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Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 37 • Number 7 $3.50 April 6, 2026
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
S H O P TA L K
PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT
A small Worcester print company is on
the cutting edge of a statewide push
toward employee ownership.
| 14
Cooperative ownership
PHOTO | EDD COTE
WBJ FILE PHOTO
WPI & Clark University were hit hard
this fall by plummeting international
grad student matriculation.
| 10
Falling grad enrollment
The 10 winners showcase the
best of what the keystone Central
Mass. industry can be. | 19
2026 Manufacturing
Excellence Awards
Q&A: A phoenix,
rising from the
ashes
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Story by Eric Casey
starts on page 8.
Adaptive
reuse of
historic mills
offers path
to easing
the Central
Mass. housing
shortage.
REVIVAL
Mill
Giuliana Iavarone of
Cunningham Equities
