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1. Easthampton Chamber Partners with City on Sustaining Small Business Grant Program
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jun 30 2020 Green Region
  
  The Greater Easthampton Sustaining Small Business Grant (SSBG) program is part of a larger collaboration between the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce and the city of Easthampton, within the Blueprint Easthampton initiative. The initial intent of the SSBG is to provide local small and micro businesses, as well as the nonprofit community, with short-term, immediate financial aid to those who have sustained economic loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that businesses may continue their operations.
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2. 25 Cities and Towns Designated as Green Communities
  
  Explore BusinessWest Dec 29 2017 Green Region
  
  The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that an additional 25 Massachusetts cities and towns have been designated by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) as Green Communities, committing to an ambitious renewable energy agenda to reduce energy consumption and emissions. With today’s designation, more thanhalf of the Commonwealth’s municipalities have earned their Green Communities designation and 68% of residents live in a Green Community. The 25 new Green Communities are now eligible for grants totaling $4,3 million to complete renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in their communities. Since the program began in 2010, DOER’s Green Communities ...
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3. PeoplesBank Receives Green-business Award
  
  Explore BusinessWest Dec 19 2017 Green Region
  
  The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of Massachusetts named PeoplesBank the 2017 Massachusetts Sustainable Business of the Year for mid-sized business in Western Mass. The bank has been a long-time leader in environmental sustainability, having built three LEED-certified offices and financed more than $145 million in wind, hydroelectric, and solar-energy projects.
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4. UMass hosts conference on green technology
  
  Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield Oct 18 2017 Green Region
  
  Rick Sullivan, the CEO of the Western Mass. Economic Development Council added that “western Massachusetts and our colleges and universities can supply the workforce in these new and growing sectors.” Sullivan told 22News that there are plenty of jobs available in the green technologies sector and that schools like UMass are critical to training the workforce. Tuesday’s conference keynote speaker was Matthew Beaton, the state Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
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5. Campus to Host ‘Innovations and Opportunities in Green Technologies’
  
  Explore University of Massachusetts Amherst Oct 12 2017 Green Region
  
  The School of Earth and Sustainability and the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council will host “Innovations and Opportunities in Green Technologies,” a program of business and employment opportunities, on Tuesday, Oct. 17 from 8:30 a.m.-noon in the Design Building. State Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton is the keynote speaker.
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6. “Innovations and Opportunities in Green Technologies”
  
  Explore From the EDC Oct 3 2017 Green Region
  
  Join UMass Amherst and the Economic Development Council of Western Mass for an event to be held at the Design Building at UMass Amherst, 551 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 October 17, 2017 from 8:30AM – 12PM. Green technology sectors offer business and employment opportunities stemming from clean energy, climate change mitigations, water innovation, and green building technologies. Join UMass Amherst and Western Mass EDC for an event on innovations in new sectors, their potential for growth, and how Western Mass and UMass Amherst are taking a lead in green tech developments. Network and make connections between UMass Amherst ...
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7. Seven Area Communities Receive $1,446,675 for Clean-energy Projects
  
  Explore BusinessWest Mar 24 2017 Energy , Green Region
  
  The Baker-Polito Administration recently awarded Green Communities designation grants totaling $1,446,675 to Agawam, Blandford, Chicopee, Granville, Ware, Warren, and Westfield. The awards will fund clean-energy projects and were presented by Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Matthew Beaton and Department of Energy Resource (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson in a recent ceremony at Chicopee City Hall. Earlier this year, 30 Massachusetts cities and towns were designated by DOER as Green Communities, committing to an ambitious renewable-energy agenda to reduce energy consumption and emissions.
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  Mentions: Chicopee Westfield Ware
8. WMass communities awarded $1.4 million for clean energy projects
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 16 2017 Energy , Green Region
  
