Worcester Business Journal

September 4, 2017

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wbjournal.com | September 4, 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 S o – apparently – it has come to this. The presidents of 15 Massachusetts community colleg- es, including Mount Wachusett and Quinsigamond, last month felt compelled to draft a joint letter denouncing Nazis, the Klu Klux Klan and the overall white supremacist movement. I fondly remember a time – it was real- ly like nine months ago – when America was filled with certain truths: the sky is blue, hot dogs are awesome, water is wet, and Nazis and white supremicists are bad. More than 400,000 Americans died fight- ing in World War II, probably the only U.S. military conflict where we can unquestionably claim the moral high ground. So, it just makes sense we would still oppose the ideological views of our primary enemies from that war. Community college presidents don't have to issue joint statements denouncing genocide, or nearly any other concept near universally held as truth. But the fundamentals of America have changed since President Donald Trump's inauguration. The person the rest of the world sees as representing our entire country does not hold the same certain truths American society has forged over its 241-year history. So, when a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. leads to the death of an anti-racism pro- tester and afterward our president decides not to strongly denounce their actions or beliefs – which the white supremacist movement takes as some kind of measure of support – it is now on the rest of the country to respond, let- ting the world know Trump does not speak for all of us. At WBJ, we are far removed from the politics of Washington, D.C. After the events of Charlotteville, I was aghast and horrified, but didn't feel Trump's actions would trickle down to my professional life. I felt that way until MWCC, QCC and the other state community colleges sent out their letter. My first reaction was, "Did they really have to do this? Isn't denouncement of Nazis just assumed as part of American life?" Immediately, I realized my first reaction was now wrong, as we all have been forced to say Trump's beliefs don't reflect the whole of America. This messaging is even more important Yes, we really do need to denounce Nazis now 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 5 Flash Poll 12 Focus on Small Business 16 The List: Top SBA lenders 18 Know How 19 On the Move 20 Photo Finish 21 Opinion 22 Shop Talk: Allen Fletcher, developer of Harding Green 8 Making it in Massachusetts Local manufacturers prefer to have their production lines nearby, rather than losing control by offshoring to low-labor-cost countries. 17 MWCC's 100-day construction project To minimize disruption, the community college built its new $3.5-million student center between semesters. I N T H I S I S S U E Worcester Business Journal WBJ EXPERIENCE THE Difference We believe we're a little different from other independent schools. We are a student-centered community where you can be you. Through rigorous academics, strong leadership opportunities, competitive athletics, and inspiring arts programs, we are focused on helping students become the best versions of themselves. Join us for one of our fall Middle and Upper School Open Houses. RSVP at worcesteracademy.org/openhouse or 508-459-5841. October 22 and November 5 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Fall Open House for organizations like community colleges whose clients (students) come dispropor- tionately from underserved populations, which is why a very small portion of their letter made its way into the Verbatim fea- ture on page 4. - Brad Kane, editor W

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