Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
February 21, 2022 Volume 33 • Number 4 $3.50
Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News
Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 33 • Number 1 $3.50 February 21, 2022
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BANKS
Local bank consolidation
As they navigate an industry landscape
full of M&A, community banks look for
like-minded partners.
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Waiting on students
PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
Students are seeking out alternatives to
the college investment, leaving institutions
in financial precarity.
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VIEWPOINT
Affordable housing
key to city's
future |
21
Q&A: The
Bird & Bear
Collective
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S H O P TA L K
22
As COVID upended the economy and
work-life balance, the number of new
Central Mass. businesses soared to
new heights in 2021. See story by
Monica Benevides on page 10.
e year of the
STARTUP
Joseph Astrella,
founder of Rocco's
Doughnut Co.
