SURVIVE THRIVE &

Confronting a post-pandemic recession

The global COVID-19 pandemic of the past three years turned our entire world upside down.

Businesses and industry sought new ways to stay afloat and to find job candidates who were up to the challenges of an evolving workplace. Colleges, universities and public schools pursued innovative ways to ensure their students entered the workforce prepared to meet new requirements and demands of employers.

While the pandemic may be ebbing, the potential for a recession looms for our region, state and nation.

It makes the theme “Survive & Thrive: Confronting a post-pandemic recession” all the more timely.

Tested by the pandemic, cities and towns, the state, business and industry, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, colleges and universities, public schools, legislators, chambers of commerce, health-care institutions, arts groups and philanthropists, worked to find ways to not only survive but thrive in the face of the challenges posed by the pandemic and now by the looming recession.

Many of the region’s longtime businesses endure and new businesses are emerging, all proof positive that not only can they survive but they will also thrive.