Worcester Spent More Than $100 Million Building Polar Park. Minority Companies Got Peanuts
Libis Bueno, CEO of Domitek, stands outside of Polar Park in Worcester, Mass. on April 6, 2021. He said he and other minority-owned businesses were frozen out of the ballpark s construction contracts.
Meredith Nierman
Minority-owned businesses shut out of building Polar Park
When the city of Worcester won the rights to build the new home for the Red Sox minor league affiliate, city leaders promised the giant construction project would bring vast new opportunities to local businesses particularly companies owned by women and minorities.
But as the team prepares to take the field next month, GBH News has learned that minority-owned businesses were largely shut out of park construction.
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In Person A Marketing Home Run in Worcester By Diane McLaughlin | Banker & Tradesman Staff | Jan 10, 2021 | Reprints | Print
Paul Scully
Age: 64
When Country Bank President and CEO Paul Scully looks out his living room window in downtown Worcester, he can see the Worcester Red Sox’s new home of Polar Park. The ballpark includes a blue “Worcester Wall” in right field, reminiscent of Fenway Park’s Green Monster, and above the stands is a 56-foot sign for Country Bank.
Scully first learned that the Red Sox might bring minor league baseball to Central Massachusetts from Pawtucket, Rhode Island when one of Country Bank’s customers invited him to a dinner where Larry Lucchino, chairman of the Red Sox’ Triple-A affiliate, was the featured speaker. The bank ended up becoming one of the team’s founding partners. Based in Ware, the $1.7 billion-asset Country Bank has 14 branches in Central and Western Massachusetts. Scul