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Banking & Finance

  • 2024 Power 100: John “Jack” Roche

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    With about 1,600 local employees, The Hanover Insurance Group is one of the 20 largest employers in Central Massachusetts.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Lou Brady

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    After the coronavirus pandemic threw an already strained healthcare system into chaos, Lou Brady appears to have pulled FHCW out of a deep dive and turned around a once-tenuous financial position.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: David McLaren

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    David McLaren is proof that nice guys win. As the founder of one of just four certified B Corps in Central Massachusetts, McLaren has a commitment to improving clients’ lives through tax, business valuation, and forensic accounting services central

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Carla McCall

    Emily Micucci April 29, 2024

    Creativity, emotional intelligence, and humor are intrinsic to the work McCall does leading the largest Metrowest accounting firm of 325 employees.

    Emily Micucci April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Kola Akindele

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Akindele’s job is to nurture relationships with WPI funders, whether private foundations, government organizations, or corporate sponsors, to support research and operations, as well as to strengthen community connections.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Satya Mitra

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    As chairman of the board of the 2,100-member Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, tax guru, nonprofit leader, and biochemist, Satya Mitra’s influence in Worcester is decidedly multilayered.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mark Schwartz

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    The once unicorn company, meaning it was valued at more than $1 billion dollars, has faced a number of financial setbacks.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Roy Nascimento

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Roy Nascimento is the go-to resource for professional connections in the region and one of North Central’s biggest business advocates.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Amie Shei

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    Amie Shei’s career centers the health of the Central Massachusetts population, especially amongst those in disenfranchised communities.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Edward Kelly

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    While Kelly understood the position of board members and the larger community to keep Milford Regional independent, he recognized it was time to link up with its longtime clinical partner as operating losses mounted.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Stephen Adams

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts casts a wide net to find and fund worthy projects to improve the quality of life in North Central Massachusetts. Leading the charge is Stephen Adams, leader of the nonprofit public charity

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • Worcester County gasoline prices increased by 18 cents in one week

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 22, 2024

    The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Worcester County jumped by 18 cents since April 15, mirroring a significant jump in the statewide average.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 22, 2024
  • WPI professor and Ascend Elements co-founder to research new battery recycling tech for Boston firm

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 22, 2024

    A first-of-its kind lithium-metal battery recycling process may be on the horizon as SES AI will fund a two-year research initiative at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop the new technology. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 22, 2024
  • Worcester earmarks $500K from Polar Park settlement for new diverse business grants

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 19, 2024

    The City of Worcester is now offering $5,000 grants to women and minority-owned businesses through its newly launched Diverse Business Certification Grant Program. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 19, 2024
  • State tax collections up in first half of April, but Dept. of Revenue downplays significance

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service April 19, 2024

    Comparisons to April 2023 might not be helpful anyways. Last April, tax revenue came up $1.435 billion short of what was expected and turned what was shaping up as a surplus into a deficit.

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service April 19, 2024

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Should Massachusetts do more to encourage outdoor cannabis cultivation?
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The overwhelming majority of legal Massachusetts cannabis is grown in indoor cultivation facilities, where quality and product safety is easier to control, but these facilities draw large amounts of energy, particularly for lighting and HVAC systems. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission offers perks to outdoor growers, with expedited business license application reviews and lower fees. The CCC has talked about adding additional perks for outdoor growing, such as speciality sustainability labels for their products, but none of those proposals have garnered significant consideration. Of the 130 licensed marijuana growers, 25 grow outdoors.