Hardwick

A group of five entrepreneurs, including local restaurateur Weidong “Wilson” Wang, are planning a cannabis cultivation and retail facility at the 360-acre Hardwick farm they bought in September.

The former Dunroamin Country Club is a microcosm reflecting the turbulent ups and downs the entire golf course industry has experienced over the last three decades.

A real estate developer with plans for a cannabis establishment bought a former mill in Hardwick for $500,000 on Dec. 16, according to real estate database CoStar.

Dunroamin Country Club, a 77-acre golf course and clubhouse located in the Gilbertville village in Hardwick, is in the process of being reopened and changing ownership after a three-year hiatus.

On Dec. 7, Worcester Business Journal will begin publication of a new weekly Real Estate Insider enewsletter, providing advanced market intelligence on commercial property purchases, sales, and leases in Central Massachusetts.

Fueled by communities near I-495 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Central Massachusetts region grew 8.1% in population from 2010 to 2020, outpacing both the state (6.0%) and nation (6.5%), according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Census of Population and Housing.

The 360-acre Great Meadowbrook Farm in Hardwick sold for $2.6 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds. It was bought by a firm registered to five managers, one of whom is Weidong “Wilson” Wang, owner of Baba Sushi in Worcester.

Lost Towns Brewing in Gilbertville, a village of Hardwick, is getting into the groove of things after first opening in 2018 and facing pandemic challenges shortly thereafter.

Communities in South Worcester County can now apply for public works grants and economic assistance programs.

Family businesses likely don't see themselves as dictatorships, but to be multi-generational businesses, they've survived by adapting and looking ahead instead of how things have been done in previous generations.