Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 21, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 3 Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com News Editor, Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com (Real estate, higher education) Staff Writers Zachary Comeau, zcomeau@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing) Emily Micucci, emicucci@wbjournal.com (Health care) Contributors Susan Shalhoub Livia Gershon Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Associate Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com Custom Publishing Project Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com Sales & Events Intern Eric Goudreau, egoudreau@wbjournal.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Manager, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Kim Vautour, kvautour@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com W hen the 40 Under Forty group known as Team Burns Bridge wrote me with the idea of using champagne and sparklers for their photo, I wanted to encourage their passion, so I simply replied, "I.LOVE.IT." In my mind, I was thinking, "Just how illegal is this?" The great and terrible thing about my favorite recurring feature of the year is there are 40 winners. If I want anyone other than their family, friends and coworkers to read all the profiles – and see the collective talent bolstering the up-and-coming economy – we need a way to keep readers engaged page after page while still allowing the individual winners to shine. Just like last year, our solution was to break the winners into 10 groups of four and take creative photos showing off their personalities. This year we took it up a notch, spreading the shoots around the city, tied to Worcester's revitalization. Any time you throw four strangers into a photo shoot, the results will be mixed. I encourage them to interact beforehand, but tends to be limited to outfit coordination. Team Burns Bridge, though, took it to the next level, meeting for three hours on a Saturday to discuss what to do. I was already slightly worried about the Burns Bridge photo, as we would climb onto the median of the bridge in Shrewsbury with multiple lanes of traffic on either side, with a straight drop into Lake Quinsigamond immediately behind the Worcester sign. If any passing police officer got concerned for our safety or impact on passing motorists, the photo shoot would be quickly shut down. As the photographer and my partner in (maybe) crime, Erika Sidor, pointed out, sparklers are still illegal in Massachusetts (really!) and champagne would violate open container laws. After feeding their enthusiasm, I talk- ed Team Burns Bridge out of the spar- klers, and we decided to use alcohol-free champagne. Still, to any cop, we would look likr booze-fueled maniacs spraying champagne in the middle of a state high- way. My instructions to Erika were sim- ple: if the police show up, I'll talk to them for as long as I can while you and I'll distract the cops, you get the photos Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is published bi-weeky, 24x per year, including 5 special issues in April, July, September, November and December, by New Engand Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA. Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Worcester Business Journal, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $54.95. For more information, please email wbjournal@ cambeywest.com or contact our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Fax: 845.267.3478 Advertising: For advertising information, please call Mark Murray at 508-755-8004 ext. 227. Fax: 508-755-8860. Worcester Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Worcester Business Journal 172 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA 01604 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com A division of: NEWS & ANALYSIS DEPARTMENTS 4 Central Mass. In Brief 36 The Rainmaker 37 Know How 38 On the Move 39 Photo Finish 40 Business Leads 41 Opinion 42 Shop Talk: Steven Gardiner 10 Fighting a rising tide As housing demand rises for their community, Boxborough residents are fighting new developments, even though they have little choice in the matter. 41 Competing in modern retail Viewpoint columnist William Aubuchon, IV will close his distribution facility and lay off 31 employees as he fights in the new retail environment. I N T H I S I S S U E Worcester Business Journal WBJ For the past 71 years, Expo Management Group has been providing businesses with the opportunity to meet potential customers face-to-face. Exhibiting at one or more of our shows is one of the most efficient uses of your advertising dollars. For more info, call us at 508-277-8540 or visit worcestershows.com. info@worcestershows.com Because Face-to-Face is Simply BETTER! the winners quickly take the photos. Luckily for us, no cops came by. I still don't know if we did anything illegal; we really were just drinking grape juice in a public right-of-way easily accessible from the sidewalk. Regardless, it was worth it. - Brad Kane, editor W Corrections: During the course of the interview for the Aug. 7 Shop Talk feature "Counterterrorism in Dudley," Allison McDowell-Smith provided incorrect information, leading to a previous version of this article having inaccuracies. She did not interview ISIS members but was part of a research team utilizing ISIS interviews performed by another researcher. She did not train with the Belgium national police, instead it was the local police in Belgium. The Worcester State University item in the Aug. 7 Movers & Shakers feature incorrectly said the school had elected three new members to its board. Instead, its board members, who are appointed by the governor, selected three people to leadership positions. Also, Maryanne Hammond's name was misspelled as Hammon on second reference. WBJ apologizes for the error.

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