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Features
THE BUSINESS OF PIVOTING
Ecosystem helps entrepreneurs navigate the pandemic............. 6
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
BusinessWest
SEPT. 28, 2020
VOLUME 37 NUMBER 11
Departments
OPINION...12
PICTURE THIS...36
AGENDA...38
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...39
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...40
INCORPORATIONS...41
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...41
BANKRUPTCIES...42
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...42
BUILDING PERMITS...46
On the Cover
THE BUSINESS
OF PIVOTING
Ecosystem helps entrepreneurs navigate the pandemic ...6
Cover photography by George O’Brien
Progress continues in Wilbraham’s business districts .. 10
2020 DIFFERNCE MAKERS
Scenes from the event.............. 14
Insurance
AT A PREMIUM
Health insurers navigate — sometimes profitably — an un- usual year............................ 18
COVERING ALL THE BASES
Area insurance agencies adjust to new norms ......... 22
SPECIAL SECTION Pages A1 - A 40 Celebrating the Class of 2020
Amy Rediker Anderlonis Amanda Babinski Ryan Barry Marco Basile Conor Bevan
Julio Carrasquillo III Danny Deane Brian Fournier Sarah Goff Brendan Greeley Jacquelyn Guzie Paul Hake Kristina Healey Shannon Hicks
CLASS ACTS
Dan Holmes Melissa Knowles Benjamin Lamb Jacob Lauzier Karen Ruiz León Peter Leonczyk Dave Lipke Andrea Luttrell William Lynch Andrew Mankus Andrew McConaha Katie Manzi McDonough Ronald Molina-Brantley Modesto Montero
Tom Naro Kelly Partridge Aisha Pizarro Lee Pouliot Kyle Rodrigues Evan Ross Amanda Sbriscia Saba Shahid Melissa Sippel Lenny Underwood Kimberly Williams Marcus Williams
Carla Cosenzi, Peter DePergola named Alumni Achievement Award Winners for 2020........A39
Business of Aging
SAFE AT HOME
Senior-living communities stay strong against coronavirus ............. 25
Commercial Real Estate
A MATTER OF SPECULATION
Questions cloud future of commercial real-estate market ......................................................... 28
FOR SALE, FOR LEASE
A listing of available commercial properties ................................................................ 31
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