Every generation has a turning point – a historical marker people reference when comparing what life was like before and after.
2022
In an era marked by pandemic-induced social distancing and a rising cost of living, rural living is reclaiming its popularity. In western Massachusetts, the region known collectively as the Berkshires has garnered and enjoyed a reputation as a rich cultural and artistic center not only in the Bay State but across the region. Now, its economic development agency 1Berkshire, through a collaborative partnership with the Berkshire Innovation Center and Osher Lifelong Learning at Berkshire Community College (collectively the “Tech Impact Collaborative”) plans to kick its plans into high gear to create a new rural economy and innovation hub ripe for investment and opportunity.
Southeast Alabama is a great place to live, learn, work, and prosper, facts of which the residents of Coffee and Geneva Counties, along with the City of Daleville in Dale County, are well aware.
After profiling Caglia Environmental in March 2017, Business in Focus is checking back in to learn about the company’s facility upgrades, continued sustainability efforts, and ongoing connection to its community.
In most Canadian homes, pets are considered to be part of the family, and their humans make every effort to care for their wellbeing. Living through a pandemic has changed the way people look at food, with many choosing to eat healthier, less processed foods. This new focus on wellness has also reached the pet food industry.
For over 30 years, Unisource Solutions, headquartered in Los Angeles California and providing solutions nationwide, has assembled one of the most comprehensive and trusted packages of workplace services in the industry. Their holistic approach to creating, outfitting, managing, and measuring inspiring workplaces has helped some of the most dynamic companies meet employee experience, organizational agility, and business objectives. The hallmark of their end-to-end product and service solutions is their unique combination of strategic and tactical expertise and ability to respond to planned and unplanned customer requirements on time and on budget with little or no oversight required.
For almost 20 years, Seagate Construction Inc. has provided customers in Canada’s Atlantic provinces with a rare level of service on projects from spas to restaurant renovations, and breweries to historic clock restorations.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has made personal protective equipment something everyone has had to think about, designers of such gear are stepping up to the challenge of creating more comfortable, more effective equipment and workwear for those who need it most.
We’ve been through a lot. COVID took pretty much everything we’d taken as normal for decades and turned it all on its ear in little more than a couple of months – and kept things that way for two years.
The past two years under the dark cloud of the pandemic have been tough on everyone, from workers losing their jobs to businesses – especially attractions, restaurants, hotels and other in the hospitality sector – seeing their revenue streams come to a stop.
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