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Inside
JESSICA COLLINS
Feature
A NEW KIND OF CHALLENGE
Vaccine mandates present a unique test for employers............ 6
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Stockbridge looks forward while honoring its heritage................. 10
HEALTHCARE HEROES
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Departments
OPINION...12
PICTURE THIS...74
COURT DOCKETS...76
AGENDA...76
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...78
On the Cover
WOMEN OF IMPACT
Introducing the Class of 2021 ...6
Cover photography by Leah Martin Photography
A look back at the celebration ...................................... 15
Banking & Finance
OPEN FOR
BUSINESS
Banks see
CHARLENE ELVERS
IMPACT
SEE: List of Banks >>Page 28
KARIN JEFFERS
President and CEO, Clinical & Support Options ................................................................. 42
Women of Owner, Indian Line Farm ...................................................................................................... 45
ELIZABETH KEEN
IMPACT
MADELINE LANDRAU
Program Engagement Manager, MassMutual ..................................................................... 48
SHANNON MUMBLO
Executive Director, Christina’s House ................................................................................... 51
TRACYE WHITFIELD
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Town of West Springfield;
Springfield City Councilor..................................................................................................... 54
Employment
COPING WITH THE ‘GREAT RESIGNATION’
Companies need to understand what matters to job seekers ......................................................... 61
FACING WHISTLEBLOWER CONCERNS
Issues employers should be aware of in light of the Facebook case .............................................. 64
Commercial Real Estate
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
Springfield’s historic Trolley Barn finds a new life........................... 68
healthy surge
Women of GATHERING STORM IMPACT
of commercial lending.................. 20
End of debt moratoriums could be a shock to many .. 25
Announcing the 2021 Women of Impact
A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
Women of
IMPACT
A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
Executive Director, Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts ............................... 32
ELIZABETH DINEEN of Impact A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...79
INCORPORATIONS...80
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...80
CEO, YWCA of Western Massachusetts ................................................................................. 36
Women of Director, Center for Service and Leadership at Springfield College .................................... 39
WOMEN
A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
BANKRUPTCIES...80
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...81
BUILDING PERMITS...86
SEE: List of
Employment Agencies >>Page 65
INDEX
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