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    With Draper demolition, a 178-year-old legacy comes to a close

    Monica Benevides Updated: January 11, 2021

    It is impossible to extricate the history of Hopedale, a town which is home to just shy of 6,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, from the Draper Corp., which most locals refer to as the “Draper mill,” or, simply, “Drapers.”

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    Best of Business 2021: Professional services

    Updated: January 11, 2021

    The law firm Mirick O’Connell has always had a business focus, known for specialty areas including commercial lending, business litigation, employment and real estate. That means it’s been an especially busy past year, with attorneys guiding clients…

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    Best of Business 2021: Best pandemic coworkers & remote offices

    Updated: January 11, 2021

    The impact Brian Glispin, vice president of operations at North Grafton’s Sunshine Sign Co., has on the family-run business is impossible to quantify.

  • Best of Business 2021: Multimedia services

    Updated: January 11, 2021

    Office workers didn’t find it convenient to have to suddenly switch to remote work last spring when the coronavirus pandemic first hit. For Worcester’s Cinch I.T., however, the shift in how people worked was a major growth opportunity.

  • Best of Business 2021: Food, drink and marijuana

    Updated: January 11, 2021

    Bean Counter Bakery Owner Alice Lombardi worked as an engineer in the corporate world when she decided to leave to spend more time with her children, back in 1998.

  • Central Mass. taxi firms among recipients of $4.5M state grants

    Sam Bonacci December 31, 2020

    Several Central Massachusetts firms are among the recipients of nearly $4.5 million in grants from MassDevelopment aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of taxi and livery services in the face of the evolving for-hire transportation market.

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    Check out WBJ's top 10 most read stories of 2020

    December 30, 2020

    It's no secret that 2020 was a historic year. From the coronavirus pandemic, to a rapidly fluctuating economy, and even a presidential election, there were no shortage of significant news stories. Here are WBJ's top 10 most read stories of the year.

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    UN1F1ED² Global Packaging pays $4.2M for Sutton building

    December 30, 2020

    Sutton's UN1F1ED² Global Packaging Group has paid millions to expand its footprint for the second time in less than two months.

  • Q&A: Hand-painting Santas in Sutton

    December 22, 2020

    Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, founded by Gary and Judi Vaillancourt, produces chalkware and decorative ornaments featured in higher-end retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.

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    People to meet in 2021: Karen Ares

    Monica Benevides Updated: December 21, 2020

    Ares leads a two-year old nonprofit concerned with helping students and adults enter the advanced manufacturing workforce.

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.

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