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🔒Blooming business: The founders behind Worcester plant and decor shop Seed to Stem see their second location as the beginning of a bigger dream

Worcester shoppers know, if you’re in the market for a succulent, incense holder, or even an eel skull, there is a one-stop shop you can’t miss: Seed to Stem.

🔒Passing the torch: With two new leaders, Fitchburg’s decades-long downtown revitalization enters its next phase

Fitchburg began its first intentional effort to revitalize its core back in 2001.

Cliff Rucker, owner of Worcester Railers, launches Central Mass. entrepreneurship hub

The hub will include an innovation studio offering a 12-month residency and a three-month accelerator program.

🔒WBJ names the 2025 Best of Business award winners

Every year starting in October, WBJ asks its readers to vote on the best companies in Central Massachusetts in a variety of categories, ranging from law firms and incubators to golf courses and restaurants.
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🔒Etched in America: A laser-focused startup is considering a move to Worcester, hoping to capitalize on the push to reshore manufacturing

Manufacturers are looking for ways to mark and track critical components as efficiently as possible.

Commonwealth Fusion to build world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant in Virginia

The firm is planning to construct the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion plant after years of excitement over fusion energy's potential.

🔒Q&A: Christmas magic at Vaillancourt Folk Art

Vaillancourt Folk Art is a tourist destination known for its handcrafted Christmas collectibles, but before becoming a well-recognized brand, the company had much humbler beginnings starting off in the Vaillancourt family basement.
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🔒Q&A: Holy Cross student launches app with billion-dollar ambitions

When 21-year-old College of the Holy Cross student Thomas “TJ” Haigh first developed his idea for Trivflic, his goal was to connect others and build a community through the fun of trivia games.

Failed oversight: Beset by infighting, a toxic culture, and an investigation into its leadership, the Cannabis Control Commission isn’t effectively performing its functions

A months-long WBJ investigation shows how a dysfunctional agency hollowed out by turnover, bogged down by infighting, and plagued by a fuzzy leadership structure is impeding businesses in a struggling industry.
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