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From the Editor: WBJ launches data-rich INSIGHTS special edition

This entire edition is anchored by graphics, charts, and lists full of historical and current data on the most pressing economic indicators for our business community.

🔒Money on the sidelines: Real estate is having a rough year, but premium properties are still catching the attention of investors

Uncertainty seems to be the overarching theme of business in 2025, and commercial real estate has been no exception.

🔒Running out of retail: Second-generation restaurant spaces are driving demand in Central Mass. retail real estate

Todd Alexander, an executive vice president at Worcester real estate brokerage Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates who focuses...

🔒Movers & Shakers for Oct. 20, 2025

Employees at ERA Key Realty Services, bankHometown, and Spectrum Health Systems are making advances in their careers.
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Mass. business owners’ pessimistic view of economy worsened in September

Massachusetts’ business confidence was once again on the decline in September.

🔒Accessing a vocation: As vocational-technical schools rise in popularity, limited space raises concerns over who gets to attend

For those who are able to grab a seat at the voc-tech table, the schools learned can provide lifetime value, even if students don’t end up spending the rest of their working lives in the field they studied,

🔒Q&A: Cannery Music Hall in Southbridge rocks on

For seven years, The Cannery Music Hall in Southbridge sat dormant until husband-and-wife team Josh and Julie Fitzgerald saw its potential as a welcoming space that could attract music acts from across the region.

Three United Ways awarded $1M to support after-school programming

Sixty-seven local after-school programs will receive a boost in funding this year as three United Way organizations in Central Massachusetts have been awarded a combined $1.08 million in state funding.
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Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.

Whitin Community Center purchases historic first high school site to meet growing childcare needs

The expansion project will see the vacant school building converted into a childcare center, which will add 20 new preschool seats and 65 additional school-age care slots.
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