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From the EDC
EDC Hires New Homefield Advantage Staff Member
EASTHAMPTON SAVINGS BANK REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS
PETER PAN PREPARED FOR 4TH OF JULY TRAVELERS
Western Mass Firms Encounter Success at Medical Device Show
EASTHAMPTON SAVINGS BANK HIRES COMPLIANCE OFFICER
PETER PAN WELCOMES NEW REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
EDC and Regional Companies to Attend Medical Device Trade Show
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Government Officials in the News
(199 articles) Governor Deval L. Patrick
(104 articles) Domenic J. Sarno
(59 articles) Congressman Richard E. Neal
(45 articles) Michael D. Bissonnette
(22 articles) Michael J. Sullivan
(20 articles) Congressman John W. Olver
(17 articles) Gregory P. Bialecki
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Organizations in the News
(314 articles) University of Massachusetts
(74 articles) Basketball Hall of Fame
(73 articles) Economic Development Council
(51 articles) Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
(45 articles) Springfield Technical Community College
(44 articles) Holyoke Community College
(37 articles) Western New England College
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Western Mass EDC Board of Directors in the News
(23 articles) Dr. Robert C. Holub
(12 articles) Peter F. Straley
(9 articles) Dr. Evan S. Dobelle
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Western Mass EDC Staff Members in the News
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At Affiliated Chambers of Commerce breakfast, candidate Timothy Cahill promises reforms
Explore Article masslive.com (Sep 1 2010)
Cahill spoke to more than 200 members of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield during the chamber’s September breakfast at The Log Cabin in Holyoke.
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Bradley announces nonstop flight to N.C.
Explore Article WWLP 22 News Springfield (Sep 1 2010)
Bradley International Airport says Delta Air Lines will begin two daily nonstop flights to Raleigh, N.C., beginning Nov. 1.
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Tech across New England: Qteros holds key to cellulosic ethanol production
Explore Article masshightech.com (Sep 1 2010)
Qteros Inc. officials say they are well on their way toward commercializing a new cellulosic ethanol production process, and plan to continue the effort by opening a new 15,000-square-foot research and development facility in Chicopee by the end of the year. (Read Full Article)
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Pioneer Valley foreclosures up despite Making Home Affordable program
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 31 2010)
For Hampden County as a whole, the number of foreclosure deeds rose 67.32 percent from 456 in the first seven months of 2009 to 763 in the first seven months of this year. For July alone, the number of foreclosure deeds is up 54.93 percent from 71 in July 2009 to 110 in July 2010, also according to The Warren Group. (Read Full Article)
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History in the Remaking
Explore Article BusinessWest (Aug 31 2010)
The recently initiated work to build a data center at the site of the former Technical High School in Springfield is unique in that the façade of the 105-year-old building will be incorporated into the design of the $110 million facility.
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Mass. Gov. Patrick, Congressman Olver Highlight $27 Mil. in Road and Bridge ...
Explore Article Massachusetts Newswire (Aug 31 2010)
The $11.7 million Route 2 project in Orange is reconstructing and making safety improvements along 5 miles of Route 2, including rehabilitating and widening the Route 2 Bridge over Route 122. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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Amherst Select Board accepts retirement of Town Manager Larry Shaffer
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 31 2010)
Town Manager Laurence R. Shaffer will retire at the end of September, just over four years into a five-year contract.
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Comment on Article Mentions: Amherst The Republican Larry Shaffer
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Development agency boosts farm
Explore Article Boston Business Journal (Aug 30 2010)
MassDevelopment and The Carrot Project today announced that Barbara and Ronald Weaver, who do business as America Agro Products of Greenfield, have landed the first loan issued under the MassDevelopment/Strolling of the Heifers Small Farm Loan Program. (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: University of Massachusetts MassDevelopment Amherst
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View to the Future
Explore Article BusinessWest (Aug 30 2010)
Shardool Parmar calls it a “fixer-upper — of sorts.” That’s how he described what is now known as the City Place Inn & Suites — formerly named the Inn Place, and known throughout most of its existence as a Holiday Inn — on Dwight Street in Springfield.
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Health care, job engine for state, is pulling back
Explore Article Boston.com (Aug 28 2010)
Over the long term, analysts say, the demand for health services and workers is almost certain to grow as aging baby boomers leave the workforce and need more care. For example, Baystate Health of Springfield, which employs more than 10,000 across its Western Massachusetts system, estimates it will need to hire about 15,000 people over the next 10 years to replace retiring workers and meet increased demand, said Jean Jackson, Baystate’s vice president of workforce planning. (Read Full Article)
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Northampton Three County Fair $42.7 million redevelopment hinges on release of $4 million Massachusetts bond
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 27 2010)
Mayor Higgins, along with fair officials, Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce executive director Suzanne Beck, and Allan W. Blair, head of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council, met recently with the editorial board of The Republican to provide an update on the project.