  Massachusetts energy officials have awarded $1.4 million in grants to seven Western Massachusetts communities to fund clean energy projects. The grants will go to Chicopee, Agawam, Blandford, Granville, Ware, Warren and Westfield. The largest grant, $266,000, will go to Westfield, followed by $208,000 to Agawam. The grants were part of the "Green Communities" program, in which communities make certain commitments related to energy and the environment, such as reducing municipal energy consumption by 20 percent over five years, and are then eligible for state grants and assistance.
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9. West Springfield Mayor Will Reichelt projecting $4M in energy savings over next 20 years
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 1 2017 Green Region
  
  The implementation of energy-saving measures that don't impact the city's bottom line are projected to save West Springfield around $4 million over the next 20 years, according to Mayor Will Reichelt. This fiscal year alone, West Side saved around $140,000 because of the city's commitment to "go green," Reichelt said. The savings are a result of improved efficiency and net metering credits from the community's investment in solar fields in Southwick and Montague, he said. "These energy efficiency improvements did not affect the city's operating budget," Reichelt said. The city, a designated "Green Community ...
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10. Westfield launches effort to gain designation as a Green Community
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 3 2016 Green Region
  
  Mayor Brian P. Sullivan and City Advancement Officer Joseph Mitchell announced Tuesday the process will begin with a $7,500 grant received from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. Sullivan will ask the City Council for formally accept the grant allocation when it meets Aug. 22. That will allow the city to proceed with application for additional funding to conduct an inventory of city buildings that can benefit from energy use upgrades and eventually for as much as $350,000 in state funding to complete the targeted upgrades.
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Westfield Daniel M. Knapik
11. Study Finds Global Green Building Expected to Double by 2018
  
  Explore BusinessWest May 16 2016 Green Region
  
  Companies involved in U.S. construction plan on intensifying their involvement in green building over the next three years, according to the new World Green Building Trends Study from Dodge Data & Analytics, conducted with support from United Technologies Corp. and its UTC Climate, Controls & Security business. The U.S. is also one of the global leaders in the percentage of firms expecting to construct new green institutional projects and green retrofits of existing buildings.
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12. 2015 Super 60
  
  Explore BusinessWest Oct 20 2015 Green Region
  
  The Springfield Regional Chamber — formerly the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield — has been issuing annual lists of its largest-revenue and fastest-growing members since 1990, documenting, over time, the businesses that keep the region running. “There’s a reason we break it down by Revenue Growth and Total Revenue,” said Jeffrey Cuiffreda, Springfield Regional Chamber president. “I think it shows we have a lot of mature industries on the largest-revenue list, and to get to that level, you have to be around a long time and have a stable base, and that shows the good foundation of our economy.
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13. Site work ramps up as MGM Springfield casino nears groundbreaking
  
  Explore masslive.com May 26 2015 Green Region
  
  With the approaching fourth anniversary of the June 1, 2011, tornado, site work for the $800 Million MGM Springfield resort casino project is in full swing in the city's South End, which sustained significant damage as a result of the storm. Jersey barriers are being installed along Main, State and Bliss streets and plans are pending to demolish the 19 buildings in the 14½-acre site plan to make way for the massive entertainment complex.
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14. Community Spotlight: Northampton
  
  Explore BusinessWest Apr 7 2015 Green Region
  
  Northampton touts a new initiative called “Pleasant Futures,” which Narkewicz describes as a “community re-visioning process for Pleasant Street,” and a number of public meetings have been held to get input from residents in surrounding neighborhoods about what needs to be done to increase density and expand the downtown area in the neighborhood in a way that is pleasing to everyone. It kicked off last May and is a collaborative effort between the Office of Planning and Sustainability and the Ward 3 Neighborhood Organization. “The concerns expressed in the meetings focused on pedestrian safety and vibrancy along the corridor,” Narkewicz ...
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15. Western Mass Green Consortium hosts Gren night Wednesday, March 11 | masslive
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 9 2015 Green Region
  
