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LEARNING FROM HISTORY
Feature
HELP WANTED
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
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VOLUME 37 NUMBER 26
Departments
OPINION...12
PICTURE THIS...55
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...58
AGENDA...59
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...60
INCORPORATIONS...61
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...61
BANKRUPTCIES...61
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...62
BUILDING PERMITS...66
On the Cover
HELP WANTED
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Cover design by Mike Nasuti
Springfield aimsto recapture pre-
COVID vibrancy ...................... 10
For the T-birds, all eyes are on the
fall ............................................ 13
Quadrangle expects a bounce-back year ................14
Education
BACK TO NORMAL?
The region’s colleges are moving closer to that goal .................... 18
MAKING CHANGE
Small actions in energy conserva- tion produce big impact ......... 22
PREPARED FOR LAUNCH
Lead engineer on NASA’s Persever-
ance mission started at HCC ...................................24
STCC’s Shays’ Rebellion website serves as valuable resource ......... 26
Architecture & Engineering
A NEW ENVIRONMENT
Pandemic slows — but doesn’t stop — develop- ment and regulation.......................................... 28
NATURAL APPEAL
Linde Center at Tanglewood wins 2021 Interior Architecture Award ............................................ 32
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Remote-work movement presents challenges, opportunities in IT..... 34
WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’T
Avoid the five biggest LinkedIn blunders........................................ 38
Business of Aging
WAVE DYNAMICS
An aging Baby Boomer population will test the healthcare system............................................ 39
PEACE OF MIND
Kimball Farms promotes dignity, life enrich- ment in memory care...................................... 44
Commercial Real Estate
PROGRESS REPORT
Commercial market shows movement, but questions linger....................... 49
SEE: List of Architecture Firms >>Page 33
Technology
SEE: List of Senior Living Facilities >>Page 46
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SEE: List of Commercial Real Estate Brokers >>Page 53
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