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June 10, 2024
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Focus on Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Final act? Underutilized theater spaces offer unique architectural and cultural potential, but reopening these spaces is expensive and time-consuming

Eric Casey

Bringing older live performance spaces back to life could bolster the Central Massachusetts entertainment scene.

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    Advice

    10 Things I know about ... Pregnancy in the workplace

    Chelsie Vokes

    "Pregnant workers will soon have more legal power so they can work safely and deal with health conditions," writes Chelsie Vokes, a labor and employment lawyer at Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey.

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    Advice

    101: Managing employees across time zones

    Sloane M. Perron

    Establishing expectations, clear communication, and leveraging software are all ways you can make sure your team is on the same page, no matter where they work.

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    Yesterday’s mechanic is today’s technician, and that’s good news

    Tim Winkeler

    Today, vehicle owners are best served looking for qualified and certified automotive technicians, rather than mere mechanics.

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    Opinion

    A Thousand Words: Cannabis Control Commission drama

    Ramón L. Sandoval

    Tensions were high at a May 23 Cannabis Control Commission meeting when one commission said another another had done something to create intense upheaval, discord, and instability.

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    Editorial

    Editorial: Huge healthcare investments

    UMass Chan's NERB and UMass Memorial's North Pavilion will have far-reaching impacts in the Central Massachusetts community for years to come.

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    Opinion

    Viewpoint: Getting state diversity certification is worth it for your business

    Julia Becker Collins

    While the application process can be long with exhaustive documentation and wait times, the opportunities it unlocks absolutely make it worth it.

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    Editorial

    From the Editor: Small town theater nostalgia

    Brad Kane

    When I was growing up in a small city in Ohio, one of the main community gathering places was a single-screen movie theater on the city’s main street. With its ever-changing marquee and settled amid a few blocks of downtown commerce full of owner-operator small businesses, that theater was a fixture of my early childhood.

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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers for June 10, 2024

    Employees at the Community Economic Development Assistance Corp., Fidelity Bank, and NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs moving up in their careers.

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Today's Poll

Will the life sciences industry play a bigger role in the Central Mass. economy over the next few years?
Poll Description

Life sciences has been the hot industry in Central Massachusetts over the last few years, as the region looks to leverage its proximity to the global Cambridge-Boston innovation hub and cement biomanufacturing and biotech as cornerstone industries of the area economy. Major prospective development projects are underway in Worcester, Devens, and Marlborough, as many Central Massachusetts communities hope to capture an industry expansion. Yet, after significant growth in the early 2020s, the life sciences industry has been in a down cycle over the last couple of years, with Greater Boston companies laying off workers and an overbuilt lab market further slowing any new developments. Data released by the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Biotechnology Council in late August shows Worcester County was the sole Massachusetts region to gain biomanufacturing jobs between 2022 and 2023. Worcester County added 279 new jobs, accounting for a 11.8% jump in growth. In contrast, Norfolk, Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties saw a combined loss of 556 jobs. These industry jobs numbers come as leaders await the outcome of the Massachusetts House-passed $1-billion life sciences reauthorization initiative as it stalls in the Senate.

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