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WBJ Editor Brad Kane
Contained in the snapshot the few dozen lists each Book of Lists provides every year are the companies and industries driving economic production and capturing the public’s attention at any given point in time. The last few years have seen the addition of industries like craft brewers and marijuana businesses, the expansion of the biomedical companies list, and the consolidation of players in the healthcare space.
Aside from notable movements up and down lists, such as Tree House Brewing Co. in Charlton becoming the largest brewer in Central Massachusetts, this year’s 43 lists are highlighted by three new additions: local restaurants groups, Massachusetts Department of Transportation projects, and temporary staffing companies. Each of these groupings had their own unique journey into 2021, as the whole of the region and the world are still contending with the coronavirus pandemic, with restaurants first needing to close down and then struggling to re
Greenfield native earns bachelor’s degree in WorcesterGREENFIELD Benjamin Coan-Nixon, a Greenfield native, graduated summa cum laude from Becker College in Worcester with a bachelor’s degree in interactive media design, with a concentration in game.
By Livia Gershon
This story appeared in the Special Section: Worcester Emerging, detailing the buzz building around the city. To see the entire section, click here
When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the college since its start a decade ago. Where would it go now?
“We were flattered by the range of institutions that were interested in talking with us,” said CEO Timothy Loew. “We had opportunities across the commonwealth, and really great ones.”
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While none of the area schools provided a bailout to Becker, they did step up to find homes for key programs, with the biggest move from Clark University in Worcester.