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  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Cliff Rucker: Gear Shifter

    Laura Finaldi

    A year after the Worcester Sharks moved away and left the city without an ice hockey team, Rucker announced he was making it his mission to keep hockey culture alive and well in Central Massachusetts.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Dean Rohan: Next Wave

    Laura Finaldi

    When Rohan and his partners Damien Goudreau and Nate Lanier opened Tree House in Monson last year, they almost immediately thought about expansion.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Shrink your meetings

    Susan Shalhoub

    A guide to shrinking meeting size and boosting productivity.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Matthias Waschek: Gear Shifter

    Sam Bonacci

    The Worcester Art Museum is an institution that has the power to elevate the city's visibility, and in the last year Waschek has begun to tap into that power to support a surging art movement.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Ann T. Lisi: Behind the Scenes

    Sam Bonacci

    The Greater Worcester Community Foundation goes about its influence in the community quietly, letting millions of dollars distributed to nonprofits and community organizations do the talking.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Girish Navani: Trail Blazer

    Laura Finaldi

    Navani is at the helm of one of the fastest-growing companies in MetroWest.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Ed Moore: Trail Blazer

    Emily Micucci

    Harrington continues to climb a healthy trajectory under Moore's direction.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Travis McCready: Next Wave

    Laura Finaldi

    As interest in making biomanufacturing a bigger player in the state's economy grows, McCready is the top man at the state level pointing to Central Massachusetts and the advantages the region brings to such plans.

  • FRESH BEGINNINGS

    The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester celebrated a topping-off ceremony for the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex, with the last steel beam put into position.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Shop local this holiday season

    Anthony J. Mercadante

    With our busy schedules and holiday parties, it's easy to consider turning to the internet to get your shopping done but shopping local is vital.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Christine Thomas: Next Wave

    Even as little as one year ago, Worcester was facing a hotel shortage, but now as Worcester continues its urban renaissance, Thomas is ensuring a hotel expansion is in the mix.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Che Anderson: Next Wave

    Sam Bonacci

    Anderson melds personal interests with professional to bring events to Worcester and raise its international visibility.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Kevin O'Sullivan: Trail Blazer

    Laura Finaldi

    O'Sullivan has been promoting biotechnology in Central Massachusetts for years and has helped it grow into what it is today.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Tarek Elsawy: Gear Shifter

    Laura Finaldi

    Since January when he took over Reliant, the largest independent medical group in Central Massachusetts, he has put it on track to deliver an operating surplus of $15.5 million.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Shovel ready in Gardner

    The Gardner Redevelopment Authority and the City of Gardner are undertaking a $1.8-million cleanup of a former metals facility as the groups continue to prepare the area for commercial investment.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Justin & Ashleigh Gelinas: Gear Shifters

    Emily Micucci

    While many young professionals gravitate toward urban centers, this husband and wife power couple have put down roots in North Central Massachusetts.

  • Boston competition comes to Central Mass. with Steward expansion

    Emily Micucci

    Armed with $1.25 billion and plans to acquire hospitals, Steward Health Care of Boston is making inroads into Central Massachusetts.

  • Advice
    Advice

    A guide to tax breaks for breweries

    Matt Pore

    A local CPA walks through tax breaks available to breweries.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Helping those left behind

    How the federal government will go about raising the prospects for those left behind, or at least evening the playing field a little, remains to be seen.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    The Crowleys: Standard Bearers

    As the owners & shareholders of Polar Beverages & Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, the Crowley family holds a huge amount of influence in the region.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Mike Angelini: Standard Bearer

    Laura Finaldi

    Though he's been a major player in Central Massachusetts for quite some time, Angelini had a particularly arduous task ahead of him this past year: select a new leader at the The Hanover Insurance Group.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Karim El-Gamal: Trail Blazer

    Sam Bonacci

    Downtown Hudson is hip. It's happening. And the businesses that Karim El-Gamal helped bring to the area are a huge part of the reason.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Cheryl Lapriore: Behind the Scenes

    Laura Finaldi

    Cheryl Lapriore keeps things running smoothly at UMass Memorial where she oversees business partnerships, public image and relations, and the fluidity of the executive team.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Tap into nonprofit donors' passion

    Melanie Bonsu

    A local fund development manager explains how to tap into the passion of nonprofit donors.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Alec Lopez & Sherri Sadowski: Trail Blazers

    Sam Bonacci

    Farm-to-table and craft beer would not be where they are today if not for this husband and wife team.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    Gathered here are businesses incorporated with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from August 16-31.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Meredith Harris: Gear Shifter

    Sam Bonacci

    Harris is the new face of the new Marlborough economic development, having taken on her role in August, following the departure of former executive director, Tim Cummings.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Kate McEvoy-Zdonczyk: Behind the Scenes

    Despite her prominent regional role at Harvard Pilgrim, McEvoy-Zdonczyk is a behind the scenes force of nature behind major developments and organization in the city and the region.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Timothy P. Murray: Standard Bearer

    The uptick in the pace of Worcester's recent revitalization can be attributed to number of factors, but high on that list is Murray joining the chamber back in 2013.

  • Staples Plan B: Redefining a brand

    Sam Bonacci

    After its failed $6.3B merger with Office Depot, Staples pushes forward with cuts, focus on small businesses.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Gordon Lankton: Behind the Scenes

    Laura Finaldi

    Lankton could have kept his money all to himself when he was in charge of Nypro, a maker of plastic molded parts, but instead, he decided to share the wealth, a decision that reverberates today in Clinton.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    EcoTarium raising millions to stay fresh for third century

    Joe Cox has been working to raise money and develop the plans to preserve the EcoTarium for the next generation.

  • Focus On Power Players
    Focus On Power Players

    Don Irving: Standard Bearer

    Sam Bonacci

    Irving is a champion of Gardner, having brought a company to the city and redeveloped a former factory space into a new shopping plaza.

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Has your company increased its use of AI in the last year?
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Although used in technology like Google searches for decades, the buzz around the use of artificial intelligence in business has soared in the last year, largely due to advances from the company OpenAI and its AI system ChatGPT. Companies have explored using AI to automate more processes, although fears around the technology's use are rampant, too. For example, part of the Hollywood writers' strike centered around using AI to develop scripts, and part of the new union contract included guarantees against certain uses of AI in moviemaking and television.