March 7, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

Arts & Entertainment

🔒Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 5: Hospital legacy

What hospital system is Washburn Memorial Free Dispensary part of today?

Opinion

🔒A Thousand Words: Holy Cross diversity

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has appointed its first-ever woman chair of its board of trustees: Dr. Helen Boucher.

Arts & Entertainment

🔒Q&A: Startup is bringing Broadway to Worcester

Eric Butler’s new concert series, Broadway in Worcester, aims to bring top performers straight to his hometown for intimate performances, as well as powerful youth workshops.

News

🔒Editorial: There’s reason to have confidence

Central Massachusetts businesses have been nimble and figured out ways to survive and thrive, despite the many challenges. They are likely to do so regardless of the challenges ahead.

Opinion

🔒Opinion: Blackstone bikeway is Worcester’s emerald trail

Worcester, and the Blackstone Valley communities to the south, have a trail that, with public support and leadership, could easily compete with Frederick Law Olmsted's famous system of parks.

Banking & Finance

Movers & Shakers for March 7, 2022

Among the hires and promotions in this edition of Movers & Shakers are those at Fletcher Tilton, Open Sky Community Services, AXIOM Learning Solutions, and AAFCPAs.

Advice

🔒101: Smart hiring

A bad hire sets off a chain of events that costs your organization in several ways. Here are some helpful hiring hints to avoid this problem.

Advice

🔒Top tax tips & deduction secrets for your business

Here are the top seven small business tax tips and deductions you can use to keep more of what you make.

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about … Protecting your family’s money

10) Plan for the worst. Make sure your money will never go to scam artists or angry creditors, or be wasted unnecessarily on long-term care.

Advice

🔒Employees mask the impacts of racism

For me, the adversity I have faced due to racism has been strictly psychological: social-emotional, and racial fatigue.

Health Care

🔒What’s on tap? Taproom sales key to local breweries’ survival

For the 48 Central Mass. breweries, the lockdowns changed consumer behavior with people now accustomed to consuming beers at home. The lack of taproom sales has forced breweries to close their doors.

Hospitality

🔒Business confidence: Why a new index shows local employers as overly optimistic

Although it’s practically brand new, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index has revealed employer attitudes in the region are trending more optimistic than the rest of the state.

News

🔒This is my face

The core values of WBJ are honesty and integrity, and publishing a heavily altered photo would be disingenuous.

Education

Healthcare executive to become first female Holy Cross board chair

The board of trustees for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester unanimously elected Dr. Helen Boucher as its new chair, the school announced Wednesday. When she begins her term in July, she will be the first female board chair in the college’s history.

March 7, 2022Edition

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