Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 34 • Number 6 $3.50 March 20, 2023
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
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S H O P TA L K
Q&A: The
Center for
Arts in Natick
Affordable labs
WPI's new facility offers companies
with limited resources access to ex-
pensive, hard-to-find equipment. | 8
Arts and community
PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT
A local arts couple breathes life into
a Canal District events space post-
COVID. | 10
PHOTO | WPI
PHOTO | EDD COTE
LISTS: TOP TOURIST ATTRACTIONS;
TOUGHEST GOLF COURSES;
LARGEST MEETING FACILITIES
Hurting for
FINANCING
Small businesses run by people of color are struggling to find
funding, as VCs' priorities have shifted away from providing
opportunities for multicultural businesses. See story on page 6.
Katherine
Aguilar, CEO
of Kommon
Sense Co.
