Opinion

A couple of weeks ago, the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, as well as other licensed child care centers, had to make perhaps one of the biggest-ever decisions affecting our industry: Do we close our doors due to Gov. Charlie Baker’s order or apply through the state to become an emergency childcare site?

The coronavirus is affecting all of us. And in extraordinary times, extraordinary actions are required. Worcester Together was born.

Mid-sized businesses face tremendous opportunities, as well as some challenges, as we look ahead in 2020.

If Gov. Charlie Baker succeeds in his efforts to have Massachusetts join the Transportation and Climate Initiative, a 12-state compact to reduce carbon emissions by imposing fees on fuel distributors, it will be a Pyrrhic victory.

How can a city as diverse as ours and a sector serving to support all communities not find one woman of color for the five female nonprofit leadership who retired in 2019?