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🔒More diverse businesses: The complex journey toward diversifying Central Massachusetts business leadership

While Central Massachusetts business leaders have seen substantial diversification among small business owners in the past three decades, the same cannot be said for those among the area’s highest-paid.

🔒From the Publisher: A look back, a look ahead – 35 years of covering Central Mass. business news

As a 1979 Holy Cross graduate, I returned to Worcester in September of 1980 to start my publishing career in advertising sales.

Movers & Shakers for Oct. 14, 2024

Employees at Vision Advertising, Rockland Trust, and the Worcester Art Museum are makeup upward moves in their careers.

WPI makes controversial purchase of two Worcester hotels official, buys properties for combined $46M

WPI is following through with its purchase of two Gateway Park hotels.
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🔒Inclusive development: The dustup over WPI’s hotel plans sparked a debate over who sits at Worcester’s tables of power

The WPI hotel-to-housing controversy sparked a secondary conversation about the organization which initially led the charge by sending WPI a fiery public letter.

Regional chambers of commerce request action on state’s economic development bill

Massachusetts Chambers Policy Network members include regional chambers for Greater Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Western Massachusetts, the North Shore, the South Shore, the South Coast, the Berkshires and Cape Cod.

WPI’s alleged plan to convert hotels into student housing faces pushback from Worcester leaders

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

🔒Breaking down barriers: Mass. is easing citizenship requirements to help immigrant-owned businesses obtain diversity certifications

The SDO plans to amend its citizen requirement to allow immigrants with a legal status to qualify.
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Movers & Shakers for June 24, 2024

Employees at Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, Fidelity Bank, and Walker Development & Construction Management are on the move.

🔒The new Worcester media, part 2: The rise of smaller players raises concerns about bias, independence

Amid the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s decline in coverage and size, smaller publications have tried to fill the gap in Central Massachusetts’ journalism. But they’ve all run into the same problem: Making a profit as a media organization is not easy.
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