Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | September 2, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 5 B R I E FS HealthAlliance CEO leaving UMass hospital Deborah Weymouth, the president and CEO of UMass Memorial HealthAl- liance-Clinton Hospital, is leaving the position for a new job outside the UMa- ss Memorial Health Care system. Weymouth has led HealthAlliance's Fitchburg and Leominster campuses since 2014, adding oversight of Clinton Hospital in 2017 when the UMass Memorial system merged the two facilities. Steve Roach, the president and CEO of UMass Memorial - Marl- borough Hospital, has been named the interim leader for HealthAlliance. Roach will continue with his duties leading Marlborough Hospital while filling in on an interim basis at HealthAlliance starting Sept. 30, working with Weymouth through the transition process. He has been Marl- borough Hospital's president and CEO since 2013. Worcester's sixth brewery to open in ice center Bay State Brewing Co., currently brewing out of production breweries in Williamsburg and Leicester, will open a 10-barrel brewhouse at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center later this year. e brewery, established in 2012, will open in the space currently occupied by Nonna's Pizza & Pasta, a Niche Hospitali- ty Group concept on the first and second floors of the building. Construction is expected to begin in October with a two-tier opening slated soon aer. Virginia developer sells Marlborough community AvalonBay Communities, a Virginia developer, has sold the 156-unit Avalon Orchards apartment complex in Marlbor- ough to a Newton property investment firm for $44.3 million. e affordable apartment complex with a mix of one and two-bedroom units was built in 2002 and features 13 residential buildings and a clubhouse on nearly 23 acres of land. PFML It's your business. Are you PFML ready? Massachusetts' Paid Family and Medical Leave program is here. And if you employ anyone, you are now required to get your business or non-profit PFML ready. Find out everything you need to know, including contribution rates, important deadlines, and how to apply for an exemption. Withholding starts on October 1st. Visit mass.gov/pfml today. A message from the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave Continued on Page 6 An hour, tops A new study from real estate website Apartment List found the number super commuters – workers who travel more than 90 minutes each way to get to work – is growing. In Worcester County, more than 12,800 residents fit this criteria in 2017, compared to 9,400 in 2009. When polled online, the majority of WBJ readers said 60 minutes was their maximum commute time. F L AS H P O L L What is the most amount of time you would be willing to travel for work? I want to live within walking distance of work 30 - 60 minutes 52% 3% 90+ minutes "With many of the tech and startup companies (encouraged to be) in Boston, what choice do I have?" Comments 3% 60 - 90 minutes 13% 15 - 30 minutes 29% Deborah Weymouth, HealthAlliance

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