Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 34 • Number 26 $3.50 December 11, 2023
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
Act now, before it's too late
Worcester small business owners are
ringing alarm bells over high costs
and lower consumer spending, saying
current trends will lead to closures. | 12
Hospitals' precarious
condition
Heywood's struggles with finances
and now bankruptcy are just part of
the fiscal crisis in inpatient health
care. | 14
FILE PHOTOS | WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL
PHOTO | CHRISTINE PETERSON
22
S H O P TA L K
Q&A: Selling
secondhand in
Sturbridge
PHOTO | CHRISTINE PETERSON
Ryan Forsythe, Worcester
State University
With enrollment at
10-year lows, Central
Mass. public colleges
see big things from
Healey's free tuition
program expansion.
See story on page 10.
Countering the
DEI backlash |
18
OUTSIDE
THE BOX
Big dollars
for higher
education
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