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   Inside
Coping with COVID
BusinessWest
JULY 6, 2020
VOLUME 36 NUMBER 5
Departments
OPINION...12
PICTURE THIS...39
AGENDA...42
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...43
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...43
INCORPORATIONS...45
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...45
BANKRUPTCIES...45
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...45
BUILDING PERMITS...50
  PUFFER’S SALON & DAY SPA
Responding to COVID-19 has been hair-raising to say the least ...........................................7
WHITE LION BREWERY
  On the Cover
  IN THE RIGHT MOLD
Universal Plastics’ Pia Kumar puts the focus on work-life balance ... 26
Cover photography by George O’Brien
For this Springfield business,
better times are on tap.............................................8
WILBRAHAM MONSON ACADEMY
At this school, pandemic has been a real learning experience ................................................................9
JEROME’S PARTY PLUS
Growing need for tents is helping company through a trying year ..............................................................10
KING WARD BUS LINES
Chicopee-based company is still trying to get out of first gear .............................................................11
PARK CLEANERS
‘The place where COVID goes to die’ is still in recovery mode.......................................................................14
BACK ON THE CLOCK
COVID-19 era presents unique challenge for older workers...........................................1 5
Alumni Achievement Award
MEET THE JUDGES
Three business leaders will select the Alumni Achievement Award winner ...................17
Law Column
A LANDMARK RULING
Law bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity.........................18
Banking & Financial Services
PANDEMIC LESSONS
Banks and credit unions ponder how their business will change .............................................19
MORE RELIEF FROM THE CARES ACT
Measure brings technical correction for QIP, other benefits...................................................................23
Women in Business
IN THE RIGHT MOLD
Universal Plastics’ Pia Kumar puts the focus on work-life balance ......26
CRITICAL TOOLS
Bay Path course aims to help women in hard-hit sectors ................31
Franklin County
WAITING GAME
County’s attractions begin to open in a different kind of summer season ..................................................................................................33
VIEW FROM MAIN STREET
Here and elsewhere, business confidence depends on health data ..36
      SEE: List of Banks >>Page 25
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