July 26, 2021 - Worcester Business Journal

Health Care

🔒Q&A: Despite reopening, The Strand hasn’t survived yet

The coronavirus pandemic created 15 long months of no business at The Strand historic cinema draft house in Clinton, which shows a variety of movies a few months, years, and even decades after they first debuted in theaters.

Opinion

🔒A Thousand Words: EcoTarium employees unionize

News

🔒Editorial: The rise of a young nonprofit

Not that long ago, the nonprofit Legendary Legacies was little more than just a whiteboard idea from Co-founder Ron Waddell, at the time an employee of the Worcester Community Action Council.

Opinion

🔒Shake up your recruiting methods

There’s a majority who want to hire from their alma mater but an even larger majority who prioritize diversity. So, how can we reconcile this?

Banking & Finance

🔒Movers & Shakers for July 26, 2021

People are on the move at St. Mary's Credit Union, Thrive Support & Advocacy and more.

Advice

🔒101: Employee burnout

A sure contender for the most dramatic story of employee burnout is the tale of Arianna Huffington....

Advice

🔒I’m having a baby!!!!!!

The respect I have for mothers has grown exponentially since I became pregnant myself.

Advice

🔒A commitment to safety in 2021

Last year was full of safety concerns for just about every industry, and 2021 is no different.

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about … Hiring and retaining college students

Outside of the standard job description, maintain updated guides for recurring job activities and define locations of critical digital assets to help orientation go smoothly.

Banking & Finance

🔒The national $1.7T student debt crisis is burdening Central Mass. graduates, but finding solvency is complicated

Efforts are underway from Central Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the political aisle to lessen the burden for borrowers.

Education

🔒New Nichols College president plans to expand the school’s brand

When students return to campus at Nichols College this fall, they will be greeted by a new face: Glenn Sulmasy, who began his term July 1 as president of the institution in Dudley.

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Harassment allegations in the craft beer industry show importance of deliberately building a healthy workplace

Toxic masculinity and bro culture are amorphous terms, but in the workplace, they manifest in clear ways.

Government & Politics

🔒Webster’s growing downtown led by influx of restaurants

Aided by the town’s rising popularity as a place to live and the local government’s incentive programs, in the past year alone, five new businesses have opened in downtown Webster, with two more scheduled to open in August.

Hospitality

Over 300 Central Mass. restaurants approved for $65.6M in COVID relief

Before the program closed earlier in July, 306 Central Massachusetts businesses received more than $65.6 million in coronavirus federal aid from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

July 26, 2021Edition

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