1. Training, networking among challenges facing WMass manufacturers

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    Training, networking among challenges facing WMass manufacturers

    Rick Sullivan, president and CEO of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council, said manufacturing is particularly important to Western Massachusetts, where a study a couple of years ago found there are an estimated 18,000 open manufacturing jobs in the corridor from Springfield to Hartford, Connecticut. A manufacturing job that pays a wage of around $75,000 could move someone into the middle class in Western Massachusetts.

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    1. It is a powerful sector of the economy, but manufacturing is changing with the evolving economy, which presents new challenges.
    2. It's critical the commonwealth view Western Massachusetts as an asset, not a liability, to succeed in expanding the commonwealth.
    3. Extending the circle of prosperity from Boston to Springfield to the Berkshires has been a priority of the House for years.
    4. Manufacturing is a key part of the Western Massachusetts economy.
    5. It's mostly medium to small manufacturers.
    6. Community colleges are underfunded for that type of education.
    7. I think that's one of the most important parts of the social program that you can have, is to provide a person an opportunity for a job.
    8. Particularly when you're looking at the manufacturing initiatives, they are probably even more important in Western Mass. than they are here in Boston.

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