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Eric Casey covers manufacturing and real estate for the Worcester Business Journal. He previously ran Burn After Reading, an online publication focusing on the cannabis industry. He has also formerly had freelance work published in outlets including Worcester Magazine and Different Leaf Magazine. Eric is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he studied history and political science. He grew up in Marlborough and is currently a resident of Worcester.
Hospitality

Piccadilly Plaza developers abandon demolition plans, bring in new tenants

Developers behind the plan have shifted course and are now in the process of welcoming a handful of new tenants to the plaza, including a new upscale Brazilian steakhouse.  
Diversity & Inclusion

Clinton cannabis delivery firm expands services as industry awaits driver rule change

Current rules require two employees to be in any vehicle that is transporting cannabis, but commissioners voted in December three to one to approve a change to eliminate that requirement. Business owners are waiting for the commission to formally rewrite and approve the regulations, a process that has taken four months.
Life Sciences

Lifeward appoints mobility equipment CEO to its board of directors

Swinford is the CEO of Numotion, a Tennessee-based wheelchair and mobility equipment company. Numotion has 150 storefronts in the country, including a location in Worcester.
Manufacturing

Utz sells former Wachusett Chip factory to producers of Popchips as part of $18.5M deal

The move will not impact the Wachusett brand, said Kevin Brick, vice president of regulatory and community affairs for Utz.
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Economy

Westborough media firm names Business.com executive as chief revenue officer

Silverman will lead revenue growth efforts, sales strategies, and customer engagement as the IT world adapts to the rapid adoption of AI-based technology, according to a press release issued by The Channel Co. on Tuesday. 
Economy

Climbing prices, declining sales of Central Mass. homes largely continue in March

Prospective home buyers in Central Massachusetts are still largely dealing with record high prices and limited inventory, as the average cost of a home purchase in Middlesex and Worcester counties is up around 10% in the last year. 
Banking & Finance

Webster First CEO retiring after 37 years, to be succeed by VP

Under Lussier’s watch, Webster First grew from $87 million in assets in 1987 to $1.4 billion in assets in 2024. In 1995, he helped the credit union transition from a state charter to a federal charter.
Agriculture

Eleven cannabis firms in Central Mass. receive $530K from first Social Equity Trust Fund grants

Just as cannabis businesses are gearing up for the holiday known as 4/20, an unofficial celebration of marijuana where dispensaries see some of their largest crowds of the year, eleven companies in Central Massachusetts received $430,000 from the first grants from the Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund.
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Diversity & Inclusion

Dean College president inducted into MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars

The honor is granted by the College of Ministers & Laity at Morehouse College, a private Georgia HBCU and the largest men’s liberal arts college in the country.
Agriculture

Urban farming firm with ties to Clark University leases warehouse in Leominster

Founded in 2013, Freight Farms now has more than 600 farming units in 41 countries around the world, according to the company’s website.
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