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🔒101: Avoiding the pitfalls of workplace friendship

Let’s be honest: Work would be pretty boring if we didn’t have people we looked forward to seeing Monday through Friday. Yet in a place of business, special care must be taken not to become too casual or cliquey with colleagues.

🔒Black History Month will be necessary until it isn’t

For heritage months to go away, all individuals from all backgrounds must be centered in the American narrative.

🔒Bringing golf indoors: A booming market for golf simulator businesses is keeping players swinging year round

Golf simulators harmonize well with green-grass courses, said Jesse Menachem, executive director and CEO of Mass Golf.

🔒Q&A: After buying the Worcester Bravehearts, the Vaccaro family is looking to run the baseball team differently

The Vaccaro family has always shared a lifelong passion for baseball, which includes decades of coaching experience for the Shrewsbury American Legion Post 397 baseball team.
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🔒Canal District Transformation, part 1: The rising value of the neighborhood

Since the publicly owned Polar Park stadium opened in 2021, the value of the Canal District has risen at more than double the rate of the city, according to a WBJ analysis of more than 200 properties within the district.

🔒From the Editor: Polar Park, following the numbers

We weren’t being anti-Worcester. We were just following the research. For the latest analysis on the Polar Park project, WBJ has some new research, showing how property values have risen drastically since 2021.

🔒Q&A: Agency on Aging leader named 2024 national presidential scholar

In January, Dixon was named a 2024 presidential scholar, among 60 nationwide to participate in the ninth class of the leadership program collectively put on by the presidential centers for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Lyndon Johnson.

🔒A Thousand Words: Delayed Canal District housing projects

Two proposed housing developments in Worcester's Canal District -- one for the former Fairway Beef site and another as the third unnamed part of the Table Talk Lofts project -- have asked for extensions due to rising economic headwinds.
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🔒Editorial: Health care’s problems are far beyond one greedy executive

Steward Health Care and Dr. Ralph de la Torre may be deserving of this public thrashing, but it risks overlooking the much larger issues in Massachusetts health care: COVID funding masked structural funding issues for hospitals, especially the smaller ones relying more heavily on Medicare and Mass Health to pay the bills.

🔒Viewpoint: Mentoring is good for your career and your soul

As an employer, if you implement a mentorship program at your company, you will see significant benefits, including increased retention and decreased burnout.
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