a total renovation that will serve the community in many ways—some of which include becoming an event and art space, and an after-school program."

    Creative Hub Worcester is in the former Boys & Girls Club on Ionic Avenue.

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    There will be an event at 9:30 a.m. Monday that will feature Creative Hub founders Stacy Lord and Laura Marotta; Eric Dickson, MD, CEO and President, UMass Memorial Health Care; Douglas Brown, President, UMass Memorial Community Hospitals and Chief Administrative Officer; and Edward Augustus Jr., City Manager, Worcester.

    In a Facebook post Wednesday Morning, the company wrote, "Something exciting is around the corner... and it has to do with this incredible historic space in Worcester.

    "We'll be going LIVE on Facebook Monday, August 31 to break the news!"

    However, while the Facebook post read the announcement would come on Monday, a reply on Twitter at 3:21 yesterday afternoon read, "We'll be announcing tomorrow morning!"

    The partnership follows an announcement in UMass Memorial's March newsletter that read, in part: "[F]or Creative Hub Worcester (CHW) and its partners, including UMass Memorial Health Care, there’s nothing that the arts can’t help heal. With a $500,000 Anchor Mission investment from the health care system to leverage additional investment, as well as support from Arts & Business Council, Inc., Greater Boston and others, the old club will become Creative Hub Community Arts Center and once again be a place to create, learn and interact.'

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