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Why accountability matters: Workplace discrimination is everyone’s business

If the Worcester City Council and administration fail to address Councilor-at-Large Thu Nguyen's allegations seriously and inspire real change, the impact will extend beyond this one moment.

RCAP granted $10K to develop housing program where elderly rent to graduate students

As Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole continue to contend with the ongoing housing crisis, Worcester nonprofit RCAP Solutions has received a $10,000 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation to support a pilot program pairing senior homeowners with graduate students in need of housing.

🔒Editorial: Hospitals need more than increased oversight

While we applaud both the governor and the Massachusetts Legislature on the new oversight bill, they should have noticed the alarm bells ringing well before Steward and Heywood declared bankruptcy.

🔒From the Editor: The Best from WBJ in 2024

As we look forward to the best for 2025, I’d like to take this moment to reflect back on 2024 and highlight some of what WBJ offered last year.
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🔒Directory: Business and industrial parks in Central Mass.

This directory is a list of business and industrial park throughout Central Mass. including in Devens, Framingham, and Grafton.

🔒From the Editor: If you know real estate, you know the economy

The real estate industry, particularly commercial real estate, is at the heart of all business journal coverage, including at Worcester Business Journal. More than just a collection of simple listings of property transactions and proposed developments, the real estate beat is key to understanding the inner workings of the Central Massachusetts economy.

🔒Editorial: Worcester needs to move toward a single tax rate

Commercial property owners in Worcester pay a higher tax rate than those in any other Central Massachusetts city or town. The rate of $30.04 per $1,000 of assessed property value is the only one in the region higher than $30. Worcester’s commercial tax rate is even higher than Boston’s $25.27 rate.

🔒From the Editor: The business of nonprofits

Most general media coverage of nonprofits, particularly human services nonprofits, tends to focus on their missions, the need for their services, and the community good they achieve. This type of coverage is important, as it raises a nonprofit’s profile. However, through the business-focused lens of WBJ’s coverage, we are more concerned with how they accomplish their missions.
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🔒Editorial: Transparency at the Mass. Legislature

Massachusetts state Auditor Diana DiZoglio got a huge win on Election Day, when 72% of voters passed a ballot measure granting her office the authority to audit the state Legislature and its operations.

🔒Editorial: The WPI-Worcester detente

Shortly before Thanksgiving, it was nice to see Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the City of Worcester sign a peace deal over WPI’s purchase of two Gateway Park hotels in September, in a way where WPI acknowledges the negative impact the deal will have on the City’s tax rolls and reaffirms its position as a positive contributor to the city/regional community.
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