  Geen Night is a project of the Western Mass. Green Consortium (WMGC), a social network dedicated to sharing information about and promoting environmental sustainability, green building, energy efficiency and renewable energy in accessible and fun social events. In this presentation Paulson helps participants visit the realm where high performance building and sustainable landscape design intersect, to learn about a design methodology that supports best performance of both systems, according to the news release.
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  Mentions: Northampton The Republican
16. Green Amherst receives $165,539 from the state for 4 energy savings projects
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 17 2014 Energy , Green Region
  
  The town has received $165,539 from the Green Communities Division of the Massachusetts Department of Energy for four projects that will ultimately cut energy consumption by nearly 2 percent overall. The town applied for funding for five projects but received funding for four, said. Stephanie Ciccarello, sustainability coordinator. The return on the investment on the fifth project - attic insulation at Town Hall was determined to be too long, she said.
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17. Community Spotlight: Holyoke | BusinessWest
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jan 28 2014 Education , Green Region
  
  Over the past two years, said the city’s 24-year-old mayor, “we’ve been doing some excellent planning, laying the foundation for things we’ll be pursuing in 2014. And we have a lot of projects happening this year. Residents, and people visiting Holyoke, have been noticing the changes in the city.” Added Marcos Marrero, Holyoke’s planning director, “where 2012 was a big year for planning, and in 2013 we took steps to bring things to fruition, we’ll actually see that fruition in 2014.”
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18. Greenfield's new 'green' master plan almost finished
  
  Explore recorder.com Dec 25 2013 Green Region
  
  A new “sustainable” master plan that will carry the town through at least the next 10 years includes suggestions for preserving open space and agricultural land, promoting energy efficiency throughout town, and encouraging more use of pedestrian and bike paths, as well as public transportation, to reduce the town’s carbon footprint. The words that came up again and again as a 35-member Sustainable Master Plan Advisory Committee met over the last 13 months to write the sustainable master plan were: resilience, vibrancy and quality (of life). Now, the sustainable master plan, which will go to the town’s Planning ...
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19. Springfield celebrates city's first official bicycle lanes in Sixteen Acres neighborhood
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 25 2013 Green Region
  
  With helmets in hand, a cadre of local bicyclist s gathered in the Sixteen Acres neighborhood on Monday to celebrate the official opening of the first bicycle lanes in Springfield.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Springfield
20. TD Bank volunteers plant trees, shrubs, bulbs at Springfield's Riverfront Park in continued tornado recovery efforts
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 30 2013 Financial Services , Green Region
  
  City and state officials, including Mayor Domenic Sarno, thanked the volunteers and TD Bank and the nonprofit organization Regreen Springfield for their replanting efforts. TD Bank donated labor as well as $20,000 for costs related to the tree-planting efforts.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno TD Bank Springfield
21. Massachusetts awards $3.7 million in green energy grants to communities
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 26 2013 Energy , Green Region
  
  Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr. and Energy Resources Commissioner Mark Sylvia this week awarded $3.7 million in grants to fund scores of clean energy projects in 20 communities across the state. The Green Communities Competitive Grants are awarded to existing Green Communities which have successfully invested their initial designation grants. Awards are capped at $250,000 per municipality.
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22. Anellotech licenses p-xylene technology from UMass Amherst
  
  Explore Biomass Magazine Nov 29 2012 Green Region
  
  “We view our efforts to license to Anellotech this important technology developed at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and our efforts to support the company as part of the University’s core economic development mission. We have worked closely with Anellotech’s management from the outset in order in ensure this innovation will bring economic, environmental and social benefits for the Commonwealth and the country.
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23. WMass seen as green energy leader
  
  Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield Oct 25 2012 Education , Energy , Green Region
  
  Massachusetts is honoring a number of towns and state agencies for their commitment to energy efficiency.
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24. Chicopee City Council rejects Green Communities Act
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 26 2012 Green Region
  
  The council's concerns were about some of the regulations that would come with the ordinance, including new building codes that would demand residential construction over 3,000 square feet include different energy efficient measures; calling for the city government to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent within five years; and a pledge to purchase only fuel-efficient vehicles for municipal use when the vehicles are available and practical.
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  Mentions: Michael D. Bissonnette Chicopee
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