Jan. 23, 2023 - Worcester Business Journal

Banking & Finance

🔒Q&A: Negotiating a volatile real estate market

Now the residential real estate market has slowed, Richard Healey of Foster-Healey Real Estate Inc. hopes to see it settle down again and level out.

Opinion

🔒A Thousand Words: UMass Memorial, Heywood cancel merger

News

🔒Editorial: Lower the Mass. cannabis tax rates

Back in 2016, the ballot initiative passed by voters called for a 12% tax on marijuana retail sales, which included a 3.75% state excise tax, the 6.25% state sales tax, and a 2% local excise tax. Let's aim toward that formula, as a starting point.

Opinion

🔒Viewpoint: Omnibus delivers for New England

In November, Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.7-trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which The New England Council believes will drive our region’s economic growth.

Banking & Finance

Movers & Shakers for Jan. 23, 2023

People are being hired and promoted at companies including NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs and AAFCPAs.

Advice

🔒101: How to know when it’s time to move on

As tough as it can be, it’s important to realize when you’ve contributed everything you can, and when your skills and qualifications might be a better fit somewhere else.

Advice

🔒Web design trends to watch in 2023

A variety of new and timeless design trends will set the best websites apart in 2023. Consider implementing a few of these ideas to give your site a fresh look and feel.

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about … Returning to work after a long hospitalization

On March 20, I was admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit for a severe case of pneumonia. I was on leave 88 days.

Advice

🔒When postpartum depression hits a working mom

The guilt of being away from her all day, sometimes six days a week, can be overwhelming.

Energy

🔒Stretch codes: More stringent building codes coming to Central Mass.

With new building codes on the horizon, battles will be fought in the name of progress, as developers and various interest groups are hesitant to make sweeping changes.

Government & Politics

🔒Home field advantage: Local attorneys smooth the path for developers

Land-use attorneys help developers smooth the path with a knowledge of local codes and laws, and the ability to reach out to community leaders.

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒A place for innovation: Diversity consultant to open Worcester incubator

PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.

Agriculture

🔒New challenges await the Massachusetts cannabis industry

Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way they operate their marijuana businesses.

Diversity & Inclusion

Jan. 23, 2023Edition

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