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June 10, 2019
Focus on Architecture & Construction

Polar Park has 21 months to avoid typical cost & delay issues in stadium construction

Grant Welker

Polar Park's groundbreaking is expected in July, with a planned April 2021 opening. That can often be enough time to build a ballpark, but other parks have suffered delays and Worcester's site is a complex one.

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    Feature

    Rutland is hoping for a large-scale development at the former state hospital

    GRANT WELKER

    Rutland has seen its population jump past 9,000, up nearly double since 1990. The town is ready to pump the brakes a bit on that growth, voting in May to cap the number of new housing permits per year.

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    What comes after success? I don’t know

    Renee Diaz

    I don’t have all the answers. I’ve come a long way and have worked really hard to get where I am today, but I don’t know where I am going.

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    Shop Talk

    Michael Feldman entered surveying business despite father's warnings

    In July, Michael Feldman will open up his surveying firm’s second location, on Mechanic Street in Worcester.

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    Briefing

    Walker Shoe factory slated for $7M residential project

    Zachary Comeau

    The former Walker, J. H. and G. M. Shoe Factory at 28 Water St. in Worcester has been sold for $660,000 to a Chelsea-based developer, who plans to create 62 studio and one-bedroom apartments in the 150-year-old building.

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    Advice

    Is a traditional or modular build better?

    BRYAN CLARK

    When planning to build a cleanroom, companies may not realize they have a choice: a traditional stick built constructed on site or a modular facility largely constructed inside and then transported to its final location.

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    Advice

    10 Things I Know About ... Staying secure

    Michelle Drolet

    What level of digital risk are you willing to tolerate?

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    Advice

    101: Hiring older employees

    SUSAN SHALHOUB

    According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of people in the workforce who are 65 or older is expected to grow by 75% by the year 2050.

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    Opinion

    Avoid exclusive growth

    JOSHUA CROKE

    As Worcester continues to develop, in large part due to the growth wave moving west from Boston, I ask these two questions 1) What does success mean to Worcester? and 2) Who does that success include?

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    Editorial

    Colleges need innovative leadership

    Mount Ida College in Newton was not the first college to close in Massachusetts, but the suddenness of its demise and the way the closure left students in the lurch last year have had an oversized effect on the debate about financial transparency in higher education.

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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers: June 10

    Check out the 17 movers and shakers landing new jobs in Central Mass.

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    Your free WBJ content ride is about to end

    Brad Kane

    On May 24, Worcester Business Journal launched a new version of WBJournal.com, updating our website with a modern digital look, better storytelling and improved organization for ease of use, particularly on WBJ’s bigger projects.

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    A Thousand Words: GateHouse Media

    Don Landgren

WBJ Web Partners

Today's Poll

Has your business increased its use of AI technology in the last year?
Poll Description

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced on Wednesday the opening of a new Health AI Assurance Laboratory, in partnership with Bedford non-for-profit research-and-development center MITRE. As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in health care, the center is designed to provide validation for the use of the technology, to address concerns including technical robustness and safety, transparency, diversity and fairness, as well as societal and environmental well-being. The UMass Chan's center comes as more applications using AI are being developed for a wide variety of business applications, raising concerns about overreliance on the technology and its impact on employees.

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