Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 32 • Number 23 $3.50 December 6, 2021
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
L ISTS: TOP LAW
FIRMS; TOP
ACCOUNTING FIRMS
Rising from the ashes
Worcester is seeing a resurgence of
minority-owned small businesses, who are
seeking out assistance programs to help
their companies survive and thrive
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Polar Park's bill is coming
due
PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
S H O P TA L K
22
Worcester's 30-year plan to have the
ballpark pay for itself has already
hit a rough patch, as the city finds
unexpected solutions
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PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
Q&A:
Disrupting
hygiene
THE HUSTLE
IS REAL
Who gets my
Nike's? |
18
Choose-and-cuts Christmas trees
sold out at record speeds in 2020,
and farms are adjusting to a new
demographic of customer. See story by
Monica Benevides on page 10
e evolving
world of
Christmas
tree farms
