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March 18, 2024Edition

🔒Q&A: Trailblazing entrepreneur advocates for Latino businesspeople

Elizabeth Cruz is driven to share her secret to business success with other entrepreneurs like her.

🔒A Thousand Words: Saint Vincent’s regulatory troubles

Following complaints by nurses, the nonprofit accrediting organization The Joint Commission says Saint Vincent Hospital needs to provide evidence of quality of care in order to keep its voluntarily accreditation.

🔒Editorial: Preserve the Canal District magic

While it’s hard to argue against Polar Park’s economic impact on the neighborhood, the Worcester Red Sox will be the first to admit the Canal District was already trending upward as a funky urban center before they decided to move.

🔒Viewpoint: Advancing wellness in the post-COVID workplace

Employers who have invested in a comprehensive, holistic mental and physical wellness program find this approach has helped foster a positive work culture, a diverse workforce, and an inclusive environment valuing the organization’s greatest asset: its employees.
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Movers & Shakers for March 18, 2024

Central Massachusetts professionals are being hired and promoted at organizations like ERA Key Realty Services, Fidelity Bank, and Rollstone Bank & Trust.

🔒Evolving workplace expectations and the demand for new weight-loss drugs

Employers have made significant investments in employee health and wellness to curb healthcare costs, improve productivity, enhance employee well-being, and increase employee retention and attraction. Today, employees are looking well beyond traditional wellness programs and incentives.

🔒7 Things you need to do … For your service-based business

I often find myself saying “I wish I had a guide for all the things I learned in my first full year of entrepreneurship the day I started my business full time.” This, my friend, is just that, for you.

🔒101: Avoiding the pitfalls of workplace friendship

Let’s be honest: Work would be pretty boring if we didn’t have people we looked forward to seeing Monday through Friday. Yet in a place of business, special care must be taken not to become too casual or cliquey with colleagues.
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🔒Black History Month will be necessary until it isn’t

For heritage months to go away, all individuals from all backgrounds must be centered in the American narrative.

🔒Bringing golf indoors: A booming market for golf simulator businesses is keeping players swinging year round

Golf simulators harmonize well with green-grass courses, said Jesse Menachem, executive director and CEO of Mass Golf.

🔒Q&A: After buying the Worcester Bravehearts, the Vaccaro family is looking to run the baseball team differently

The Vaccaro family has always shared a lifelong passion for baseball, which includes decades of coaching experience for the Shrewsbury American Legion Post 397 baseball team.

🔒Canal District Transformation, part 1: The rising value of the neighborhood

Since the publicly owned Polar Park stadium opened in 2021, the value of the Canal District has risen at more than double the rate of the city, according to a WBJ analysis of more than 200 properties within the district.
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🔒From the Editor: Polar Park, following the numbers

We weren’t being anti-Worcester. We were just following the research. For the latest analysis on the Polar Park project, WBJ has some new research, showing how property values have risen drastically since 2021.

DPH refutes Saint Vincent claim, says investigation into hospital conditions remains ongoing

The Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union wasted no time in criticizing the hospital for this misleading claim.
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