March 2, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

Small Business

MetroWest Chooses Floating Hospital For Pediatric Partner | Pediatric care will be more comprehensive

Framingham-based MetroWest Medical Center plans to end its long-standing agreement with Children’s Hospital Boston in favor of...

Banking & Finance

Region Pushes For Green Growth | State looks to fund coordinator to help green cluster

Central Massachusetts, particularly Worcester and MetroWest, have already succeeded in forming a burgeoning cluster of clean energy...

Real Estate

N.H. Firm Has Eyes For Central Mass. Developments | Plans for mixed-use mill projects in Fitchburg, Warren

Hudson, N.H., company MDP Development has designs on two old mill complexes in Central Massachusetts. Through two...

Banking & Finance

Too Much Room At The Inn For More Hotels? | Local hoteliers bristle at proposed project in Shrewsbury

With poor economic conditions curbing business travel and discretionary spending, hotels are definitely hurting as they watch...

Banking & Finance

Invest Today For A Strong Tomorrow

There is no debate that we are in some of the toughest economic times this state and...

Small Business

March 2 Issue of the WBJ

Issue Highlights Page One GREENING OF CENTRAL MASS. – A state and local push is on to...

Banking & Finance

Gateway Partners Enthusiastic From The Start

The editorial “Building on Gateway’s Success” (WBJ, Feb. 16, 2009) was greatly appreciated for its endorsement of...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Staying Positive

Margo Chevers is a motivational speaker, trainer and accountability coach, as well as the president of the...

Small Business

Q&A with Tim Clifford, CEO of Workscape

Marlborough-based Workscape has seen tougher times than these. After all, the tech startup was founded in 1999...

Real Estate

Fiberoptics Firm Picks Worcester

Schoelly Imaging, the North American partner of a German fiberoptics company, is relocating from West Boylston to...

Small Business

Photo Finish for March 2, 2009 issue

Manufacturing

The Secret Sauce In Marlborough | On the line at the Ken’s Foods plant

I know what to expect when it comes to food manufacturing plants. At least I thought I...

Banking & Finance

Shovels In The Dirt | Many projects are on hold or stalled thanks to the economy

Real Estate & Development ListsConstruction Projects | Commercial Sales | Commercial Leases | Home SalesMuch has been made recently of...

Banking & Finance

Small Towns Say They Are Shovel Unready | Stimulus fund requirements prove tough for small towns to meet

With many cities and towns facing huge budget gaps and the possibility of major layoffs, local officials...

Education

Historic Drug Got Its Start In North Grafton

There has been a lot of excitement around genetic-based cures for different diseases, but a relatively local...

Manufacturing

Winchendon Lands Tenants

A sports equipment manufacturer and an engineering firm plan to set up shop at a business park...

Real Estate

Surprise! Local Million-Dollar Home Sales Down In 2008 | Fewer big sales; one huge one

With home prices continuing to fall and the rest of the economy following behind it, even the...

Banking & Finance

WBJ Talk Back, March 2, 2009

“Great article. It’s about time we see some relief!" Peter Devaney on a WBJ Daily Report article...

Small Business

Incorporations for Dec. 16 – 31, 2008

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Dec. 16-31,...

Energy

Grid Updates Will Energize The Bay State

The timing is right for Massachusetts to embrace a sustainable energy strategy that focuses on an updated...

Banking & Finance

Briefing: Patrick’s Transportation Plan

Gov. Deval Patrick recently announced a plan that he believes will put an end to the “Big...

Education

Going Green | Saving money on energy doesn’t have to be complicated

Today's economy requires a proactive quest for cost-savings opportunities. It should also inspire companies to go green....

Banking & Finance

Commonwealth National Undecided On TARP

Worcester’s own Commonwealth National Bank has been approved to get federal Troubled Asset Relief Program money, also...

Banking & Finance

Marlborough Development Offers Buyers Custom Condos | Prices range from $239,000 to $358,000

Individual expression has always been important to Deborah Fairbanks and her latest project, the Renaissance Lofts on...

Retail

Local Retail Market Feels The Pinch | For brokers ready to hustle smaller deals, opportunities exist

If on the streets of the region’s commercial corridors you see a harried-looking lady or gentleman, perhaps...

Advice

101 Opening A Second Location

Opening a second location for your business may not seem as challenging as your first, but it...

March 2, 2009Edition

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