Lt. Gov. announces $1.1 million for brownfield clean up
INDIAN ORCHARD -- The lieutenant governor is happy to see a derelict building being demolished in Indian Orchard.
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Mass. green jobs grants awarded
Six state job training institutions will receive grant funding from Massachusetts to develop vocational programs in the cleantech sector.Read Full Article -
Former Boston Fed Head To Serve On MassMutual’s Board
Cathy E. Minehan, a former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has been elected to MassMutual's board of directors, the company announced today.Read Full Article -
Minehan elected to MassMutual board
Cathy E. Minehan, the former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has been elected to the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s board of directors....Read Full Article -
Markets grow in popularity
There's a market here and a market there. Here a market, there a market, everywhere a market market.Read Full Article -
First meal, hotel tax date passes
Only seven Pioneer Valley communities, including Springfield and Northampton, opted for the state's new 0.75 percent local option meals tax by the Monday deadline.Read Full Article -
Uniroyal site set for renewal
CHICOPEE - Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette said bids for the first demolition of six buildings at the former Uniroyal industrial site are being delayed until September to deal with conservation and other issues.Read Full Article -
Agawam rates high in report
A policy center at Northeastern University in Boston has issued a highly favorable critique of Agawam as part of the city's own economic development study.Read Full ArticleMentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission -
Former state school proposal due
The quasi-public MassDevelopment team that has studied the former Belchertown State School property will present its recommendations Sept. 8 on how the town should proceed with attracting commercial development to the site.Read Full Article -
Springfield's Symphony Hall spruces up for enshrinement ceremony
SPRINGFIELD - A $1 million improvement project at Springfield's historic Symphony Hall will be mostly completed in time for the Sept. 11 Naismith Memorial Basketball...Read Full Article -
Creativity popping in Holyoke
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Enrollment soars at area community colleges
Young students are trying to avoid rising college tuition prices and older people are looking for new job skills.Read Full Article -
New local-option tax available
Only a handful of cities and towns have moved so far to take advantage of new local-option taxes.Read Full ArticleMentions: Springfield -
Economic engine
University of Massachusetts researcher George Huber's discovery of a revolutionary technology that turns sawdust and other waste biomass into gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil could provide a new engine for Springfield's economic growth. Startup company, Anellotech, which has...Read Full Article -
Polymedix And UMass receive Phase I STTR contract to research on ...
PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX, www.polymedix.com ), an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care products for infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders, and the University of Massachusetts, have received a Phase I Small ...Read Full Article -
Biofuels start-up company considers Springfield for $20 million pilot plant
The revolutionary technology, developed by a University of Massachusetts researcher, allows fuels now made from crude to be made from biomass.Read Full Article -
Small excise tax boost expected in Western Mass. from 'cash for clunkers' program
The program provided $64. 8 million in rebates in Massachusetts, according to the federal government.Read Full Article -
New online business directory promotes Mass. economy
An online directory promoting Massachusetts businesses is being unveiled today by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and Massachusetts: It’s All Here, a public-private marketing campaign for the state. The directory initiative was announced this morning at Roxbury Technology by Gregory Bialecki, Secretary of Housing & Economic Development; Richard Lord, CEO of AIM; and Elizabeth ...Read Full Article -
Jobless rate jumps in area
SPRINGFIELD - Unemployment in Springfield and Holyoke surpassed 12 percent in July, causing the cities to be ranked fifth and fourth in the state, respectively, in residents without jobs.Read Full Article -
Springfield gets ready to demolish last building of former Chapman ...
SPRINGFIELD - The city, aided by state and federal funds, is preparing to demolish the last standing building at the Chapman Valve property in Indian Orchard and to continue the cleanup and redevelopment of the 54-acre site. During a press conference ...Read Full Article -
Northampton business leaders see opportunities in downtown's vacant storefronts
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The EDC Congratulates WMDC
The EDC is enthused that our affiliated partner, Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation (“WMDC”), closed on the acquisition of 57 acres of land from the City of Chicopee yesterday. This acquisition is a key piece of WMDC’s new Air Park South development, which will ultimately assemble oRead Full Article -
Home sales rise 12.7%
Sales of single-family homes increased across Massachusetts by 12.7 percent last month, from 3,957 in July 2008 to 4,460.Read Full Article -
Business Leader Keith Parent Joins Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute Board of Directors
Keith M. Parent, chief executive officer of Court Square Group, has accepted an invitation to join the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute board of directors. As the non-profit research institute’s first outside director, he will be joining board members from the Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, PVLSI’s founding organizations.Read Full Article
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