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Over the next year and a half, Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building a $300-million, 47-acre headquarters in Devens, in its $1-billion, long-term effort to make fusion the default energy source on Earth

All the attention this spring around the arrival of WooSox has been a win for Worcester. That victory, though, was set up by a long line of brave innovators who took a chance and reinvented the Canal District into one of the hottest development zones around.

We learned a few things from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack: fuel travels at 5 mph, and despite the FBI’s advisory against paying cybercriminals, Colonial’s vast 5,500-mile infrastructure for moving fuel couldn’t wait.

One-to-one coaching isn’t the only kind of executive coaching out there. Peer coaching – where groups of colleagues work together to reflect on problems or practices, build new skills and teach and mentor one another – comes with unique workplace benefits.

But despite all the gloom, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission delivered good news in November, when it voted to approve increasing the amount entrepreneurs can raise using investment crowdfunding platforms. The new rules went into effect in mid-March.

The COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns had a drastic impact on many small businesses. Two rounds of Paycheck Protection Program loans provided critical support, but in early May, the funding dried up for most.

As an employer, it is hard to prepare when you lose an employee who you value and care for.

Downtown Fitchburg has struggled to attract new growth when so many people are following jobs to more prosperous areas or finding affordable areas elsewhere.

Worcester, like cities around the rest of the country, is in the midst of a cultural reckoning.