April 18, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

Agriculture

🔒Q&A: B.T.’s Smokehouse is redefining BBQ, amid food price spikes

Brian Treitman’s love of BBQ starts with its inherent role of taking cheap cuts of meat and turning them into savory dishes enjoyed by the masses.

Government & Politics

🔒Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 8: The Blake Building

What is the name of the public facility currently at Foster and Mechanic streets, where the Blake Building once stood?

Opinion

🔒A Thousand Words: Central Mass. Business Confidence

News

🔒Editorial: Time to re-embrace the immigrant workforce

The one reliable source of working-age adults has essentially been shut off for the past five years: immigration.

Opinion

🔒Viewpoint: Cost-saving drug program needs transparency

Mass. regulators and lawmakers should bring greater oversight and transparency to 340B and modernize this outdated program.

Arts & Entertainment

Movers & Shakers for April 18, 2022

Country Bank, Crossroads Continuum, Advantage Truck Group, the Worcester Red Sox, and Bartholomew & Co. had recent hires, promotions, and accomplishments.

Advice

🔒101: Employee gossip

Workplace gossip can erode employees’ sense of comfort at work and their trust in colleagues with whom they collaborate.

Advice

🔒Why we switched to an unlimited vacation policy

Over that time, we’ve seen stronger team trust, decreased human resources paperwork, and faster recruitment. I’ve found when you treat your staff like the adults that they are, they rise to the occasion.

Advice

🔒4 Things I know about … Asking for help

The hardest thing for some people to say is “I don’t know.”

Health Care

🔒New technologies are aiming to address problems in providing rural health care

Drones dropping defibrillators from the sky, wearable watches that improve CPR, and telehealth services bringing medical expertise to any location in the world are just a few innovations seeking to improve medical outcomes in hard-to-reach areas.

Banking & Finance

🔒Amid job search and transformational growth, UMass Chan seeks to create the perfect structure

Fueled in part by transformative grants since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Worcester medical school is expanding. To maintain this level of growth, however, there is one key ingredient: people.

Banking & Finance

🔒Former gang leader struggles to find nonprofit funding, as he works to provide jobs for at-risk populations

Even as the Fresh Start’s services earn accolades and are in demand, Kiser has struggled to find consistent funding for his nonprofit.

Arts & Entertainment

🔒After their attendance fell 52% in the WooSox first season, the Bravehearts are switching to a new business model

In 2021, the Bravehearts averaged 1,229 fans per game, less than half of that of 2019. A major contributor to this slough was the inability to sell group tickets to businesses and schools, due to remote work and learning.

Hospitality

Dudley dispensary blending cannabis and music to open in revitalized mill

Greatest Hits Cannabis Co., a retail dispensary meshing cannabis and music, will open its flagship location at a 158-year-old mill in Dudley on Tuesday.

April 18, 2022Edition

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