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Business owners and residents pack Springfield hearing to protest WMECO $28.4 million rate demand
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 26 2010)
The Department of Public Utilities will consider the dozens of comments from the hearing here, as well as others held in Greenfield and Pittsfield, in deciding on the proposed increase, department hearing officer Selma Urman said.
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American Airlines Completes Inaugural Flight at Connecticut's Bradley ...
Explore Article Newswire Today's (Aug 26 2010)
American Airlines Completes Inaugural Flight at “The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation and Bradley International Airport are proud to be part of this cutting-edge technology at New England’s second largest airport,” said Eric N. Waldron, A.A.E., ACE, Bradley’s Administrator. “Thank you to GE Aviation, American Airlines and our partners at the Federal Aviation Administration for bringing this additional safety feature to Bradley which benefits everyone, most especially our customers.” (Read Full Article)
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Putting Ideas in Motion
Explore Article BusinessWest (Aug 26 2010)
Tim Brennan says the Plan for Progress, the comprehensive regional strategic economic plan for Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties, receives a major overhaul every 10 years; the last one came in 2004, a decade after the plan was originally drafted.
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Company to Watch: Viz-Bang
Explore Article BusinessWest (Aug 26 2010)
The two partners said Viz-Bang is off to a solid start, with growth coming slowly and surely. They have been actively engaged in building awareness of their company, products, and services.
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Hill & Dale Mall owner seeks bank or fast-food eatery at site
Explore Article GazetteNET (Aug 25 2010)
Connecticut-based Colvest Group, which bought the 327 King St. property some three years ago, this week applied for a special permit to build a 4,400-square-foot structure using part of the parking lot close to King Street. The structure would house either a bank or restaurant, although a specific tenant is not named, according to plans filed with the Office of Planning and Development. (Read Full Article)
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PeoplesBank gives Holyoke $100,000 for new senior center
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 25 2010)
"Our gift recognizes the critical services that the Counci on Aging provides," said Thomas W. Senecal, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of PeoplesBank here.
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Two New Projects Announced
Explore Article From the EDC (Aug 25 2010)
Congratulations are in order for officials who helped facilitate two announcements about business expansions in western Massachusetts this week. First, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki and Northampton Mayor Mary Claire Higgins put together a package of incentives to convince Coca Cola to expand its Northampton facility. The project represents a minimum investment of $33 Million according to Coke and will add at least 40 new permanent jobs and about 60 construction jobs. Northampton Economic Development Director Teri Anderson deserves credit for her efforts to ensure that the investment happened in Northampton. Second, the Campanelli Companies announced ... (Read Full Article)
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. MassMutual Curb Appeal program wins kudos from housing advocates
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 24 2010)
Nicholas A. Fyntrilakis, MassMutual assistant vice president of community responsibility, said the company is pleased “to help local homeowners making meaningful improvements to their properties,” which helps increase property values and strengthen neighborhoods along the State Street corridor.
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Comment on Article Mentions: Springfield The Republican Domenic J. Sarno
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Springfield tied with Fall River for 4th-highest unemployment rate in Massachusetts
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 24 2010)
The city’s unemployment rate rose to 14 percent last month from 13.1 percent in June, putting Springfield in a tie with Fall River for the fourth-highest unemployment rate in the state. (Read Full Article)
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Awareness Community - Curating For Dollars: How Aggregation Can Trump Creation#204
Explore Article Awareness Community (Aug 24 2010)
The EC has posted more than 1,600 headlines and links on its website during the last year and made the news feed an anchor element of its home page. Visits to the website have grown more than 40% during that time, with most of the increase coming from visitors seeking news. In fact, the news feed now generates more traffic than the council’s principal website. (Read Full Article)
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Campanelli breaks ground in Chicopee
Explore Article bizjournals (Aug 24 2010)
WMDC’s president, Allan W. Blair, welcomed the Campanelli investment, saying, “We are pleased that the Campanelli Companies have joined the Westover family. Their project represents a fitting capstone to WMDC’s 35 year effort to convert this 224 acre vestige of the Cold War to a source of employment for the people of Western Massachusetts and a steady source of tax revenue to benefit the people of Chicopee.” (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: Chicopee Campanelli Companies
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Holyoke Victory Theater to get renovation funds from 1987 Armand Hammer art exhibit
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 23 2010)
The foundation controls $240,000, which is the amount left from the $450,000 raised to renovate the Victory Theatre through a 1987 exhibition here of paintings (Rembrandt, Van Gogh) owned by billionaire Armand Hammer.
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Fountain Plating expansion in West Springfield clears first regulatory hurdle
Explore Article masslive.com (Aug 23 2010)
An expansion project at Fountain Plating Co. expected to create 20 jobs cleared its first local regulatory hurdle Monday when it got the approval of the zoning Board of Appeals.
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