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Jan. 22, 2024Edition

🔒Q&A: Generating power, throughout the Northeast

Timothy Geary co-founded Prime Power Rentals with Brian Kerins as they saw demand increase from utility companies in helping to stabilize the electric grid.

🔒Editorial: Reduce parking requirements for new developments

Stringent parking requirements can be a significant barrier to development, plain and simple, and right now, we need to make sure parking regulations are not excessive.

🔒Viewpoint: Liberal arts’ impact on the economy

The liberal arts are often afterthoughts in the conversation about workforce development, but employers want to hire liberally educated people. That appears most clearly in the skills employers say they value.

🔒A Thousand Words: Worcester’s aging housing stock

A study from the San Diego research firm Construction Coverage has found the Greater Worcester metro area has the nation’s eighth oldest housing stock among all midsize metropolitan areas.
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Movers & Shakers for Jan. 22, 2024

Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at companies like Mechanics Hall, Mirick O'Connell, MutualOne Bank, and Bowditch & Dewey.

🔒Solid foundation of an estate plan

Life gets busy for everyone. Far too often, people do not think about their estate plan until much later than they should.

🔒10 Things I know about … Sustainable development, part 2

Worcester has ambitious climate goals and is making progress.

🔒101: Hiring for in-office positions

Most managers will agree hiring and retaining talented employees is more difficult than it used to be. The labor market is tight, costs make it harder to offer attractive benefit packages, and of course, most professionals became well acquainted with remote work during the coronavirus pandemic and generally enjoyed it.
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🔒What hope for homes? Even as interest rates might drop this year, the single-family housing market isn’t expected to loosen

The most significant burden on the single-family market, not just in Central Massachusetts but around the country, is interest rates.

🔒Animal nonprofits in Central Mass. are seeing record demand while donations remain stagnant

In a post-COVID world, the demand for these services is higher than ever, yet animal nonprofits are reporting financial crises as flattening donations are failing to cover expenses.

🔒From the Editor: I love dogs

While they’ve fulfilled my life in ways only furry friends can, caring for dogs over their lifetimes is an expensive endeavor, which is why I feel the pain of local animal nonprofits.

🔒Sleep well to lead well

You know it’s true: Better sleep leads to better performance. Better performance leads to better business success, and everyone is happier as a result.
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🔒Parking paralysis: Developers, activists, and city officials say parking requirements are blocking needed development

With concerns over a lack of affordable housing dominating headlines, communities across the country are starting to reconsider the issue of mandatory parking minimums.

Q&A: An insider’s perspective on the WooSox sale

WBJ sat down with Crowley in December to discuss how he got involved with the Worcester Red Sox, what the negotiations with Diamond were like, and what the transaction means for the team’s future in the city. 

Holy Cross grad to be next JetBlue CEO, as airline inaugurates new Worcester route

An executive with ties to Worcester is set to become the first woman to lead one of the country’s largest airlines.
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