Worcester Business Journal

June 7, 2021

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Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 32 • Number 11 $2.00 June 7, 2021 Worcester Business Journal WBJ LIST: TOP MARIJUANA BUSINESSES Optimism still reigns In WBJ's first Mid-Year Economic Survey, readers remain hopeful for what lies ahead. | 16 Building squeeze 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Improve significantly Improve slightly Remain the same Decline slightly Decline significantly December 2020 May 2021 26% 46% 11% 11% 6% 29% 42% 14% 10% 5% Much worse 48% 19% 20% 10% 3% Much better Better About the same Worse PHOTO/GRANT WELKER PHOTO/MATTHEW WRIGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX What tools are in your toolbox? | 20 Lumber & steel shortages are causing construction costs to spike, even as the economy reopens. | 10 As Central Mass. companies ramp up for the post-COVID recovery, they're struggling to attract employees See story by Livia Gershon starting on Page 12 Workers needed S H O P TA L K Q&A: Acton outpatient center adds booming service. 26 April Ullrich, human resources manager at Southbridge manufacturer Dexter-Russell

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