March 19, 2018Edition

As developers descend upon downtown Worcester and attempt to remake the city's center, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is hoping to tap into that optimism by utilizing Union Station's economic potential.

A negotiation isn't successful until both sides are unhappy, and the hallmark of compromise is everyone getting something they want – but not everything. It's an art we seem to have lost the ability to create at the national level, at least among our political leaders.

Work betrayals – such as mismanagement of layoffs, executive-level crime, or a leader taking credit for someone else's efforts – erode trust.

Chances are now very high daily community news coming out of Central Massachusetts will be from a publication owned by a large media corporation, with a strong commitment to the bottom line.

A theater on Fitchburg's Main Street has sat vacant for decades as a lost opportunity to help revitalize a stretch of downtown but the building is now being brought back to life.

We urge business leaders to contact their legislators about the need to increase voke/tech school funding. By doing so, we strengthen regional economies across Massachusetts.

Downtown Hudson is taking advantage of new buzzed-about businesses by forming a business improvement district to help with aesthetics, parking and marketing.

In Central Massachusetts, more electric car charging stations are popping up, and they're being used far more than ever.

Kham Inthirath, founder and president of marketing agency InThink, drops the knowledge on getting good online reviews for your company.

Choosing a logo, location and open date are critical to opening a new brewery.

Business cards once had to serve as Rolodex-filling necessities if someone wanted to remember how to reach an important or distant contact. In the digital age, that's not as necessary.

Wallace Andrews has established and operated call centers all over the world first for Minnesota camera maker Polaroid and then Massachusetts computer company Digital Equipment Corp. before striking out on his own.

In the business world, when we talk about keeping it professional, it usually centers around little things: dress appropriately, show up on time, don't harass your employees. Yet, in office professions like mine, we rarely deal with raw emotions.