Sandwich, Massachusetts

4 5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 a big industry here. A lot of the hospitals from Boston have satellite offices here, and we have Spaulding Rehab Center, which is a world-class center.” Restaurants offer another source of employment in Sandwich, with the industry seeing positive growth post-COVID. “We have a pretty decent restaurant trade. We had a few instances where four or five restaurants closed, but they were quickly replaced with others, and then in addition to those replacements, we have three new ones,” says Vitacco. Unfortunately, the ongoing issue of workforce attraction and retention has many of the town’s smaller retail shops and restaurants, along with major chains like Dollar General operating under reduced hours. He clarifies, “They can’t stay open as much as they would like to because they can’t cover the shifts. Coming out of the summer season, you’ll see a lot of stores closed on Mondays and Tuesdays because it’s a slower Orleans | Sandwich | Nantucket | Waltham, MA Smithfield, RI CIVIL, STRUCTURAL, WATERFRONT/MARINE ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS coastalengineeringcompany.com/sandwich-marina 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA 02563 508.888.3300 info@heritagemuseums.org H e r i t a g e m u s e u m s . o r g The great outdoors awaits you. SANDWI CH MASSACHUSETTS