Today is about growth, large and small and near and far.
It turns out that there’s folx in Beantown that want to know about your business’ meteoric rise. The Boston Globe has partnered with Statista to examine economic growth across the region. The search is on for New England's fastest-growing companies 2025, and we speak with Michelle Micone, senior vice president of innovation and strategic initiatives for Boston Globe Media, about how your enterprise could make the list.
And, growth is at the heart of an organization that has been fostering young folx for over a century. This weekend marks the most dangerous time for those with a sweet tooth and poor impulse control, cookie season for the Girl Scouts. But, how did the girl scouts get started with cookies anyhow? And why are some of your favorites no longer available? We ask Theresa Lynn and Dana Carnegie from Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts all about it. Even NEPM’s own Chris Schwantner, chief engineer of TV, is involved with the organization, and we’re psyched to hear that story too, even if it was just for the cookies.
![The Fabulous 413 hosts Sally Loomis of Hilltown Land Trust [not pictured], Claire Higgins of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Jim Hicks of The Massachusetts Review, and Ilan Stavans of Restless Books [not pictured] for a roundtable chat to review how their and other organizations across the 4 counties of western Mass. are attempting to remediate in the fallout of these recissions.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/950f41b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+7/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2Feb%2F8398023445f59c7700c87be1aafa%2Fscreenshot0.jpg)
