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The coronavirus pandemic will continue to rage in 2021, as the fallout creates financial crisis.
The commercial office market will have increased vacancies, while retail will suffer from trends accelerated by the coronavirus.
In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.
Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.
Manufacturers of every size and across every industry, here in the Worcester area and elsewhere, are weathering unforeseen economic forces rising from the coronavirus pandemic.
In WBJ’s annual survey of readers regarding their outlook for next year, the overwhelming consensus is 2020 was not a good year for businesses in Massachusetts, but 2021 will almost certainly bring better fortunes.
The garden will be maintained by the Regional Environmental Council of Worcester. Children from Worcester nonprofit Youth Grow will tend to the gardens.
Hartford business advisory firm blumshapiro, which has an office in downtown Worcester, will join CiftonLarsonAllen LLP, known as CLA, effective Jan. 1, the company announced on Thursday.
All Worcester Public Library branches closed effective 7 p.m. on Wednesday, following exposure to COVID-19 disease, the City of Worcester announced Wednesday.
Thrive Support & Advocacy, a human services nonprofit in Marlborough, will expand into a new Worcester office to serve more families in and around the city.
The President Donald Trump Administration’s campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government and to federally-funded institutions has put many companies and organizations committed to DEI on edge. Many have chosen to navigate Trump-era threats by reorganizing and rewording their DEI initiatives, including changing their wording to eradicate the words “diversity”, “equity”, and “inclusion” in favor of more ambiguous terms such as “fair”, “community”, and “wellbeing”.
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Worcester Business Journal presents a special commemorative edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city of Worcester. This landmark publication covers the city and region’s rich history of growth and innovation.
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