Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | November 28, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 5 UMass Memorial increases beds by 11% to alleviate emergency room congestion UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester received approval on Nov. 9 from the Commonwealth's Public Health Council to add 91 inpatient beds between its University and Memorial campuses. e new patient beds will allow the hospital to decrease congestion and improve efficiency in its emergency de- partment, UMass spokeswoman Debora Spano said in an email. "is increase will … ensure that we can accept patients in need of acute inpatient care and place them in the care setting most appropriate for them," Spano wrote. UMass Memorial Medical Center has 749 licensed beds and 69 bassinets and is one of the region's largest employers, with 7,069 employees as of Oct. 3. e medical center is a part of the larger UMass Me- morial Health system, which is the largest employer in Central Massachusetts with 16,500 workers. Services offered at the new medical center beds will include treatment for septicemia/severe sepsis, chronic ob- structive pulmonary disease, respiratory infection, pneumonia, heart failure, and pulmonary edema. Maddi's becomes fifth Canal District restaurant to close in three months Worcester restaurant Maddi's Cookery and Taphouse, the second location from the owner of the Depot Street Tavern in Milford, closed on Nov. 19, becoming the fih Canal District eatery to close in a few months. Smokestack Urban BBQ in the Canal District neighborhood closed on Nov. 9 as well, joining e Hangover Pub and Broth, PreGamers Sports Bar and Grill, and Buck's Whiskey & Burger Bar, whose owners have all announced closures or sales since late August. Maddi's Cookery is the second restaurant from entrepreneur Adam Hicks, whose original location is Milford comfort food eatery Depot Street Tavern, which isn't closing. Hicks said in a Facebook post that Maddi's was going to stay open for one more weekend before closing. "It's with a heavy heart that due to cir- cumstances beyond our control, we will be ceasing operations as of next weekend," Hicks wrote in the Facebook post. "It's been a great 4+ years and we can thank our guest and staff enough!!! Our plan is to be open one final weekend Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November B R I E FS W BJ has partnered with the Worcester Historical Museum to run a year-long trivia contest in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Worcester's founding on June 14, 1722. Readers should email their answer to the question below by Dec. 8 to bkane@wbjournal.com or visit the trivia page on WBJournal.com to compete for a special year-end prize package. Sponsored by Worcester 300 trivia contest | part 19 And the answers to last edition's question: The product Wirefab, Inc. manufactured for the Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop chain was used to hold ice cream cones. e El In 1943, the Aboody family opened one of Worcester's first Middle Eastern restaurants, which became known by its popular nickname e El. e El was a late-night hotspot welcoming locals and celebrities, including Al Pacino, Wayne Newton, Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, Dustin Hoffman, Dizzy Gillespie, the Beach Boys, Abbie Hoffman, Neil Sadaka, Bette Midler, and Rodney Dangerfield. In 1977, the family moved the restaurant across the street to a new location, with a nightclub. e El was a Worcester favorite for decades until it shut its doors in 1994. n Trivia question: What was the formal name of e El? PHOTOS | COURTESY OF WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM Worcester trivia leaderboard 1. Mary Camosse - 11 2. Jeff Forts - 4 3. Allison Chisolm - 3 4. Eric Wells - 2 5. 42 others tied - 1 Continued on page 6 Patrons and staff at the Middle Eastern restaurant nicknamed The El 19. Please come join us for one last party! More details on next weekend and future plans in the coming days! ank you for everything!" e restaurant featured an Americana menu with burgers, sandwiches, and entrees like chicken and waffles. Maddi's offered a large beer selection as well. MIT senior officer to lead development efforts at Clark University Clark University has hired Joe Manok to fulfill the responsibility of a chief development officer, starting on Jan. 23. His official title will be vice president for university advancement. Manok has served in various senior-level positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology's Office of Resource Development since 2014, as senior director of philanthropic partnerships and previously as director of global initiatives. Before that, he worked at the American University of Beirut. At Joe Manok, vice president at Clark University T H E T I C K E R Nov. 17 Date the Starbucks unionized workers in Gardner went on strike, as part of a national one-day work stoppage to protest the Seattle- based company's anti-union tactics Source: Starbucks Workers United $571M Annual value added to the Central Mass. economy by Worcester- based Hanover Insurance Group, according to a study the company commissioned from The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute Source: Hanover Insurance Group 3.5% Massachusetts' unemployment rate in October, up from the 3.4% in September and better than October's national average of 3.7% Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development $410K Median sale price of a Worcester County single-family home in October, a 9% year-over-year increase, which came even as the number of sales declined Source: The Warren Group

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