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🔒Viewpoint: Supporting the transition to electric vehicles

For over a decade, Unitil has visualized our role in a renewable energy future as serving as the enabling platform for our customers and to play a key role in unlocking the full potential of emerging technologies. We can transform the way people meet their evolving energy needs and help create a clean and sustainable future for us all.

🔒A Thousand Words: The Central Mass. housing market

Obstacles like high interest rates and a lack of inventory get in the way of buying a home.

🔒Viewpoint: The U.S. has lost its edge on chips manufacturing. We want the Northeast to win it back.

Forty years ago, the U.S. was a global leader in manufacturing semiconductors and microelectronics. We not only invented the technology, we invested in research and produced 40% of the world’s chips. Today, the U.S. makes just 10%.

🔒A Thousand Words: Women in Brewing

Central Massachusetts breweries celebrate Women's History month by releasing female-led beers and making donations to organizations helping women in brewing.
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🔒Viewpoint: Biden’s asylum ban is not the answer

his is completely contrary to our fundamental values of providing refuge to those who are fleeing persecution, violence, or other threats.

🔒A Thousand Words: UMass vs. UMass

A legal battle is being fought between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health over millions of dollars from UMass Memorial’s 2019 sale of its stake in Shields Health Solutions to Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

🔒Viewpoint: Collaboration is key in strengthening the workforce across Mass.

Since employers are struggling to find skilled labor, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce this year published a study focusing on workforce growth barriers, especially those related to geography, skills, and work-life balance.

🔒A Thousand Words: Waning business confidence

Although still in optimistic territory, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index has fallen for the past three months.
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🔒Viewpoint: Sending out a small business SOS

I don’t pretend to be the voice of small businesses; but I am a voice, and I’m telling you what I see. What’s happening is complicated and not caused by any one big reason. I wish it were that simple.

🔒A Thousand Words: Lack of gender diversity among local CEOs

Central Massachusetts has no public company CEOs who are women.
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